Databases - Medical, health sciences and policy
- Medline (Ovid)Comprehensive medical database including veterinary, dentistry and nursing topics.
- PubMedComprehensive medical database including veterinary, dentistry and nursing topics.
- Global Health (Ovid)Public Health
International medical and public health. Strong coverage of grey literature - proceedings, theses, electronic-only publications.
- CINAHLNursing & Allied Health
Comprehensive coverage including including 50 nursing specialties, speech and language pathology, nutrition, general health and medicine. - PsycINFO (Ovid)Psychology & Psychiatry
Global database of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law - EMBASE (Ovid)Medical & Pharmacology
Comprehensive medical database with particular strength in drug and pharmacology topics. Includes European journals and conference abstracts not available in Medline. - Informit Health CollectionAustralian Health
Australian Health topics such as therapeutic, diagnostic and preventative health, mental health, complementary therapies, and health services management. Contains journals, books, conference proceedings and reports. - EBMR (Ovid)Evidence based medicine
Combines 7 evidence based medicine resources into a single, fully-searchable database. - Campbell Systematic ReviewsSystematic reviews
Systematic reviews on social, economic, and behavioral interventions to inform policy making. Also includes plain language summaries.
Health Economics
- ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new windowGlobal coverage of business and economics. Includes journals, theses, working papers and key magazines such as the Economist.
- APA-FT - Australian Public Affairs - Full Text (Informit)Australian current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences.
- EconLit (EBSCO)Economics literature. Includes journal articles, books, collective volume articles, theses, working papers and full-text book reviews.
Multipdisciplinary
- Scopus (Elsevier)Science, technology, social sciences, arts and humanities.
Features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
Conferences: Yes - Web of ScienceScience, technology, social sciences, arts and humanities.
Good coverage of material pre-1970. Selects "journals of influence".
Conferences: Yes - Google ScholarAll subject areas.
Limited search options.
Conferences: Yes, also tutorials, posters, presentations, newsletters (not peer-reviewed)
Academic literature
What is a scholarly journal article?
A scholarly journal article is written by experts and goes through a process of peer review.
Peer review
Experts in the field are asked to rigorously check an article for quality, originality and accuracy.
This feedback is given to the editor who decides if the work is suitable for inclusion or needs revisions.
How can I find peer reviewed articles?
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Peer review and non-peer review |
Look for a:
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CINAHL Informit Health Collection |
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Web of Science Scopus Google Scholar |
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Only peer reviewed journals
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Medline (Ovid) PubMed |
Peer-reviewed journals may also contain articles that are not peer reviewed, such as letters to the editor, opinion pieces, and book reviews.
What other types of academic literature are there?
Scholarly books, conference proceedings, textbooks and reference works are all other types of academic literature and may appear in the databases on this page.
Check with your tutor or lecturer what is suitable for a particular assessment.