Library & Cultural Services: Health and Social Care: Databases

Databases

Coronavirus research database
Including coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, this database curates openly available content related to coronaviruses. It includes thousands of open-access articles from the world’s leading publishers as well as current research from pre-print repositories such as arXiv and will continue to grow and evolve as more is learned about the pandemic.

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Help with searching databases

Take a look at these guides to help you get to grips with each database and it's search features.

Visit the CINAHL help pages for complete support.

Visit the MEDLINE help pages for complete support.

Visit the PsycINFO/PsycARTICLES help pages for complete support.

The following guide will show you how to:

Navigate the Cochrane Library
Carry out advanced searches
Filter your search results
Save and re-run your searches

Searching the Cochrane Library guide

This guidance from NICE will show you how to:

search NICE Evidence search
Review your results
Refine your results
Share and download your results

NICE Evidence searach: a quick guide

The following guidance from PubMed will show you how to:

search PubMed
search by author
search by journal name
how to find a specific citation
how to focus your search
how to expand your search

***PubMed tutorial***

Visit the Trip help pages for complete support.

Visit the SpeechBITE help pages for complete support.

A guide to searching SpeechBITE

Visit the PEDro help pages for complete support.

Bibliographic databases (to conduct cited searches)

Web of Science
Includes three large, multidisciplinary databases: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1975 - present), Social Sciences Citation index (1898 - present), and Science Citation Index (1970 - present). Each database indexes the core journals in its wide general area, including reviews, editorials, letters, etc. They give bibliographic details of articles, and 60-70% of SCI and SSCI references include abstracts (AHCI contains very few abstracts), but do not contain the full text of journal articles.

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How to search Web of Science
A quick guide to help you get started using the Web of Science Core Collection
How to search for authors

SCOPUS
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.;

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Quick reference guide
For a quick overview of all Scopus features and where to find them.

While some databases are actual collections of online content, others are indexes of articles or other materials. Databases such as Scopus and Web of Science contain citations to the material. Index/citation databases help you discover and identify useful articles for your topic.

Introduction to using Scopus for your literature search webinar

These interactive tutorials will help you get the best out of Scopus:

Searching for documents tutorial / tutorial text only
Reviewing search results tutorial / tutorial text only
Reviewing documents tutorial / tutorial text only
Searching for authors tutorial / tutorial text only

Connected Papers
A visual tool to help you find and explore papers relevant to your research. Find similar papers fast and ensure you haven't missed an important paper.

Try this example graph and then create your own.