Additional Databases for Medical Research
This is a list of databases and resources for medical research. Alternatively, see:
- Short list of key databases for medical research
- Complete list of databases available through Northeastern
- AgeLineAgeLine focuses on those aged 50+ and issues of aging. Useful for searching for the literature of social gerontology and includes aging-related content from the health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy.
- Alt-HealthWatchfull text articles for nearly 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.
- BioMed CentralBMC offers open access, high quality peer-reviewed journals in the fields of biomedicine, physical sciences, mathematics and engineering disciplines.
- Natural MedicinesHigh quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. Includes information on interactions, effectiveness, adverse effects, pregnancy.
- PloS MedicinePublished by the Public Library of Science, PLOS Medicine is an open access and peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles of general interest on biomedical, environmental, social and political determinants of health. The journal emphasizes work that advances clinical practice, health policy or pathophysiological understanding to benefit health in a variety of settings.
- PubMedCentral (PMC)PMC was developed and is managed by NLM’s National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), and is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine. PMC makes all content free to read (in some cases, following an embargo period).
- ScienceDirectScience Direct is the web site for selected journal titles from the scholarly publisher Elsevier and its affiliates. Learn how to download articles directly to your mobile device.
- Social Sciences Premium Collectiondatabases covering the international Collection of databases covering scholarly literature in the social sciences, including politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology and education.
- SpringerLink Online JournalsSelected journal titles, books, reference works and protocols from the scholarly publisher Springer.
- Wiley Online LibraryInternational resource for scientific, technical, medical and scholarly articles.
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