Find journal articles - databases
Find databases that will help you locate resources for paramedicine
Recommended databases
- Finding evidence involves searching the health databases.
- Important to search across a range of databases, as no one database covers all the health literature.
The following are a good starting point for your research.
- MEDLINE (Ovid) 1946 -Citations and abstracts from biomedicine also covers much of the literature in biology and biochemistry, as well as fields such as molecular evolution.
- Cochrane LibraryPre-appraised database including systematic reviews of the effects of health care treatments or interventions.
- CINAHLAuthoritative database for nursing and allied health.
- Embase (Ovid)Includes drug research, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, toxicology, clinical and experimental human medicine, health policy and management, public health, occupational health, environmental health, drug dependence and abuse and psychiatry.
- Up To DateAn evidence-based, physician-authored clinical decision support resource which assists clinicians to make point-of-care decisions.
Find more databases
Some of your research may not fall neatly into traditional allied health categories. Databases covering areas such as sociology, psychology, education, and more are also available.
- Health DatabasesThis guide provides information and online tutorials on how to locate articles, reviews and health information using La Trobe University Library's databases.
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