Scopus is a large abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. It is useful for analyzing publication topics, finding researchers, and obtaining counts of cited materials.
Created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE contains citations and abstracts for biomedical and health journals used by health care professionals, nurses, clinicians and researchers engaged in clinical care, public health and health policy development. Many find the EBSCO version easier to use, but an OVID version is also available.
Content Includes:
Over 19 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine
Records are indexed with NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Citations from approximately 5,600 worldwide journals in 39 languages, and older journals in 60 languages
Citations created by the NLM
Coverage from 1946 to the present, with some older material
Majority of publications are scholarly journals
Includes a small number of newspapers, magazines, and newsletters
Majority of journals selected based on the recommendation of the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee (LSTRC)
Offers citations and abstracts to worldwide biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, healthcare services and the allied health fields, biological & physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Covers 1946 - present. Although coverage is worldwide, most records are derived from English-language sources or have English-language abstracts.
Several other databases are available and can be selected from within the OVID search interface:
OldMedline: The citations in this database are for articles originally printed in hardcopy indexes published from 1946 through 1965.
Medline In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations: PreMEDLINE (PREM), the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) in-process database for MEDLINE, provides basic information and abstracts before a record is indexed with MeSH heading(s) and added to MEDLINE. PreMEDLINE encompasses information from Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing, as well as other sources of coverage. Completed PreMEDLINE records are added as citations to MEDLINE on a weekly basis. However, records that do not receive indexing remain in Medline In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations.
PubMed comprises more than 25 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. It includes material from the fields of biomedicine and health, covering portions of the life, behavioral, chemical, and bioengineering sciences. PubMed also provides access to additional relevant web sites and links to the other NCBI molecular biology resources. PubMed @ UMSL displays links to UMSL library journals.
Academic Search Complete is a scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database, with several thousand full-text periodicals, most of which are peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for many more journals, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
This resource is partially funded by MOREnet, the Missouri Research and Education Network.
The American Physical Society provides electronic access to APS journals and related news from the society and general field of study. These titles are: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics; Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics; Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics; Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology; Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Sort Matter Physics; Physical Review Letters; and other related publications.
The eBook Clinical Collection subscription was designed to support clinical professionals, researchers and students of medical disciplines. Featured in the collection are over 2,000 recent titles covering general practice, various specialties, topics in nursing and allied health, and supporting sciences.
Content is updated quarterly, and all titles are available with unlimited user access. All titles can be viewed online, and most can be downloaded and viewed offline. This collection is included in the eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) database. As a subscription collection, the list of available titles can and will change according to publisher agreements.
The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care and provides information and evidence to support health care decisions made by providers and patients. Included in the Cochrane Library are: Cochrane Reviews (systematic reviews of research in healthcare) and Cochrane Protocol (an outline of a review in preparation which includes background, rationale, and methods).
Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.
Consumer Health Complete provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. In addition, Consumer Health Complete includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs.
This resource is provided to UMSL via MOREnet, the Missouri Research and Education Network.
Sponsored by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bookshelf provides free access to reports and texts in life science & healthcare.
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