Databases

Below is a list of databases, along with brief information and links to online guides.

Quick links:

• Infolep Library Catalogue
  
• Pubmed

Ask Source
Contains information resources in subjects relating to international health and disability. We have details of books, reports, websites, organisations, newsletters and more.
Free access: Source

BVS Hanseníase
Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde is the Virtual Library in Health for Leprosy in Brazil. 
Free access: BVS Hanseníase

CINAHL
CINAHL, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, is the most comprehensive resource for nursing and allied health literature.
An account is required for access: CINAHL

Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world’s best medical research studies, and are recognised as the gold standard in evidence-based health care.
An account is required for access: Cochrane Library

Embase
More than 18 million validated biomedical and pharmacological records from EMBASE and MEDLINE.
An account is required for access: Embase

Google & Google Scholar
Google
Google Scholar provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
Free access: Google Scholar

Infolep Library Catalogue
Search for (e-) books, book chapters, grey literature, (e-) journals, films, cd-roms and more.
Free access: Infolep catalogue.

PubMed
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to 1948. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
Free access: Pubmed
Pubmed Tutorial

TRIP Turning Research Into Practice
The TRIP Database brings together 'evidence-based' healthcare resources available on the internet. There are over 29,000 links from about 70 sources - including peer-reviewed journals and 'eTextbooks'. The site is updated monthly.
Free access: TRIP databases