Box 6.2.b: Examples of subject-specific electronic bibliographic databases
Biology and pharmacology· Biological Abstracts / BIOSIS Previews: · Derwent Drug File: o scientific.thomson.com/support/products/drugfile/ · International Pharmaceutical Abstracts: |
Health promotion· BiblioMap - EPPI-Centre database of health promotion research (free on the internet): o eppi.ioe.ac.uk/webdatabases/Intro.aspx?ID=7 · Database of Promoting Health Effectiveness Reviews (DoPHER) (free on the internet): |
International health· Global Health: o www.cabi.org/datapage.asp?iDocID=169 · POPLINE (reproductive health) (free on the internet): |
Nursing and allied health· Allied and Complementary Medicine (AMED): o www.bl.uk/collections/health/amed.html · British Nursing Index (BNI): · Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL): · EMCare: o www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bibliographicdatabasedescription.cws_home/708272/description · MANTIS (osteopathy and chiropractic): · OTseeker (systematic reviews and appraised randomized trials in occupational therapy) (free on the internet): · Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) (systematic reviews and appraised randomized trials in physiotherapy) (free on the internet): |
Social and community health and welfare· AgeLine (free on the internet): o www.aarp.org/research/ageline/ · Childdata: · CommunityWISE: o www.oxmill.com/communitywise/ · Social Care Online (free on the internet): o www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/ · Social Services Abstracts: |
Social science, education, psychology and psychiatry· Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA): o www.csa.com/factsheets/assia-set-c.php · Campbell Collaboration’s Social, Psychological, Educational and Criminological Trials Register (C2-SPECTR) (free on the internet): · Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) (free on the internet) · PsycINFO: · Social Policy and Practice (evidence-based social science research): o www.ovid.com/site/catalog/DataBase/1859.pdf · Sociological Abstracts: |