Peer Reviewed Databases and Resources in Environmental Health

Peer Reviewed Resources and DatabasesThe following databases contain peer-reviewed literature; many are health-sciences specific and broad in nature. Depending on the research questionit may be ncessary to search in subject-specific databases. Please contact the relevant 'Information Specialist' for assistance in locating these specialized resources.Biomedical DatabasesDatabaseSpecialtyContentAccessCINAHLNursingOccupational therapy, physical therapy, respiratory technology, x-ray technology;subscription more than 1.25 million citations from 2,700 journals 1982-present; legal cases, requiredclinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments, clinical trials; note: some free full-text availableEMBASEPharmacyBiomedical/pharmacological database of 5,000 journals from 70 countries; subscription extensive drug information; over 8 million citations (most with abstracts); requiredEuropean focus but international information; note: some content available free through ScirusEvidence-Based Medicine BiomedicineCombines 7 evidence-based medicine resources into a single, fully-searchable subscription Reviewsdatabase; over 360,000 citations/articles; EBM databases: Cochrane Database requiredof Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE), Health Technology Assessments (HTA), NHS Economic Evaluation Database, ACP Journal Club, Definitive Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology RegisterLILACSMedicineMaterial from 670 health sciences journals 1982 onwards; focus on Latin freeAmerica/Caribbean material (articles in Spanish, Portuguese, English); little overlap with Medline/EMBASE; note:comprehensive searches should always include LILACS (required by Cochrane Review Group)MedlineBiomedicineMost important biomedical/health sciences database; citations/abstracts from subscription 5,398 journals published in 70 countries 1966 - present; over 14 million citations; requiredslight US focusMicromedexBiomedicineSummaries/detailed monographs: drugs, disease, alternative medicine; subscription toxicological management, reproductive risks, emergency carerequiredPubMedBiomedicineNational Library of Medicine's database (free access to Medline); over 18 million freecitations; content not found in Medline: pre-1966 citations, in-process citations not yet added to Medline; citations for journals out-of-scope in MedlineScopusBiomedicineLargest scientific citation database; more than 38 million citations; indexes over contact Information 18,000 journals; patents; conference proceedings; advanced citation linking Specialist for abilitiesaccessMarch 10, 20101UptoDateMedicinePoint-of-care evidence-based medicine tool; topic reviews include: synthesis of subscription literature, latest evidence, specific recommendations for patient carerequiredWeb of ScienceSciences, Arts, Access to: Art & Humanities Citation Index 1975-present, Science Citation Index subscription Law, BusinessExpanded 1900-present, Social Sciences Citation Index 1956-present; focus on: requiredphysical sciences, medical sciences, life sciences, applied sciences, agriculture, humanities and social sciences, law, businessOther Relevant DatabasesDatabaseSpecialtyContentAccessAGRICOLAAgricultureOver 3.3 million records: major agricultural subjects from 1970 - present; US-subscription based focusrequiredAcademic Search CompleteMulti-disciplinaryBroad, comprehensive full-text database; indexes over 10,315 journals (8,994 subscription peer reviewed); over 6,000 journals in full-text; some content from 1887requiredCAB DirectLife SciencesOver 5 million citations from 9,000 journals in Land Science: agriculture, forestry, subscription environmental sciences, global health, nutrition, animal sciences; includes lesser-requiredknown material from itnernational journals, independent publishers, learned societiesCanadian NewsstandNewspapersFull-text Canadian national/leading regional newspaper database; note: does not subscription include peer-reviewed resources but still relevant to obtain information on public requiredopinion/coverage of various areas of interest; includes breaking news/controversy that may not appear in peer-reviewed journals for some timeCompendexEngineeringInternational coverage in all areas of engineering 1884 - present; contains 11.3 subscription million records from 190 engineering disciplines in 5,600 periodicals published in required55 countriesPsycInfoPsychologyCitations/summaries from 2,426 journals in 25 languages with dates ranging subscription from 1887; all areas of psychology/related disciplines: medicine, psychiatry, requirednursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, sport, business, lawProduction of this document was made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of CanadaMarch 10, 20102