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Finding Journal Articles for Medicine, Biomedical Sciences & Health

Finding Journal Articles

The Library catalogue, NEWCAT, only allows you to search for the names of journals held by the Library, not the articles that appear within the journals. To find what articles have been written on a particular topic, you need to search in a database or use a printed abstract or index.

Indexing & abstracting services provide access to articles published in journals, and some also index other publications such as conference papers, reports, patents or chapters in books. Most are available online via the Internet, but some are only available in CDROM and print formats. A number of the online databases to which the Library subscribes include full text articles.

The Library does not hold or have online access to all the journals indexed in these databases. Some databases include the Library's holdings, but others do not. For articles found in those databases, you must search the Library catalogue to find if the Library has these journal titles.

Online Databases

This is a list of online databases useful for research in Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health. A complete list of all databases available online is available on the Library's Journal & Reference Databases page.

Database Name, Coverage (yrs)	Contents
AccessLANGE Suite	See LANGE Educational Library
AccessMedicine	Harrison's Online and other medical reference sources and tools.
AccessSurgery	AccessSurgery is an integrated online resource that provides medical students, surgical residents, and practicing surgeons with quick answers to surgical inquiries from trusted sources.
Annual Reviews Online	Annual Reviews Online publishes full text critical reviews of primary research literature in 29 physical, biomedical and social sciences disciplines.
Anatomy.tv	Anatomy.tv contains online interactive 3D models of the human anatomy. View medically accurate representations of the following: hand, forearm, shoulder, foot, ankle, lower-leg, knee, hip, thigh, spine, the back, pelvis head & neck and thorax & abdomen. Also available is a full skeleton showing the bones, bone regions and muscle attachment points. Interactive features include zoom, layers, MRI, clinical slides and x-rays, animations and more. Images, animation and text can be exported for educational purposes. PASSWORD required.
AusDI	AusDI - Australian Drug Information for the Health Care Professional - is the first comprehensive, authoritative, unbiased source of drug and therapeutic information developed for Australian pharmacists, medical practitioners, nurses and other health care professionals. AusDI was developed originally by the 'Australianisation' of the USPDI database, together with the addition of information about drugs used in Australia but not included in the USPDI. The database is now updated continuously by a team of editors under the guidance of an Editorial Advisory Committee, and reflects Australian clinical practice and recommendations. The information is derived from a wide variety of local sources and is peer-reviewed in Australia.
Biological Abstracts 1969 –	Biological Abstracts provides comprehensive coverage of research in all aspects of life sciences,indexing over 6000 international life science journals.This database enables researchers and students to retrieve references to vital biological and medical research findings, clinical studies, and discoveries of new organisms. Coverage is international, and includes agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, botany, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology. Approximately 75% of the records include abstracts.
BMJ Journals 1999–	BMJ Journals contains over 20 full text journals published in medical specialties
Cancer Literature in PubMed 1966 –	CANCERLIT® is a bibliographic database that contains more than 1.5 million citations and abstracts from over 4,000 different sources including biomedical journals, proceedings, books, reports, and doctoral theses. Produced by the National Cancer Institute's International Cancer Information Center, CANCERLIT has been in existence for more than twenty years and contains references to the vast realm of cancer literature published from the 1960's to the present. CANCERLIT is updated with more than 8,000 records every month.
CCOHS	The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) makes available the following six databases: MSDS, FTSS, CHEMINFO, RTECS, OHSHLINE with NIOSHTIC and HSELINE.
CHEMnetBASE	CHEMnetBASE provides fulltext online chemical information from CRC. Combined Chemical Dictionary (as well as its subsidiary dictionaries) are fully sub-structured and searchable, comprising more than 456,000 chemical compounds detailed in: Dictionary of Drugs Dictionary of Natural Products Dictionary of Organic and Organmetallic Compounds Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds
Cochrane Library April 1996 –	The Cochrane Library is a regularly updated electronic library designed to give you the evidence you need for informed health care decision making. First released in April 1996, The Cochrane Library is now published quarterly. The program presents the growing body of work of The Cochrane Collaboration and others interested in evidence-based medicine. The Cochrane Library consists of four main databases: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) The Cochrane Review Methodology Database (CRMD) The Cochrane Library
Embase.com 1974 –	Embase.com is a biomedical and pharmacalogical database indexing 4000+ journals in the fields of : Drug Research Pharmacology Pharmacy Pharmacoeconomics Pharmaceutics and Toxiology Human Medicine (Clinical and Experimental) Basic Biological Research Health Policy and Management Public, Occupational and Environmental Health Substance Dependence and Abuse Psychiatry Forensic Science Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation
Ergito	Ergito Virtual Text was started in 2000 with the purpose of providing an alternative to scientific textbooks. They are developing a comprehensive site that covers the entire life sciences, including molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, biochemistry, immunology, development, and neurobiology. They offer an integrated approach to education in the life sciences, providing online access to current information at all levels. …
eTG - complete	Therapeutic Guidelines are disease-oriented guidelines for prescribing and give clear, practical and succinct recommendations for therapy. The recommendations in these guidelines are derived from the latest world literature, tempered by the knowledge and experience of Australia's foremost authorities, with input from an extensive network of users. Rigorous policies are applied to protect the independence of the publications. The company maintains an active research and development program.
FirstConsult	FirstConsult is an evidence based clinical information tool enabling differential diagnosis, evaluation and management of medical conditions, patient education and procedure skills review. Integrates with MDConsult.
