LibGuides: Medicine: Find Articles

Recommended Databases

The following databases are the top recommended resources for medical research. They can also be accessed from the Library's homepage.

PubMed This link opens in a new window
Use PubMed to access more than 25 million citations for biomedical journal articles from the MEDLINE database.
Embase This link opens in a new window
A highly versatile, multipurpose and up-to-date database covering the most important international biomedical literature from 1947 to the present day.
Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Access the Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and more through the Web of Science Core Collection. Covers multidisciplinary subjects, including the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, and more than 12,000 journals. Also includes citations to conference proceedings.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Covers multidisciplinary research literature and quality web sources. Also provides powerful citation analysis tools for articles.

PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Covers publications in many health-related fields, including psychiatry, nursing, health administration, pharmacology, rehabilitation, and epidemiology.
CINAHL This link opens in a new window
The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature contains information published from 1982 to present on nursing and allied health fields such as dietetics, physical and occupational therapy, medical records, etc.
TRIP Database This link opens in a new window
A clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.

The following links provide access to brief videos and tutorials that can assist you with learning to search in the databases:

Basic Searching Techniques for Health Sciences
This 11 minute presentation created by OSU health sciences librarians will get you started developing search strategies in health sciences databases.
PubMed Online Training
The National Library of Medicine provides numerous brief tutorials on a wide variety of PubMed topics.