Databases for Health & Behavioural Sciences

Databases to try first
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Title	Tips	Notes
Annual Reviews	Tips	Sciences and social sciences Conditions of use Annual reviews
Australian Bureau of Statistics	Tips	Statistical data of Australia, the States and smaller regions. ABS' full standard product range on-line. Australian. publications 1988 - present, with older time series This is a free site but there are some conditions of use specified on the ABS website ABS website
Australian Medicines Handbook (AMH)	Tips	Covers most drugs marketed in Australia. The AMH is for information purposes only and is designed as a general drug and therapeutic information reference for healthcare professionals and students in Australia. Current Conditions of use AMH Pty. Ltd.
Australian Public Affairs - full text APAFT	Tips	Business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences. APAIS with some fulltext. Australian. Index 1978 - present Fulltext 1995 - present Conditions of use Informit
Australian Sport Database (AUSPORT)	Tips	Australian sport including administration, children, coaching, disabled, economics, facilities, history, medicine, nutrition, physiology, psychology. Australian. 1989 - present Conditions of use Informit
Biomed Central	Tips	Over 100 Open Access journals covering all areas of Biology and Medicine Conditions of use (word file) Biomed Central website
Cambridge Journals Online	Tips	Sciences, social sciences, and humanities Conditions of use Cambridge journals website
CINAHL	Tips	Nursing and allied health. International. 1981 - present EbscoHOST
Cochrane - All	Tips	Evidence- based medicine. Clinical medicine, trials Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. Inernational Conditions of use Ovid.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews	Tips	Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. International. 1991 - present Conditions of use Ovid
Cochrane Library	Tips	Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. International. Current Alternative access for anybody based in Australia. This service is on the Wiley Interscience site. The link provided here will allow you to access Cochrane using EZproxy. If you use the link to the Wiley Interscience home page and then go to Cochrane you will lose the EZproxy connection and use will affect quota.
Dissertations Abstracts	Tips	Thesis citations with abstracts. International. 1861 to present Recent years may have 24 page preview. Option to order Conditions of use Proquest.
Evidence-Based Resources from the Joanna Briggs Institute	Tips	Systematic Reviews, Evidence Summaries, and Best Practice Information Sheets for nursing and the allied health professions Conditions of use Proquest.
Expanded Academic ASAP	Tips	General Database with information in arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. International. 1980 - present Conditions of use Gale InfoTrac
Factiva	Tips	Newspaper and company information Factiva Preferred browser Internet Explorer v. 5.5+, Firefox (Windows) and Safari (Macintosh) The site uses secure http. The certificate on the Library's EZproxy server can cause an error. If you are warned about a security error and recommended not to proceed it is OK to do so in this instance. It is possible with IE browsers to turn off the warning about certificate mismatches but it can be a valid warning, so take this option with care.
Health Reference Center - Academic	Tips	Health information for nursing, public health, nutrition, psychology. International. Current year plus previous four years Conditions of use Gale InfoTrac
Health Sciences: A SAGE Full-Text Collection	Tips	Nursing and nursing related health issues. International Dates vary Sage
Informaworld	Tips	Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. International. Conditions of use
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences	Tips	Social and behavioural sciences and related areas International Conditions of use ScienceDirect
Lexis.com	Tips	Legal resources. International law. Various dates Lexis
Liebert Online		Electronic Journals in Lifesciences, Medicine, Law, Psychology, Engineering, Biotechnology, Informatics Dates vary but most start 2000, with some earlier Mary Liebert Inc.
MDConsult	Tips	Medical developments and clinical information Premium on current information MDConsult website
Meditext	Tips	Health and medicine, with an emphasis on clinical medicine and paraprofessional fields. Australian. Fulltext 1996- Indexing 1968- Conditions of use Informit
Medline 1966- Medline 1996- Medline Daily update Premedline - In-process records Old medline 1950-1965	Tips	Medicine. Anatomy, diseases, chemicals and drugs, techniques and equipment, psychiatry and psychology and health care. International. 1950 - present, in several files Conditions of use Ovid
MIMS Online	Tips	Pharmaceutical database with information about prescription and non-prescription drugs. Australian Current Conditions of use Health Communication Network (HCN)
Nature Journals Online	Tips	Science research. International Nature Publishing Group Please consult the Info link for subscribed titles and their links. Individual titles also listed in the Library catalogue
Nursing and Allied Health Source	Tips	Nursing journals, systematic reviews and evidence based summaries, includes the following databases as a search set: Evidence-Based Resources from the Joanna Briggs Institute ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source Conditions of use Proquest.
