Guides: LGBTQ Health: Core Databases

Core Databases

Suggested PubMed Search Strategy
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("Sexual and Gender Minorities"[Mesh] OR "Homosexuality"[Mesh] OR "Bisexuality"[Mesh] OR "Transsexualism"[Mesh] OR "Sex Reassignment Procedures"[Mesh] OR "Health Services for Transgender Persons"[Mesh] OR "Gender Identity"[Mesh:noexp] OR lgb[tiab] OR lgbt*[all] OR 2SLGBTQIA*[tiab] OR glbt[tiab] OR gay[tiab] OR bisexual*[tiab] OR homosexual*[all] OR "same sex"[tiab] OR two-spirit*[tiab] OR lesbian*[all] OR transsexual*[tiab] OR transgender*[tiab] OR intersex*[tiab] OR queer*[tiab] OR MSM[tiab] OR MESM[tiab] OR "men who have sex with men"[tiab] OR "men having sex with men"[tiab] OR non-binary[tiab] OR "sexual minorit*"[tiab] OR "gender minorit*"[tiab] OR "gender diverse"[tiab] OR "sexually diverse"[tiab])

PubMed (McGill)
MEDLINE(R) (OVID) ALL, 1946-
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Embase Classic + Embase
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Google Scholar
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (Ovid)
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5 simultaneous users.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global
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Full-text of dissertations from McGill University as well as 3,100 worldwide universities. Full-text PDFs available for all non-embargoed dissertations and theses from 1997 – forward, with select full text available prior to 1997.
Library can facilitate negotiating text-mining rights for this database for McGill faculty and students wishing to acquire the rights with their own research funds. Please contact Digital Scholarship Hub
PsycINFO 1806-Ovid
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Index database for psychology. Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines, including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, pharmacology, physiology and linguistics.
* Quick reference guide - How to search PsycINFO
Scopus
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Curated abstract and citation database, updated daily with enriched data and linked scholarly content for Health, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences.
Web of Science Core Collection (All Indexes)
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Includes Citation Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1900-present), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present), Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (1990-present), Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (1990-present), Book Citation Index– Science (2005-present), Book Citation Index– Social Sciences & Humanities (2005-present), Emerging Sources Citation Index (2005-present). Chemical Indexes include: Current Chemical Reactions (1985-present, plus Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle structure data back to 1840), and Index Chemicus (1993-present).