Research Guides: Systematic Review Services: Databases and Additional Resources

Help and guides for searching the literature in the biomedical databases

1. PubMed user's guide
2. Supplemental tutorial on how to look search PubMed in a systematic way.

Key Databases

PubMed@UCI This link opens in a new window
Provides access to millions of citations from MEDLINE and life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
CINAHL indexes journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, with indexing for selected journals back to 1937. Topics covered are related to nursing, physical therapy, health education, social service/healthcare, occupational therapy, and related disciplines. CINAHL also provides access to healthcare books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, educational software and audiovisual materials in nursing.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
An abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Content covers research output in the fields of physical science, health science, life science, technology, medicine, and social sciences.
Web of Science (WoS) This link opens in a new window
Global citation database provides access to the Science Citation Index expanded from 1900 to the present, Social Sciences Citation Index from 1956 to the present, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index from 1975 to the present.
TRIP Pro This link opens in a new window
A clinical search engine designed to allow clinicians to quickly find answers to their clinical questions using the best available evidence.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Published by the American Psychological Association (APA), PsycINFO provides an international index for scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. The database includes material of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.

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Supplemental Databases

Biosis Previews - Web of Science
ClinicalTrials.gov
Cochrane Library
ERIC
International Clinical Trials Registry
Campbell Collaboration Promotes positive and economic change through the production and use of systematic reviews and other evidence synthesis for evidence-based policy and practice.