Nursing Resource Center	Tips	Encyclopedia articles giving disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the encyclopedia texts. Cengage (Gale)
OTseeker		Occupational therapy - systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials.
Ovid classroom	Tips	Used for instructional purposes only, for classes with Library staff
PEDro - Physiotherapy Evidence Database		Randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy
POPLINE	Tips	Reproductive health, population, family planning, and related health issues. POPLINE website
Proquest Family Health	Tips	full-text information from covering numerous aspects of family health from sports injuries to women's health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry. Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Central	Tips	Information in most topic areas. Several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations. This has everything previously included in Proquest 500 plus more material. International. Various dates Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Source	Tips	Nursing journals and guidelines, includes the following databases as a search set: Evidence-Based Resources from the Joanna Briggs Institute ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source Conditions of use Proquest.
Proquest Psychology Journals	Tips	Provides abstracts and indexing for more than 650 titles, with over 540 titles available in full text. Also includes 4,000 full text dissertations representing a range of psychology disciplines including behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial, personality, physiological, psychobiology, psychometrics and social psychology. Dissertation content is available for the years spanning 2000 through 2005. Conditions of use Proquest.
PsycArticles	Tips	Psychology. Journals of American Psychological Association. International Conditions of use Ovid
PsycBOOKS	Tips	Psychology books. International 1806 - present Conditions of use Ovid
PsycCRITIQUES	Tips	Reviews of books and films about psychology an related disciplines. International Conditions of use Ovid
Psycinfo 1806- , 1967- , 1985-	Tips	Psychology and related disciplines. International. 1806 - present Conditions of use Ovid
Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection	Tips	Psychology and related disciplines from the publisher SAGE and participating societies. International 1941 - present Sage
Sage Journals Online	Tips	Virtually all journals published by SAGE. This publisher publishes in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. International SAGE Note: SAGE Journals Online includes the Nursing and Psychology collections which have been available on the CSA platform. These are still available on the CSA platform as well as on the SAGE platform
ScienceDirect	Tips	Life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. International. 1995 - present, some earlier Conditions of use ScienceDirect website
Sociological Abstracts	Tips	Sociology and related disciplines. International. 1952 - present Records after 1974 include abstracts Conditions of use CSA.
SportsDiscus	Tips	Sport: recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness. International. 1800 - present EbscoHOST
Springerlink	Tips	Journal of the publisher Springer-Verlag. International with strengths in Behavioral Sciences, Biomedical & Life Sciences, Business & Economics, Chemistry & Material Science, Computer Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences & Law, Mathematics, Medicine, and Physics & Astronomy. Dates vary Conditions of use Springerlink
Wiley Interscience	Tips	Journals published by Wiley, including sciences, life sciences, technology, business and finance and behavioural sciences. International. Dates vary according to title Conditions of use Wiley

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Other relevant databases
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Title	Tips	Notes
A ⁺ Education	Tips	Education and related fields, including curriculum, educational research, information science, librarianship, management, policy administration, psychology, sociology, teaching and training. Australian. This is Australian Education Index with selected fulltext added Fulltext 2000 - present Index 1978 - present Conditions of use Informit
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography (ATSIhealth)	Tips	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Australian. 1988 - present Conditions of use Informit
Attorney-General's Information Service (AGIS) Plus Text	Tips	Law, including administrative law, companies and securities, constitutional law, copyright, criminal law, environmental law, family law. Australian. Indexing 1975 - present Fulltext 1999 - present Conditions of use Informit
AUSTGUIDE	Tips	General and educational. Australian focus. 1986 - present Conditions of use Informit
AUSTLII	Tips	Law, legislation and case law. Australia. Commonwealth and state jurisdictions plus New Zealand and South Pacific. Starting dates vary Conditions of use AustLII website.
Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Information (ANSTI)	Tips	Nuclear science research and development, with special emphasis on its peaceful applications. Australian. 1970 - present Conditions of use Informit
Biological Abstracts	Tips	Biological and medical research. Clinical studies, new organisms. agriculture biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, genetics, botany, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology. International. 1969- 2003 Access to later material is available through Biosis Previews Conditions of use Ovid
Biosis Previews	Tips	Biological and medical research. Clinical studies, new organisms. agriculture biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, genetics, botany, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology. International. 2002 - Access to earlier material is through Biological Abstracts Conditions of use Ovid
CINCH-Health	Tips	Criminal law and justice relating to health. Australian. 1968 - present Conditions of use Informit
CLIB2001, CLIB96 & CLIB91	Tips	Statistics from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Stand alone CD ROM ask at Research Help.
Conference Proceedings Citation Index	Tips	Conference papers and citations. Choose Science or Social Science and Humanities 1991- present Conditions of use Thomson Reuters
Consumer Sciences Index (CSI)	Tips	Consumer economics. Australian. 1988 - 2001 Conditions of use Informit
Current Contents Connect	Tips	Current information in sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, technology and medical science. International. Conditions of use ISI Web of Knowledge
Dictionary of Drugs	Tips	Drugs and pharmacological agents. International. Dates vary Conditions of use Chapman and Hall/CRC
Dictionary of Natural Products	Tips	Naturally occuring chemicals. International. Dates vary Conditions of use Chapman and Hall/CRC
Drug Database (DRUG)	Tips	Substance abuse. Australian. 1974 - present Conditions of use Informit
EBM Reviews - ACP Journal Club	Tips	Evidence- based medicine. International. 1991 - present Conditions of use Ovid
EBM Reviews - All	Tips	Evidence- based medicine. Clinical medicine, trials Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. Inernational Conditions of use Ovid.
EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	Tips	Clinical medicine, trials. International. Not date limited Conditions of use Ovid
EBM Reviews - Dare	Tips	Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. International. Date is latest update for whole database Conditions of use Ovid
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences	Tips	Biochemistry, biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, immunology, history of life sciences. International. Published 2001 with continual updates Wiley
ERIC	Tips	Education. International. 1966 - present Conditions of use Ovid
ERIC	Tips	Education. International. Dates vary Conditions of use Proquest
Family and Society Plus	Tips	Issues about, or of relevance to families. Australia. Fulltext 2000 - present. Index 1980 - present This is Family database with selected fulltext added Conditions of use Informit
Health & Society Database (H&S)	Tips	Health policy services and issues. Australian. Subset of Family. 1980 - present Conditions of use Informit
HighWirePress	Tips	Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences. International Archive site, dates vary, latest issues usually embargoed. Stanford U. P.
Indigenous Studies Bibliography (AIATSIS)	Tips	Australian Indigenous studies. 1990 - present Conditions of use Informit
MAIS	Tips	Immigration, emigration, multiculturalism, ethnicity, racism, multicultural education. Australian. 1988 - present Conditions of use Informit
Media Scan	Tips	Current events and news items. Australian focus. 1991 - present Conditions of use Informit
Pharmasource, see Dictionary of Drugs in ChemNetBase		Drugs and pharmacological agents. International. Conditions of use Chapman and Hall/CRC
Philosopher's Index	Tips	Philosophy and related fields. International. 1940 - present Conditions of use Ovid.
Pubmed	Tips	Medicine. International. Free version of Medline, Premedline plus other content 1966 - present National Center for Biotechnology Information - U.S. National Library of Medicine. Please refer to the help before using this database
Rural and Remote Health Database (RURAL)	Tips	Rural and remote area health issues and care, and the practice and educational needs of health providers Australian 1966 - present Conditions of use Informit
SAI Global	Tips	Standards of Standards Australia plus index to standards of other bodies. Australian. Current and draft standards. International standards may be unlocked and made available. Preferred browser Internet Explorer Conditions of use Standards Australia website.
SCANfile	Tips	Science and technology policy, R&D management, social and economic issues of R&D. Australian focus. 1973 - present Conditions of use Informit
SourceOECD	Tips	OECD documents with emphasis on country comparison, periodicals, working papers, statistics, International Energy Agency statistics Conditions of use Source OECD Website
Web of Knowledge	Tips	Portal for Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, JCR Web Dates vary for each database Conditions of use ISI Web of Knowledge
Web of Science	Tips	Citation indexes, which allow searching by cited references. Science Citation Index, Social Science citation Index 1965 - present, Arts and Humanities Citation Index. 1975 - present Conditions of use ISI Web of Knowledge

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