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Bibliographic/citation databases contain bibliographic information (e.g., citation information and abstracts) for sources of literature. The databases compared and listed below predominantly include bibliographic records for journal articles, however, most do not search or provide the full text articles. Instead, many databases will provide links for accessing full text articles from a publisher or journal website.
Databases that prioritize high-level evidence are sometimes referred to as evidence-based practice databases, some of which are available through the library (e.g. Cochrane Library) and others are freely available to search (e.g. Health Evidence).
Global |
PubMed/ |
Embase |
CINAHL |
PsycINFO |
Cochrane Library |
Web of |
|
Years: |
1973- |
1946- |
1947-present |
1980- |
1806- |
Varies by database |
1900- |
Journals: |
>7,300 |
>6,500 |
> 8,500 |
>3,100 |
>2,500 |
N/A |
>33,000 |
Records: |
>3 million |
> 33 million |
> 41 million |
~4 million |
> 4 million |
>1 million |
>170 million |
Record |
Journal articles, book content, theses, reports |
Journal articles, some conference proceedings |
Journal articles, conference proceedings, preprints |
Journal and magazine articles, dissertations, books |
Journal articles, book chapters, dissertations |
High-quality journal articles (controlled trials and SRs), SR protocols |
Journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings |
Subjects |
Public health: |
Biomedicine |
Biomedicine, |
Nursing, biomedicine, altern/compl medicine, consumer health, and allied health |
Psychological literature incl. social, behavioral, and health sciences |
Health care interventions, diagnostic assessments |
Multi-disciplinary incl. science, technology, arts, social sciences, humanities |
Subject |
Global Health Indexing |
MeSH |
Emtree |
CINAHL |
APA Thesaurus Terms |
MeSH, but only for some records |
N/A |
QUL |
Ovid |
Ovid and PubMed |
Ovid |
Ebsco |
Ovid and |
Ovid and |
Web of |
Notes: |
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No need to search both Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed |
“Cumulative Index for Nursing & Allied Health Literature” |
Resources listed in this section provide some type of evidence based analysis, synthesis and/or summary of a particular topic, study or question that will aid in evidence based decision making.