For information on the difference between MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central) have a look at this webpage from the National Library of Medicine explaining it all.
The Core databases are a good place to start when you're conducting research within your discipline; you can search for journals, articles, conference papers and eBooks which the University Library pays for you to access.
You need to have logged into UDo to use the databases and can access them both in the University and off campus.
You will be able to read many of the articles you find, in full, online and download a PDF copy to keep. On some sites you may see just the 'Abstract' or description of the article; in these cases you may be able to get the resource through our Inter Library loan service
Remember that you can search across even more resources by searching on Library Search but you will be less overwhelmed with the number of results you get back if you choose to search individual databases, and some databases are not included in Library Search so if it's one related to your discipline you will still need to search those databases separately.. You'll also have access to all of the search options each individual database provides.
Don't forget that many databases also allow you to create a personal account so that you can save your search strategies and your results to come back to later.
If you have trouble searching / using any of these resources, have a look at the Getting the most from Subject Databases tab in the left-hand menu for videos, interactive tutorials, and other documentation.
If you're having trouble constructing your search string - finding appropriate keywords or synonyms, or you're trying to find an article to start you off, have a look at LitSense which is produced by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (U.S.) and can be used to search for terms from a sentence you type in.
This could give you some starting papers to harvest search terms from, to see the direction research has gone / is going in, and to identify authors of interest.
This doesn't mean you won't have to search the individual databases with a properly constructed search strategy (including search string), this is an entry-level step to help get you going, but don't stop here!
CINAHL Ultimate provides indexing for 4,500 journals and full text for more than 2,100 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, with full text dating back to 1937. CINAHL Ultimate also contains searchable cited references for more than 1,500 journals. Full text material is included alongside legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials.
Embase is a research database that covers key biomedical literature from 1947 to the present day. It is particularly useful for researchers from medical and scientific backgrounds.
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed journals, books and conference proceedings.
Open Access Life Science & Medical journals. Hosted by the National Library of Medicine.
Click here for information on the difference between MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central)
These databases may be useful to search in addition to the core items listed on the previous tab. It will depend on what you're looking for and what you've found already. If you're doing a piece of work at the level of an MSc thesis or a PhD then you may find it useful to search some of the resources listed here as well.
Worldwide index to journal articles from 1970. See below for additional information.
More Info:
Incorporates the Science Citation Index / Social Science Citation Index / Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
PsycARTICLES is a definitive source of full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. It contains more than 153,000 articles from nearly 80 journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about groups in The Cochrane Collaboration.
Open Access Life Science & Medical journals. Hosted by the National Library of Medicine.
Click here for information on the difference between MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central).
Open Access Life Science & Medical journals. Similar to PubMed Central, supported by 26 funders of life sciences and biomedical research, including charities and government organisations across Europe.
More Info:
• PubMed abstracts (about 28 million)
• Europe PMC full text articles (about 2.6 million, of which over 570,000 are Open Access)
• Patent abstracts (over 4 million European, US, and International)
• National Health Service (NHS) clinical guidelines
• Agricola records (500,000)
• Supplemented with Chinese Biological Abstracts
Depending on the research you're conducting you may--or may not--find some of the resources listed here useful. Not everything will be useful all of the time but it's something to bear in mind. If in doubt, go to the database and look at what material is covered; you can then make your decision based on your research needs at that moment.
CareKnowledge is an online resource useful for students, academics and practitioners in the field of social work, social care, early childhood studies, young people & communities.
Resources Include:
Knowledge Maps on Dementia, Serious Case Reviews, and Child Exploitation among others.
Also provide access to 4 e-journals (some of which the Library does not have access to).
A collection of content related to COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. This database brings together content made freely available by major publishers from around the world. This versatile content set is designed to help students, researchers, and health care professionals investigate answers to pressing questions arising in the wake of the pandemic.
Full text access to Elsevier journals from the mid 1990s. Covers all science including health and social sciences.
To look for local or regional statistics, click on "Looking for local statistics?" which can be found on the bottom left of the ONS homepage.
Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care. See below for additional information.
More Info:
Users can browse Trip for free and have an additional option to create an account to use extra features.
Open Access resources are ones which contain freely available material--so no password or payment is needed to access the full-text of those resources. You may find that for some journals only part of the content is Open Access while the rest requires a subscription (often the latest content) but the majority of items listed here should be fully available.
With over 200,000 articles, PLoS is the pre-eminent open access publisher for journal articles in science and medicine.
Includes:
PLOS Biology
PLOS Climate
PLOS Computational Biology
PLOS Digital Health
PLOS Genetics
PLOS Global Public Health
PLOS Medicine
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
PLOS ONE
PLOS Pathogens
PLOS Sustainability and Transformation
PLOS Water
DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world. You can search by article, journal or browse by subject.
Catalogue of Open Access digital resources from collections worldwide. More than 30 million records from more than 1,500 contributors with links to full text where possible.
More Info:
OAIster is searched by Library Plus (www.derby.ac.uk/libraryplus).
This drop-down list will show the full list of resources that may be useful to you.
They are not all primary sources of information and they are not all 100% full-text.