Library Guides: Biomedical Sciences: Databases

Biomedical databases

Medline (Ovid)
Comprehensive medical database including veterinary, dentistry and nursing topics.
Instructions:Ovid tutorial
PubMed
Comprehensive medical database including veterinary, dentistry and nursing topics.
EMBASE
Comprehensive medical database with particular strength in drug and pharmacology topics. Includes European journals and conference abstracts not available in Medline.

Web of Science
Science, technology, social sciences, arts and humanities.
Good coverage of material pre-1970. Selects "journals of influence".
Conferences: Yes
Scopus (Elsevier)
Science, technology, social sciences, arts and humanities.
Features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
Conferences: Yes
Google Scholar
All subject areas.
Limited search options.
Conferences: Yes, also tutorials, posters, presentations, newsletters (not peer-reviewed)

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