LibGuides: Tropical Medicine Guide: Databases

Description:

Here you can find a few database suggestions that may be helpful to your research.

You can also search for additional databases in our A-Z List of Databases

CDC laboratory identification of Parasitic disease of public health concern

DPDx - Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Health Concern
Sections of this CDC resource, developed and maintained by CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (DPDM), include: Parasites and Parasitic Diseases/Parasites and Health; Diagnostic Procedures; Diagnostic Assistance; a section on training materials and announcements; and the Parasite Image Library. Includes information of interest to consumers as well as health professionals. Most images and material are in the public domain; to re-use, simply cite the source. A few images do require permissions to re-publish. Researchers may also contribute images to the database by contacting the DPDx team- see About DPDx for information. Includes instructions for specimen collection and shipping to CDC, under Diagnostic Procedures.

Bibliographic Databases

These databases contain citations of journal articles and other reports in the literature. Bibliographic citations typically include author, title, source, abstract, and/or related information (including full text in some cases).

Note: List not comprehensive of all bibliographic databases available throught the TMCL.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text

CINAHL Plus with Full Text will have a new user interface you can preview, to be released April 21st. Check out the new Ebsco UI user guide for more information.
Indexes the top nursing and allied health literature and provides full text nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association. Uses a controlled subject vocabulary and includes evidence-based care sheets, as well as continuing education units. Subscribed to in partnership with the Texas Health Science Libraries Consortium.
MEDLINE (Ovid)

Provides citations and abstracts from the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, allied health, and the pre-clinical sciences: Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index. Users have access to full text journals, books and multi-media. Provides unique filters and search features only available in the Ovid platform. Create an Ovid personal account to save your citation lists and search strategies and to share content. Subscribed to in partnership with THSLC.
PubMed

Find bibliographic citations with abstracts to journal articles in the life sciences with a focus on biomedicine. PubMed includes MEDLINE and citations to NCBI Bookshelf items. Registered academic users may use the TMC Library Get Full Text icons to access full text.
EMBASE

Find biomedical articles from 1947 to the present covering topics such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and clinical medicine. Includes over 2,700 journals not indexed in MEDLINE/Pubmed.

Bibliometric Databases

These databases contain citation analysis information (ex. how many times an author has been cited in key literature).

Need help formulating a database search?

We have a database searching guide for that!

TMCL Catalogs

Links to the catalogs located on our website.

Search Databases
Search for databases by title or terms that appear in the database descriptions.
TMC Library OneSearch: Search Journals, eBooks & Articles
Search electronic resources all at once or by item type.
Search Journals
Search for only journals by title, medical subject heading (MeSH), subject, or publisher.
TMC Library eBooks OneSearch
Search for only electronic books by title, medical subject heading (MeSH), subject, or publisher.

Citation Management

RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management tool that enables users to organize and create a personal database online, format bibliographies and manuscripts, and import references from a variety of databases.

Need some help getting started with RefWorks? Consult our RefWorks Guide!