Bibliographic databases
Bibliographic databases are online collections of published literature including journal articles, conference proceedings, medicines information, books and standards.
- NHS Scotland subscribes to a wide range of bibliographic databases aimed at all staff groups
- Much of this content is also available from The Knowledge Network search.
- Bibliographic databases provides access to a lot more detailed options for literature searching, including combining and limiting searches, saving searches and setting up alerts to favourite searches.
Browse our A-Z list of article collections (bibliographic databases)
Some recommendations when selecting a database for different purposes:
All medical and healthcare topics - Medline and Embase available from the OVID database collection and The Cochrane Library
Point of Care - Dynamed, Nursing Reference Center, Rehabilitation Reference Center and Joanna Briggs Institute [Proquest]
Nursing and Midwifery and Allied health - Cinahl and MIDIRS, Rehabilitation Reference Center, Nursing Reference Center and Joanna Briggs Institute [Proquest]
Psychology and Psychiatry - PsycINFO
Social work and social services - ASSIA and Social services abstracts
Pharmacy and Medicines Information - BNF and BNF for Children, Martindale, Stockleys, Micromedex
Management and Business - Emerald, Health Business Elite and HMIC
Estates and Facilities - Barbour Index
Education - ERIC
Popular collections
OVID databases (e.g. MEDLINE, EMBASE, etc.)
EBSCO collections (Cinahl, PsycINFO, Dynamed etc.)
Joanna Briggs Institute: evidence-based resources [Proquest]
Micromedex (Martindale, DrugDex, Reprorisk, IV Index)
Stockley's drug interactions [PharmPress]