Popular Databases
Below is a list of the most commonly used databases. We also recommend that you consult your discipline's research guide and consult your librarian for database suggestions.
- Scopus This link opens in a new window
Citation data, journal impact metrics, and journal indexing. Includes all of MEDLINE and Embase. - CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) Complete This link opens in a new window
Nursing and allied health database - Proquest Healthcare Administration Database This link opens in a new window
Healthcare administration database covering such topics such as hospitals, insurance, law, statistics, business management, personnel management, ethics, health economics, public health administration, and more. Includes full text scholarly journals and thousands of dissertations and theses.
Gray Literature
- AHRQ - Grants On Line DatabaseGovernment documents. Divided into various searches. Each search includes Portfolio/Program, Priority Population and indication of whether it is a Recovery Act project.
- Grey Literature Report (New York Academy of Medicine)A quarterly list of gray literature documents in the field of public health.
- Grey Matters: a practical search tool for evidence-based medicineA tool for finding grey literature provided by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH).
- Health Technology Assessment (HTA) AgenciesCustom Google search that searches International Health Technology websites compiled by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and technologies in Health.
- NIH RePORTerGovernment documents. Repository of intramural and extramural NIH-funded research projects. Access publications and patents resulting from NIH funding. In addition to NIH-funded research, the system provides access to research supported by the CDC, AHRQ, HRSA, SAMHSA and the VA.
- PROSPERO
International database of prospectively registered systematic reviews in health and social care.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowIncludes conference paper/poster abstracts. Filter to Document Type: Conference Paper.
- CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) Complete This link opens in a new windowYou can search for dissertations and theses in this database