Online Databases & Resources
Online indexes and databases contain links to abstracts, evidence-based research, and often full-text journal articles found in a range of publications. If you have a topic for a research paper and want to search across multiple journals, start with a database.
For more information on searching databases, see the Finding Articles page, or click one of these links:Below is a list of the online indexes and databases subscribed to or recommended by the SMU library. Many require a valid SMU username and password for off-campus access; open-access resources are indicated with an asterisk (*).
| Index/Database | Description | |
| A-B | ||
| AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality* | Source for evidence-based practice | |
| AIDSInfo* | Information on HIV/AIDS clinical trials and federally approved HIV treatment & prevention guidelines | |
| Alt HealthWatch | Full-text journal articles on alternative/complementary medicine | |
| Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown University* | Ethical issues in health care, biomedical research, biotechnology and the environment | |
| C | ||
| CINAHL Plus with Full Text | Nursing and allied health literature • What's different between PubMed, CINAHL, Medline & PMC? | |
| Cochrane Library | Evidence for healthcare decision-making | |
| Consumer Health Complete | Full-text consumer health information from books, journal articles, news and videos | |
| D-G | ||
| DIRLINE - Directory of Health Organizations* | The National Library of Medicine's database of health- and biomedicine-related organizations, research resources, projects, and databases | |
| Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) | Doctoral dissertations and masters' theses | |
| ERIC | Education literature | |
| Filmakers Library Online | A growing database of streaming video documentaries on a wide variety of subjects | |
| Google Scholar* | Google search for journal articles | |
| GreenFILE | Human impact on the environment | |
| H-L | ||
| Image Search (EBSCO) | Search for images in Alt HealthWatch and CINAHL Plus | |
| Joanna Briggs Institute | Evidence-based nursing content | |
| Journal Citation Reports (Web of Knowledge) | Provides access to impact factor data (one metric of assessing an article’s value) | |
| KaiserEDU - Health Policy Explained* | National health policy information | |
| LactMed - Drugs and Lactation Database* | Full-text drug information for breast-feeding mothers | |
| Lexicomp Online | Full-text drug information | |
| Library, Information Science & Techology Abstracts | Literature on information management, librarianship, online information retrieval | |
| M | ||
| MD Consult | Full-text medical journals, books, and news | |
| MEDLINE (Ovid) | Medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences • What's different between PubMed, CINAHL, Medline & PMC? | |
| MEDLINE Complete | Access to almost 2,000 medical journals, some dating to the 19th century. | |
| MedlinePlus* | Full-text consumer health information | |
| Micromedex | Full-text drug information databases | |
| Mosby’s Nursing Consult | Full-text nursing journals, books, and news | |
| Mosby’s Nursing Skills | Over 900 nursing skills and procedures with detailed text, summary reviews, tests, checklists, illustrations and video/animation demonstrations | |
| N-O | ||
| National Guideline Clearinghouse (AHRQ)* | Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines | |
| Nursing Education in Video | An online collection of videos for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers | |
| OTseeker* | Evidence-based occupational therapy | |
| P | ||
| PEDro - Physiotherapy Evidence Database* | Evidence-based physiotherapy | |
| Physiotherapy Exercises for People with Spinal Cord Injuries and Other Neurological Conditions* | Exercises for people with spinal cord injuries and other neurological conditions | |
| National Center for PTSD (US Dept. of Veteran Affairs)* | Worldwide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | |
| POPLINE* | Reproductive health literature from around the world | |
| PsycARTICLES | Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology | |
| PsycBITE* | Evidence-based information for acquired brain impairment | |
| PsycINFO | Psychology and psychiatry literature | |
| Pubget* | Search engine for life science PDFs | |
| PubMed@SMU* • PubMed linked to SMU journals | Medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences. This customized PubMed portal links to journals available to SMU users. • What's different between PubMed, CINAHL, Medline & PMC? • SMU + free full text custom filter info | |
| PubMed Clinical Queries | Specialized PubMed searches for clinical study categories, systematic reviews, or medical genetics searches. | |
| Q-Z | ||
| Rehabilitation Reference Center | Full-text information for professionals from books, journal articles, clinical reviews and news | |
| TRIP Database (Turning Research Into Practice)* | Evidence-based research from multiple sources | |
| UpToDate | An evidence-based knowledge system authored by physicians to help clinicians make the right decisions at the point of care | |
| Web of Knowledge (Journal Citation Reports) | Provides access to impact factor data (one metric of assessing an article’s value) | |
