Quick Links
- CINAHL: Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature This link opens in a new windowCovers journal publications from the nursing and allied health professions. While it primarily covers journal citations
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowComprehensive coverage of abstracts to the biomedical literature. Includes medicine, the allied health disciplines, and biomedical literature.
- Embase This link opens in a new windowComprehensive biomedical database covering both national and international journal publications and conference abstracts.
- APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new windowProvides access to articles, books and book chapters, and dissertations that cover the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowThis database is a core general science resource, covering all aspects of scientific literature. It also has a number of tools that make it a unique resource for finding scholarly literature. Item records come with links both to the works cited by the paper in question and the future works that cite that paper.
Welcome!
This guide is designed to help health & rehabilitation science students & faculty get started with their research. It features in-depth guides by subject area, and a full list of health science databases.
I look forward to assisting you with:
- identifying the best databases for your research question.
- using effective keywords to find the help you maximize the amount of research you find.
- focusing in on research that informs evidence-based practice.
- tracking down health-related data or statistics.
- using citation tools such as RefWorks, Mendeley, or Zotero.
- finding information on health-related tests or questionnaires.
- identify potential journals for your publications.
- getting started with systematic reviews and scoping reviews.
And more! Please use my contact information on the right to make an appointment. I am glad to meet with you in-person or over Zoom.
Online Databases
- CINAHL: Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature This link opens in a new windowCovers journal publications from the allied health professions, including physical therapy, speech & language therapy, occupational therapy, and public health.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowComprehensive coverage of abstracts to the biomedical literature. Includes medicine, the allied health disciplines, and biomedical literature.
- APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new windowProvides access to articles, books and book chapters, and dissertations that cover the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences.
- Embase This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive biomedical database covering both national and internally published journals.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowThis database is a core general science resource, covering all aspects of scientific literature. It also has a number of tools that make it a unique resource for finding scholarly literature. Item records come with links both to the works cited by the paper in question and the future works that cite that paper.
- ERIC (via ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowERIC is a collection of journal articles, association reports, conference papers, government documents, books and other materials on education-related topics.
- General Science Full Text This link opens in a new windowA multidisciplinary science database designed for students and non-specialists.
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews This link opens in a new window
A collection of systematic reviews on the impact of health-related interventions & treatments. Updated regularly.
- DynaMed This link opens in a new window
Evidence-based reference tool containing summaries for nearly 2000 topics of diseases, disorders, and symptoms, with information on etiology, associated conditions, history and research findings, differential diagnosis and diagnostic testing, prognosis, treatment, prevention, and links to patient information. Summaries are derived from peer-reviewed sources.
- Natural Medicines This link opens in a new windowProvides evidence-based, clinical information on alternative and complimentary medicines.
- Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination This link opens in a new windowFeatures videos on how to do head-to-toe assessments for physical examinations.
- Wiley Encyclopedia of Clinical Trials This link opens in a new windowConsists of entries on on the basic concepts, methodologies, and applications in clinical trials.
- STAT!Ref This link opens in a new windowStat!Ref is a web-based platform that aggregates core health sciences books (textbooks, handbooks, drug books, dictionaries, indexes) from leading publishers. It provides cross-search in medical textbooks and resources as well as access to the full texts of these books through the table of contents.
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders This link opens in a new windowGeared for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and other mental health practitioners, the DSM-5 provides comprehensive guidelines for diagnosing mental disorders. Published in 2013.
- Overton This link opens in a new windowOverton is a searchable index of policy documents, guidelines, think tank publications and working papers. BU email address required to create account with a unique password (different from your Kerberos password) and access content.
- Policy Commons: Global Think Tanks This link opens in a new windowPublications from a wide variety of think tanks and policy organizations around the world.
- Policy Commons: Public Health and Social Care This link opens in a new windowPolicy statements on public health topics.
