Guides: Free Health Resources: Databases

Available Databases

Cochrane Library
Contains information on Systematic and other Review types of topics as well as Clinical Trials.

Europe PMC This link opens in a new window
European version of PubMed Central containing biomedical full-text articles, preprints, guidelines, abstracts, and patents from all over the world.
Large Collection.
2007-Present.
Updated daily.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary search tool specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Added functionality available with personal account.
Large Collection.
Updated Daily.
2004-Present
MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
Consumer health information on diseases, drugs, medical tests, medical terminology, and other health topics.
Large Collection.
1998-Present
Updated as needed.

Medscape
Requires a free account. Many illustrations in their Procedures and Image Collection

PubMed Central This link opens in a new window
Open Access, full text archive of biomedical and life sciences literature.
Large Collection.
Updated frequently.
2000-Present
TRIP This link opens in a new window
Clinical search engine for evidence-based medicine and practice guidelines. Added functionality available with personal account. Good for foreground questions
Large Collection.
1997-Present.
Updated bi-weekly
PubMed (MEDLINE) This link opens in a new window
PubMed is comprised of millions of citations for the biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Also provides access to other National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) services for biomedical and genomic information. Added functionality available with personal account. Good for foreground questions.
Large Collection.
Updated daily.
1996-Present