George C. Gordon Library

Databases by Subject - Medicine & Health

See also Biology & Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Science & Technology and General & Multidisciplinary.

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Database Title In Quick Find Description Coverage Some Full Text Restricted to...

Academic OneFile

yes

Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Full Text Titles Included

1980-

Y

MBLC

[ Encyclopedia of Global Health ]

Reference to a broad array of health topics worldwide.

2008

Y

WPI

Google Scholar

Google search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports on all topic areas. Use to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, prepublication repositories and universities.

Varies

Y

For best results, use Proxy
WPI

Health Reference Center - Academic

yes

InfoTrac databases which provides full text from medical and consumer journals, health newsletters, topical overviews and pamphlets. Titles Included

1980-

Y

WPI

HighWire Press

yes

From Stanford University, includes Web versions of 700+ journals in biological, physical, medical, and social sciences. Titles Included | Search Tips

Varies

Y

WPI

JCR within ISI Web of Knowledge helps measure research influence and impact of journals and journal categories, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals. ThomsonReuters provides Journal Impact Factors with current and five year trends.

Current N
WPI

JSTOR

yes

Online archive of complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields. Titles Included | Search Tips

1800s-

Y

WPI

LEXIS®-NEXIS® Academic

yes

Full text news, legal, business, and biographical information. Titles Included | Search Tips

Varies

Y

WPI

PubMed

yes

From the National Library of Medicine, covers clinical medicine, dentistry, nursing and nutrition. Same as MEDLINE. Titles Included | Search Tips | Tutorial

1966-

N

Free Web

ScienceDirect

yes

Full text access to Elsevier Science scholarly journals. Search Tips | Tutorial

Varies

Y

WPI

Web of Knowledge - Web of Science

Interface to Arts &Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, plus ability to perform cross database searches (outside of ISI products) and login to your Web of Science account for cited reference alerts and customization. Tutorial | Cited Reference Tutorial

1980- N
WPI

Wiley Interscience

yes

Search journals published by Wiley. WPI subscribes to many titles in various topic areas. Search Tips

1946-

Y

WPI

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