Last updated: 7/7/08
Reference Databases Health Sciences

  Alt HealthWatch (EBSCOhost)

This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for nearly 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.

  CINAHL (EBSCOhost)

Indexing and abstracts of journal articles and other materials in nursing and allied health. 1982-. Updated monthly. See also Pre-CINAHL. [user guide]

  Cochrane Library (Wiley InterScience)

Provides high-quality data in a collection of evidence-based medicine databases. Updated quarterly. [user guide]

  ComDisDome (CSA)

ComDisDome is an indexing and abstracting tool covering the communications disorders literature, with focus on speech-language pathology and audiology. Dates of coverage are 1950 to current, with some coverage back to 1911. Updated monthly. [user guide]

  Consumer Health Complete (EBSCOhost)

Consumer-oriented health and drug information from encyclopedias, evidence-based reports, and news sources. This full text database covers both mainstream and alternative medicine, targeting patients’ information needs as well as an overall understanding of health-related topics. Enter your 14 digit OSL/CLAN barcode when prompted.

  Doody’s Core Titles in the Health Sciences

A list of the most important books and software titles in 119 health-related disciplines. 2004-. Updated annually. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access.

 

  EMBASE.com (Elsevier)

Comprehensive access to the international pharmacological and biomedical literature. Search for journal articles in EMBASE (1974-) and MEDLINE (1966-). Updated daily.

  FSTA Direct (IFIS)

Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA) provides access to citations and abstracts dealing with all human food commodities and food processing (except for the production of raw food). Topics covered include microbiology, toxicology and hygiene, economics and statistics, engineering, packaging, and many food products. FSTA indexes articles, patents, standards, books, conference proceedings, research reports, dissertations, and legislation. 1969-. Updated weekly.

  Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCOhost)

Provides consumer health information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features more than 130 full text, consumer health magazines. This database is updated on a weekly basis. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.

  Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost)

This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated twice a week. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.

  International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (CSA)

Indexing and abstracts from over 800 journals in the field of pharmacy, including drug evaluations, pharmaceutics, and toxicity. 1970-. Updated monthly. [user guide]

  MEDLINE (FirstSearch)

Indexing and abstracts of journals in all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. 1965-. Updated monthly. [user guide]

  Physical Education Index (CSA)

Indexing and selected abstracting of journals, reports, conference proceedings, and trade and popular magazines in the field of physical education, physical fitness, health, and sports medicine. 1970-. Updated monthly. [user guide]

  Pre-CINAHL (EBSCOhost)

A companion database to CINAHL, Pre-CINAHL is intended to provide current awareness of new journal articles that are not yet available in the CINAHL database. Subject searching is not available in Pre-CINAHL. Updated monthly. [user guide]

 

  PubMED linked to URI serial holdings

PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations and additional life science journals. 1966-. Updated daily. [user guide]

  REHABDATA (National Rehabilitation Information Center)

Covers physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues related to people with disabilities. Document types indexed include research reports, books, journal articles, and audiovisual materials. 1956-.

  Web of Science (ISI)

Web access to ISI citation databases (Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index). Contains citations to articles from nearly 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. The ability to search by cited reference allows the user to uncover the research that influenced an author’s work or to navigate forward in time to discover a paper’s impact on current research. 1998-. Updated weekly. [user guide] [online tutorial]