Databases

Resources for Finding Journal Articles

Resource Title	Notes
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.
Chemistry Central - Currently features chemistry-related articles published in BioMed Central journals.	Access is freely available to all.
- 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.
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.
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.
BCERF, Environmental Risk Factor Database - Database for bibliographic information on environmental risk factors topics.	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.
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.
AGRICOLA - The National Agricultural Library's free online catalog. Provides citations to agricultural literature.	Access is freely available to all.
African Index Medicus - International index to African health literature and information sources.	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.
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.