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Core and Additional Databases
Core and Additional Databases
- MEDLINE (1996-) - biomedicine. Includes Index to Dental Literature. Start here!
MEDLINE, 1946 - - complete MEDLINE database
- CDC's Oral Health Epidemiological Database
- CPS: Compendium of Pharmaceuticals & Specialties / CPSP: Compendium des produits et spécialités pharmaceutiques - Canadian drugs and therapeutics. Current edition
- Database of Online Health Statistics - search by nation, government agency, or research group
- EMBASE, (1996 -) - biomedicine. Broad coverage of the European literature. NOTE: allows a limited number of simultaneous users.
EMBASE, 1947 -
- ERIC (1966 - ) - education, including dental education. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
- ERIC (1966 -) - free (open access) version of the ERIC database listed above
- GIDEON (Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Online Network) - a decision support application covering infectious diseases, microbiology and toxicology worldwide
- Google Scholar - restricts Google results to authoritative resources. Use Advanced Scholar Search to limit results by date, format, etc. If phrase searching, use quotation marks to increase relevance and decrease retrieval
Google Images - remember to credit the source of the image
Google Video - remember to credit the source of the video
- Health & Psychosocial Instruments (1985 -) - health instruments, surveys, questionnaires, etc.
- Lexicomp Online for Dentistry - a strong set of databases with comprehensive drug information, diagnosis and treatment guidelines and reviews of clinical principles. Also includes patient/consumer health information.
- McGill Library Global Health Guide - this resource guide attempts to promote collaboration in the field of global health
- MedlinePLUS - an excellent resource for patient/consumer health information. Provides drug and disease related links as well as interactive tutorials
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Online - international listing of doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Provides full text. Coverage varies
- PsycInfo (1987 -) - psychological, behavioral and emotional impact of disease
PsycInfo (1806 -)
- PUBMED (1946 -) - free (open access) version of MEDLINE. Includes Index to Dental Literature
- SCOPUS (1823 -) - multidisciplinary. Provides citation indexing, patent searching, H-index indicators etc.
- Web of Science (1900 -) - multidisciplinary. Features citation indexing, H-index indicators and access to Journal Citation Reports for journal impact factors
Search Engines for Evidence Based Practice
Multimedia Resources
- iTunes U - provides access to lectures, course materials, academic apps, etc
- NEJM Clinical Videos - 30+ videos in different aspects of clinical medicine
- ResearchChannel at YouTube - provides over 460 videos and broadcast streaming. Click on Subscribe to receive notification when new videos are posted
- YouTube EDU - educational videos. Use the search function to locate videos of interest.
If you are searching the main YouTube site, conduct your search, click on Search Options at the top left of the results window, and limit results by Categories --> Education or Duration --> Long (20~ minutes)
Point of Care / Evidence-based Resources
Point of Care / Evidence Based Resources
