DATABASES
MEDLINE
MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's® (NLM) premier bibliographic database that contains over 18 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. A distinctive feature of MEDLINE is that the records are indexed with NLM's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®).
Time coverage: generally 1946 to the present, with some older material.Source: Currently, citations from approximately 5,400 worldwide journals in 39 languages; 60 languages for older journals. Citations for MEDLINE are created by the NLM, international partners, and collaborating organizations.
This Database is accessible through OvidMD, OvidSp, Nursing@Ovid, Clinical Key, Nursing Consult, and PubMed.
For additional information on the Medline Database, click here.CINAHL PLUS
CINAHL PLUS® provides indexing for more than 2,980 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 2,000,000 records dating back to 1981. Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association, CINAHL PLUS covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters. Searchable cited references for more than 1,280 journals are also included. Full-text material includes more than 70 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials.
EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE REVIEWS
Consists of four databases: ACP Journal Club (ACP), Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CCTR), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), and Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE). These databases are accessible by clicking here.Home
Jane Ogora, Lead Librarian
P: 240.826.6101 F: 240.826.6500 jogora@ahm.com