Databases

Resources for Finding Journal Articles

Resource Title	Notes
ADOLEC, Literature on Adolescence Health - Bibliographic database that contains articles related to adolescence, produced by the Pan American Health Organization.	Access is freely available to all.
AEGIS (AIDS Education Global Information System) - Gateway to information about AIDS and HIV - its prevention, treatment and management - that is updated hourly. It features links to daily news reports, fact sheets and personal stories.	Access is freely available to all.
African Index Medicus - International index to African health literature and information sources.	Access is freely available to all.
AGRICOLA - The National Agricultural Library's free online catalog. Provides citations to agricultural literature.	Access is freely available to all.
Alcohol Studies Database - Contains over 70,000 citations for journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and audio-visual materials.	Access is freely available to all.
- Alt HealthWatch - Provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
BCERF, Environmental Risk Factor Database - Database for bibliographic information on environmental risk factors topics.	Access is freely available to all.
Biological Abstracts® - Coverage of the world's published biological and biomedical research, including traditional areas of biology (botany, zoology and microbiology), as well as experimental, clinical and veterinary medicine, biotechnology, and environmental studies.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive - Provides access to full-text for nearly 850 peer-reviewed publications in such disciplines as clinical medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and the pre-clinical sciences.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
- Books@Ovid - Includes full text, references, updates, and graphics from some of the most respected sources in medicine, nursing, and pharmacology.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
Chemistry Central - Currently features chemistry-related articles published in BioMed Central journals.	Access is freely available to all.
CINAHL - CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health) provides authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health. More than 1600 journals are regularly indexed.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
- Cochrane Library (Cochrane Collaboration) - Collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about groups in The Cochrane Collaboration.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
Current Index to Statistics - Bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields, from 1974-present.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
E-Resource Portal - Journals and Books - Gateway to the library's online journal and textbook subscriptions.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
- EBSCOhost - A collection of several resources (Biomedical Reference; Health Business Fulltext Elite; Nursing & Allied Health; Alt HealthWatch; and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences). Full-text article coverage includes almost 2400 multi-disciplinary journals.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
ERIC - Sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Education, ERIC provides access to over 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles in the area of education.	Access is freely available to all.
- Expanded Academic ASAP - Provides access to more than 3500 indexed and full-text periodical titles in all disciplines, the majority of which are peer-reviewed.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
- General Reference Center Gold - Coverage begins in 1980. Integrates a variety of sources: newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, and hobbies.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
Global Health - Specialist bibliographic, abstracting and indexing database dedicated to public health research & practice. Contains over 1.8 million abstracts and a growing number of full text items covering all public health issues on a local, national & global scale.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
Google™ Scholar - Search diverse sources for scholarly literature (books, articles and abstracts, etc.) in a wide range of disciplines. Access full-text through the library's Get it service.	Access is freely available to all.
Harrison's Online - Updated regularly, this online textbook version provides full search capabilities of the new 18th edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments - Information on measurement instruments in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. HAPI assists researchers and educators to identify measures needed for research studies and grant proposals.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
Health Business Fulltext Elite - Journal content detailing all aspects of health care administration. Topics covered include hospital management, hospital administration, marketing, human resources, computer technology, facilities management and insurance.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.
- Health Reference Center Academic - Provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources.	Access is restricted to UMMS/UMMHC workstations or by proxy service.