Online Article Indexes and Databases
Online indexes and databases contain links to abstracts, evidence-based research, and often full-text journal articles found in a range of publications. If you have a topic for a research paper and want to search across multiple journals, start with a database.
For more information on searching databases, see the Finding Articles page, or click one of these links:Below is a list of the online indexes and databases subscribed to or recommended by the SMU library. Many require a valid SMU username and password for off-campus access; open-access resources are indicated with an asterisk (*).
| Index/Database | Description |
| A-B | |
| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality* | Source for evidence-based practice |
| AIDSInfo* | Information on HIV/AIDS clinical trials and federally approved HIV treatment & prevention guidelines |
| Alt Health Watch | Full-text journal articles on alternative/complementary medicine |
| Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown University* | Ethical issues in health care, biomedical research, biotechnology and the environment |
| C | |
| CINAHL Plus (with full-text articles) | Nursing and allied health literature |
| Cochrane Library | Evidence for healthcare decision-making |
| Consumer Health Complete | Full-text consumer health information from books, journal articles, news and videos |
| Cultural Competency Briefs: Religion, Ethnicity and Care (ProQuest/CultureVision) | Cultural competency documents for healthcare professionals |
| D-G | |
| DIRLINE* | The National Library of Medicine's database of health- and biomedicine-related organizations, research resources, projects, and databases |
| DynaMed | Comprehensive evidence-based clinical information resource |
| ERIC | Education literature |
| Filmakers Library Online | A growing database of streaming video documentaries on a wide variety of subjects |
| Free Medical Journals* | Links to over 2,000 journals with at least some free content |
| Google Scholar* | Google search for journal articles (instructions for searching SMU journals)(limitations on coverage and updates) |
| GreenFILE | Human impact on the environment |
| H-L | |
| Image Search (EBSCO) | Search for images in Alt Health Watch, CINAHL Plus, Consumer Health Complete, and Medline with Full-Text |
| Joanna Briggs Institute | Evidence-based nursing content |
| Journal Citation Reports | Provides access to impact factor data (one metric of assessing an article’s value) |
| KaiserEDU* | National health policy information |
| LactMed* | Full-text drug information for breast-feeding mothers |
| Lexi-Comp Online | Full-text drug information |
| Library, Information Science & Techology Abstracts | Literature on information management, librarianship, online information retrieval |
| M | |
| MD Consult | Full-text medical journals, books, and news |
| MEDLINE (Ovid) | Medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences |
| MEDLINE (PubMed) with access to SMU-provided full-text journal articles | Medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences |
| MedlinePlus* | Full-text consumer health information |
| Micromedex | Full-text drug information databases |
| Mosby’s Nursing Consult | Full-text nursing journals, books, and news |
| Mosby’s Nursing Skills | Over 900 nursing skills and procedures with detailed text, summary reviews, tests, checklists, illustrations and video/animation demonstrations |
| N-O | |
| National Guideline Clearinghouse* | Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines |
| Nursing Education in Video | An online collection of videos for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers |
| Nursing Journals via ProQuest | Full-text nursing journals from ProQuest |
| OT Seeker* | Evidence-based occupational therapy |
| OVID Full-Text Journals | Full-text journals from OVID |
| P | |
| PEDro* | Evidence-based physiotherapy |
| PEDro Full-Text Articles (Selected) | Selected full-text articles arranged by the first author’s last name |
| Physiotherapy Exercises Database* | Exercises for people with spinal cord injuries and other neurological conditions |
| PILOTS* | Worldwide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) |
| Popline* | Reproductive health literature from around the world |
| ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Journals | Full-text nursing and allied health journals from ProQuest |
| ProQuest Dissertations & Theses | Doctoral dissertations and masters' theses |
| PsycARTICLES | Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology |
| PsycBITE* | Evidence-based information for acquired brain impairment |
| PsycINFO | Psychology and psychiatry literature |
| PubMed (with full-text articles)* | Medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences |
| PubMed Clinical Queries* | Specialized PubMed searches for clinical study categories, systematic reviews, or medical genetics searches. |
| Q-Z | |
| Rehabilitation Reference Center | Full-text information for professionals from books, journal articles, clinical reviews and news |
| Sage Publications | Full-text journals from Sage Publications |
| TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)* | Evidence-based research from multiple sources |
| World Health News* | A news digest from the Harvard School of Public Health |
