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Databases

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Bibliographic and Citation Databases

 

NAME

TOPIC

ACCESS

PubMed  

Biomedicine (MEDLINE, in-process citations, PMC citations and e-books)

FREE (the access link activates TROVA)

Ovid MEDLINE

Biomedicine (MEDLINE and e-pubs on the Ovid platform)

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for members of UniTO School of Medicine

Embase Biomedicine SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members

CINAHL Complete

Nursing and other health care professions (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature). 

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members

ILISI

Italian nursing literature (Index of Italian Literature of Nursing edited by Collegio IPASVI, Rome)

FREE (search functions only available in Italian)

PsycINFO 

Psycho-social aspects of illness and medical practice

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for members of UniTO Department of Psychology/School of Medicine

Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source (DOSS) Dental and oral sciences 

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members

ISI Web of Science

Bibliographic and citation database (includes Journal Citation Reports, for journals Impact factor)

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members

Scopus

Bibliographic and citation database

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members

Education Source

Education sciences

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members

ERIC Education Resource Information Center - Education sciences SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members

Mental Measurements Yearbook

Review of tests within psychology, education, business, and leadership

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members

Evidence-Based Practice

 

NAME

DESCRIPTION

ACCESS

UpToDate

Clinical decision support resource for point-of-care decisions

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for members of UniTO School of Medicine

The Cochrane Library

A collection of six databases about different types of evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about Cochrane groups

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members

GIDEON Evidence-based information about the diagnosis, epidemiology, and therapy of infectious diseases. SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for members of UniTO School of Medicine

Epistemonikos

Database of systematic reviews, EBP synthesis, and evidence-based primary studies

FREE

EvidenceAlerts  

Current best evidence from research provided by DynaMed Plus and McMaster University's Health Information Research Unit

FREE (registration required)

TRIP Database

Search engine providing access to selected clinical research evidence

FREE (basic search) / Advanced search upon INDIVIDUAL SUBSCRIPTION

NHS Evidence

Search engine for evidence in health and social care: clinical governance documents by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), UK National Health Service

FREE

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world, from the National Library of Medicine (NLM)

FREE

WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP)

WHO portal allowing access to multiple registers of controlled trials all around the world

FREE

EBN - Evidence Based Nursing

Systematic reviews and Italian translations of reviews of best practice and international guidelines by Centro Studi EBN, Policlinico S. Orsola – Malpighi, Bologna (Italy)

FREE
 

The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) 

Complete EBP content set from the JBI, one of the world's leading evidence-based practice organisations to assist nurses and health professionals

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for members of UniTO School of Medicine

PEDro Physiotherapy Evidence Database FREE

SpeechBITE

Search engine for selected studies about evidence-based speech therapy

FREE

International HTA Database Bibliographic information about ongoing and published health technology assessments FREE
Guidelines

 

NAME

DESCRIPTION

ACCESS

ECRI Guidelines Trust Publicly available web-based repository of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines assessed with TRUST scorecards FREE (registration required)
GIN - International Guidelines Library Collection of international guidelines published or endorsed by GIN - Guidelines International Network member organizations  FREE

NICE - Guidance

Guidelines provided by the National Institute

for Health and Care Excellence, UK

FREE

SIGN Guidelines

Guidelines provided by

the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, UK

FREE

SNLG - ISS

National and regional guidelines provided

by the Sistema Nazionale Linee Guida,

Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy (Italian)

FREE

CDC Guidelines

Guidelines provided by the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA

FREE

CMA Infobase: Clinical Practice Guidelines

Guidelines provided by the Canadian Medical Association

FREE

NHMRC Guidelines

Guidelines provided

by the Australian Government National Health

and Medical Research Council

FREE

RNAO Guidelines

Nursing practice guidelines provided

by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, Canada

FREE

Pharmacology

 

NAME        

DESCRIPTION

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MICROMEDEX  

A suite of evidence-based databases about drugs, drug interactions, toxicology, laboratory analysis, and alternative medicine.

The subscribed MICROMEDEX solution includes: Alternative Medicine - DRUGDEX System - Imprint Codes in Identidex - Interaction Checking - Italian Drug Database - IV Compatibility - MARTINDALE

Access instructions are available at the bottom of this section.

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for members of UniTO School of Medicine and Dept. of Drug Science and Technology
AIFA Drug information database provided by AIFA (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco) FREE
EMA (European Medicine Agency) Human and veterinary drug information to healthcare professionals and patients provided by European Medicine Agency FREE
FDA (Food and Drug administration) Information about human and veterinary drugs, toxicity, food, cosmetics provided by FDA FREE
BDC Banca Dati Cancerogeni Istituto Superiore di Sanità Database about carcinogens provided by Istituto Superiore di Sanità FREE
DailyMed Information about marketed drugs in the United States FREE
Drug Information Portal Drug information provided by The National Library of Medicine FREE
HIV insite

Information on HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention from the University of California San Francisco

FREE
MMGs MEDICAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR ACUTE CHEMICAL EXPOSURES Information about toxic substances and how they affect our health by Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services FREE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Database of occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and other communication provided by CDC (Center of Disease Control and Prevention) FREE
PharmGKB Database about drugs and genetics FREE

DrugBank   

Open Data Drug & Drug Target Database: detailed drug data (i.e. chemical, pharmacological and pharmaceutical) with comprehensive drug target information (i.e. sequence, structure and pathway)

FREE

REACH

Group of databases of chemical substances to inform the European citizens

FREE

SciFinder-n

Bibliographic references in chemistry and related sciences, with substances and reactions (Chemical Abstracts + MEDLINE databases).

Account creation required: click to register from UniTO network or from Bibliopass

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics

 

NAME

DESCRIPTION

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NCBI Databases   

All the life sciences databases provided by NCBI 

FREE

Patient Information

 

NAME

DESCRIPTION

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MedlinePlus Health Information

Up-to-date patient information selected by the National Library of Medicine

FREE
 

Public Health

 

NAME

DESCRIPTION

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WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO)

Health-related statistics for 194 WHO Member States

FREE
 

WHO Mortality Database Data on causes of death for more than 100 WHO Member States  FREE
WHO Europe - European Health Information Gateway Health indicators for the European Region FREE
Global Cancer Observatory (GCO) Global cancer statistics FREE
Centralized Information System for Infectious Diseases (CISID)

Data about infectious diseases in the WHO European Region

FREE
Legislation

 

NAME

DESCRIPTION

ACCESS

Leggi d'Italia

Italian laws, codes, verdicts, and other jurisprudence sources

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members

Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana

Official publication of Italian laws. Please note: online issues have no legal value

FREE (issues published in the last 60 days)

Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Piemonte

Official publication of Piedmont Region acts. Please note: online issues have no legal value

FREE (issues from 2001)

Official Journal of the European Union

Legislation, information, and notices from the European Union

FREE (issues from 1998)

Thesis and Dissertations

 

NAME

DESCRIPTION

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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global with Full Text

Thesis and dissertations in health and medicine, science and technology, social sciences, and other subjects

SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE for UniTO members

Web search engines

 

NAME

DESCRIPTION

ACCESS

Google Scholar

Google web search for scholarly literature citations and full-texts

FREE

Google Books

Google web search for books

FREE