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Databases

CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
An index of nursing journals and the primary journals from 17 allied health disciplines, including occupational therapy and physical therapy.
CINAHL indexes all major nursing periodicals published in English, as well as selected periodicals for health education, laboratory technology, occupational therapy, physical therapy and rehabilitation, radiology, respiratory therapy and social services in health care. Provides the full text of more than 1,300 journals, some with PDF backfiles to 1937. Indexing began in 1982.
MEDLINE via PubMed This link opens in a new window
Covering all fields of medicine and medical research, this is MEDLINE as provided by the National Library of Medicine.
MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic covering all fields of medicine and medical research. MEDLINE contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,300 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Coverage through PubMed begins in 1879.
MEDLINE via EBSCO This link opens in a new window
Premier bibliographic database covering all fields of medicine and medical research.
MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic covering all fields of medicine and medical research. MEDLINE contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,300 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Coverage through EBSCO begins with 1950.
PsycInfo & PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
The premier database for psychology research, the online version of Psychological Abstracts; includes PsycARTICLES full text journals.
PsycINFO indexes and provides abstracts for journal articles, books, dissertations, and other publications. PsycARTICLES provides the full text of more than 90 journals published by the American Psychological Association. Besides psychology, this database also covers psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Coverage begins in 1806.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
A collection of health care databases useful for locating evidence-based information, including systematic reviews and controlled trials, to inform health care decisions.
UpToDate This link opens in a new window
Provides specific recommendations for diagnosis and treatment, a drug database, medical calculators, information for patients, and more.

See the Database Search Help tab for more searching help handouts, videos and tutorials.

CINAHL Advanced Search Video
Video demonstration of CINAHL advanced search features, from St. Catherine University Library (9 min).

PubMed Advanced Search (slides)
From St. Catherine University, a slideshow, with video links, shows the advanced search features of PubMed.

PubMed Advanced Search Video
From St. Catherine University (8 min).

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In most library databases, the purple Find it! Find it at St. Kate’s link or button will connect to LibSearch, the library catalog and display options for full text (under View Online) and interlibrary loan (under Get It) if no full text is available.