2. Databases

Databases are the best resources to perform a comprehensive search for published, academic research, both primary research and systematic reviews.

Many databases are subscription resources.  The links below will re-direct you to the Queen Mary login page, where appropriate, if you access them off campus.

Cochrane Library Cochrane Library
  • Excellent resource for evidence based practice
  • High quality pre-appraised reviews freely available full-text
  • Abstracts of other reviews and clinical trials
Cochrane Library guide
PubMed PubMed
  • Search interface for the Medline database
  • Biggest biomedical database
  • Freely available, but the link here will give you easier access to full text articles provided by Queen Mary
PubMed guide
Web of Science Web of Science
  • Subscription resource
  • Covers a range of subject areas, including medicine and dentistry
Web of Science guide
Scopus Scopus
  • Subscription resource
  • Covers a range of subject areas, including medicine and dentistry
Scopus guide