Dentistry - Finding Articles

What:

• CINAHL (the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) contain journal article abstracts with links to the full-text where available

Why:

• Locate articles from the nursing and allied health subjects

How:

• Keyword and Thesaurus searching with ability to refine results by date, peer reviewed, age, gender, author, language
• Cited reference search and links
• Help pages available 
• This database is available to search on its own from the link above, plus you will find Cinahl results when searching Discovery

CINAHL, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, is the most comprehensive resource covering the research literature of for nursing and allied health subjects

What:

• The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making and is the leading source to support evidence based practice

Why:

• Locate systematic reviews, clinical trials and find abstracts of economic evaluations of health care interventions.

How:

• Keyword and Thesaurus searching with ability to refine results by database searched;
  • The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects,
  • The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
  • The Cochrane Methodology Register
  • Health Technology Assessment Database
  • NHS Economic Evaluation Database.
• Help pages available 
• This database is available to search on its own from the link above, plus you will find Cochrane results when searching NICE Evidence

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions. In addition to Cochrane reviews, The Cochrane Library provides other sources of reliable information, from other systematic review abstracts, technology assessments, economic evaluations and individual clinical trials; all the current evidence in one single environment

Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source provides dental practitioners and researchers with a definitive place to carry out their online dental literature research. The database contains cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for 210 journals and dozens of monographs. It includes indexing for all dentistry and oral sciences journals commonly purchased by dental schools and other related institutions. Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source also includes an unprecedented collection of important full-text journals, as well as dozens of full-text monographs. The collection includes more than 160 full-text journals, including many of the top ranked titles in the discipline.

What

• A variant of Google that searches for academic literature

Why

• Provides access to articles, books, conference papers and preprints
• Links to Full-text @ Portsmouth where available when settings are applied

How

• Simple or advanced searching allowing refinement by date, author etc
• A Library Guide to this resource is available 

What

• Medline contain journal article abstracts with links to the full-text where available

Why

• Subjects covered include veterinary medicine, pharmacy, allied health, and pre-clinical sciences. Plus life sciences, including some aspects of biology, marine biology, plant and animal science as well as biophysics and chemistry.

How

• Keyword and Thesaurus searching with ability to refine results by date, article type, age, gender, author, language
• Help pages available 
• This database is available to search on its own from the link above, plus you will find Medline results when searching Discovery.

Medline is a biomedical database containing references and abstracts to the international biomedical literature. Medline’ major subject areas include nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, allied health, and pre-clinical sciences. Medline also covers life sciences, including some aspects of biology, environmental science, marine biology, plant and animal science as well as biophysics and chemistry.

PubMed comprises millions of citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.