Harrison's Online	Harrison's Online turns the world's leading textbook of medicine, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, into an updated medical database that delivers the high-quality information …
Hazardous Substances Information System	Developed by the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission - NOHSC, the Hazardous Substances Information System is a tool for searching for information about hazardous substances and exposure standards.The information contained in this database complies with approved NOHSC criteria and/or National Exposure Standards.
images.MD	Medical image database containing more than 50 000 images including photographs, illustrations, charts and more.
Journals@Ovid 1993 –	Journals@Ovid provides access to the journal collections previously subscribed to as: CoreBiomedical Collection, Nursing Collection and Nursing Collection 2.
LANGE Educational Library	AccessLANGE Suite is an online medical reference resource providing complete access to texts in pharmacology, microbiology, physiology, epidemiology, pathology and other fundamentals. Patient care, study aids and review resources are also provided. Contains links to PubMed for evidence based resources. Includes Basic Science Series and Clinical Reference Series.
Liebert Online 2000 –	Liebert Online contains the full text of 55 journals published in biomedical research, clinical medicine and surgery, law, and science. Liebert journals are hosted by Ingenta
MDConsult Core Collection	MDConsult is a comprehensive and current clinical information service providing access to: over 50 medical reference books over 70 journals drug information over 1000 clinical practice guidelines over 5000 patient education handouts yearbooks integration with MEDLINE integration with FIRSTConsult. First time users need to register to create an individual login. Click "Register for Access" link. Once registered, click the "Member Log On" link to login.
Meditext Index coverage 1968 – Full text 1995 –	The Meditext database covers all aspects of health and medicine. Meditext is based on the journal indexing of the database Australasian Medical Index (AMI), produced by the National Library of Australia. Subject coverage includes all aspects of health and medicine, with an emphasis on clinical medicine and paraprofessional fields. Records are indexed from over one hundred journals within AMI, with approximately eighty journals comprehensively indexed and currently fifty one journals are copyright cleared. The scanned images of journal articles in Meditext are sourced mostly from these comprehensively indexed journals with images provided in PDF format. Information about the Meditext selection policy is available from the database producer.
Medline 1950 –	MEDLINE is the bibliographic source for clinical medical information and much more. It covers all aspects of biomedicine, including the allied health fields; biological and physical sciences; and humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Citations are available for documents from over 3,900 journals published throughout the world, plus selected monographs of congresses or symposia (1976-1981). Abstracts are included for about 67% of the documents in MESH. Approx. 10.5 million citations. The MEDLINE Database : how to search & use it.
Micromedex	MICROMEDEX® is a clinical decision support system and is a Healthcare Series application. Micromedex supports clinical decision making and patient care by providing comprehensive information on disease, drug, acute care, and toxicology.
MIMS Online	MIMS Online is the web version of MIMS - Australia's most comprehensive and authoritative pharmaceutical database. This database incorporates information from both MIMS Bi-Monthly and MIMS Annual. MIMS Online provides access to information on over 2,300 prescription and non-prescription drugs. Both abbreviated and full product information is presented, including dosage, adverse reactions, and drug interactions, as well as PBS data, price, use in sport, gluten content, and much more.
Natural Standard	An international research collaboration that aggregates and synthesizes data on complementary and alternative therapies.
NEUROSCIENCEnetBASE 2000 –	Part of CRCnetBASE, NEUROSCIENCEnetBASE has approximately 70 titles covering topics in neuroscience
Oxford Journals Online (Full text coverage varies between individual journals. Earliest full text articles date from 1998.)	Oxford Journals Online provides full text access to all Oxford University Press journals published in the fields of science, law, engineering, medicine and health sciences, humanities, arts and social science, business and economics. Refer to Subject areas : Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Biology and Ecology Genetics Health Sciences Medicine Neurology and Neuroscience Oncology Psychology and Psychiatry
ProQuest 5000 (coverage varies between individual databases)	The ProQuest Medical Library combines MEDLINE indexing with full images for more than 200 key medical titles. Offers coverage of all the major healthcare specialties, including nursing, pediatrics, neurology, pharmacology, cardiology, physical therapy, and others.
PsycEXTRA 1908 –	Produced by the American Psychological Association, PsycEXTRA is a companion database to PsycINFO providing extensive coverage of grey literature in psychology and related fields. This database includes the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms as used in PsycINFO. Document types include technical and annual reports, newsletters, magazines, newspapers and brochures. Some full text is available. This database contains over 40,000 records (30,000 added annually).
PsycINFO 1887 –	The PsycINFO database covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. PsycLIT's coverage is worldwide, and includes references and abstracts to over 1300 journals in more than 20 languages, and to book chapters and books in the English language. Over 50,000 references are added annually. Popular literature is excluded.
PubMed 1966 –	PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service that provides access to over 11 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating online journals.
ScienceDirect (coverage varies)	Since its commercial launch in 1999, ScienceDirect has evolved from a web database of Elsevier Science journals to one of the world's largest providers of scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature.
Scopus 1966 –	Scopus is a multidisciplinary database indexing 13, 450 peer reviewed titles in health, sciences, engineering, social sciences, psychology, and economics. Access over 25 million abstracts with coverage dating back to 1966, links to full text are available where subscriptions exist.
Sociological Abstracts 1963 –	The Premier online resource for sociology and related disciplines. Areas covered include … case work, demographics, gerontology, …
Web of Science	The Web of Science (from ISI Thomson Scientific), offers online web access to ISI's citation indexes. These are: Science Citation Index Expanded - 1982 to present Social Sciences Citation Index - 1982 to present Arts & Humanities Citation Index - 1982 to present Web of Science provides indexing to citations from 8,500 journals.

The Library does not hold all the journals indexed
by these commercial providers.