More than 28 million citations and abstracts for articles published in approximately 8,400 journals in medicine, life sciences, health administration, veterinary medicine, nursing, molecular biology and genetics. PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine on the NCBI platform.

•PubMed Tutorial & more
•Alerts/Automatic Updating Service (Saving & Managing Searches)
•NLM Searching PubMed with Mesh tri-fold handout [PDF]
•NLM PubMed Basics tri-fold handout [PDF]

References and abstracts on nursing, biomedical, allied health and consumer health literature. Also includes health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters, as well as Evidence-Based care sheets. Full text is provided for hundreds of journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. Includes PreCINAHL as a companion database.

PsycINFO is a department of the American Psychological Association (APA). It provides citations to articles in professional journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, dissertations and even important internet sites in psychology and related disciplines, most with abstracts and some citations.

Large interdisciplinary abstract and citiation database to academic journal literature, conference proceedings and books with broad coverage across the sciences and social sciences, includes citation tracking tools.

Embase is a biomedical and pharmacological database containing bibliographic records with citations, abstracts and indexing derived from biomedical articles in peer reviewed journals, and is especially strong in its coverage of drug and pharmaceutical research and conference abstracts.Embase contains over 22 million records spanning 1974-present, with over 1 million records added annually. Each record contains the full bibliographic citation, indexing terms, and codes; and 80% of all citations in Embase include author-written abstracts. The Embase journal collection is international with over 7,500 active peer-reviewed journals more than 90 countries. All MEDLINE records produced by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) are included, as well as over 5 million records not covered in MEDLINE. Broad biomedical scope covering the following areas:

• Drug therapy and research, including pharmaceutics, pharmacology and toxicology
• Clinical and experimental (human) medicine
• Basic biological science relevant to human medicine
• Biotechnology and biomedical engineering, including medical devices
• Health policy and management, including pharmacoeconomics
• Public, occupational and environmental health, including pollution control
• Veterinary science, dentistry, and nursing
• Psychiatry and mental health, including substance dependence and abuse
• Forensic science
• Alternative and complementary medicine

The Ovid interface to MEDLINE.Citations and abstracts for articles published in approximately 8,400 journals in medicine, life sciences, health administration, veterinary medicine, nursing, molecular biology and genetics. MEDLINE is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Web of Science combines traditional bibliographic searching of journal content across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences with broadly interdisciplinary “cited reference” search capabilities.

• Quick Reference Guide: Web of Science Core Collection
• Saving Your Search & Setting Alerts
• Creating Citation Alerts for Current Awareness

The Clinical Resources Center (CRC) is the portal to information resources for clinicians at UC Davis Health. A collaboration of the UC Davis Center for Health Technology and the UC Davis Library, it is hosted by the UC Davis School of Medicine.

The CRC also provides customized content for first and third year medical students.

Access from off-campus requires login with Pulse Secure.

DynaMed Plus is a point-of-care clinical medicine database that is updated multiple times each day. DynaMed Plus integrates drug information, graphics/images, and levels of evidence labels. The University of California began a 2 year trial of Dynamed Plus in June 2018.

UpToDate is a point-of-care clinical medicine database, providing coverage of over 8500 topics in 17 medical specialties. UpToDate integrates drug information (Lexi-Comp) and clinical images (Visual Dx).

MicroMedex Health enables searching across a suite of drug information databases, covering drug administration, adverse effects, clinical applications, contraindications, dosage, indications, interactions, over-dosage, pharmacology, precautions, product/substance identification, toxicity, references, synonyms, and uses. Databases include: NeoFax, Physicians Desk Reference (PDR), Martindale International drug information – including investigational and herbal drugs, POISINDEX, and DRUGDEX (Consults and Evaluations), P&T Quik Reports, MSDS from USP, REPRORISK, DESEASEDEX (General and Emergency), Alternative Medicines, TOMES, and RED BOOK (wholesale drug prices) .

Essential Evidence Plus offers a system of filtered, synopsized, evidence-based information, with an integrated search engine that enables simultaneous keyword search in multiple databases: Essential Evidence Topics, EBM Guidelines, POEMs Research Summaries, Cochrane Systematic Reviews, NGC Practice Guidelines, Decision Support Tools, H&P Calculators, Diagnostic Test Calculators, Derm Expert Image Viewer, and Medicare’s Evaluation & Management Services Coding.

VisualDx is a web-based clinical decision support system proven to enhance diagnostic accuracy, aid therapeutic decisions, and improve patient safety and is based on images of the physical exam. It includes the Differential Builder, which provides a symptom based approach to diagnosis.

Natural Medicines provides clinical, evidence-based information on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies.  Search results in Natural Medicines draw from several databases: Foods, Herbs & Supplements; Health & Wellness; Comparative Effectiveness; Sports Medicine; Medical conditions; Manufacturers; and, Commercial Products. Special tools provide quick guidance about: interactions, nutrition depletion, effectiveness, adverse effects, and pregnancy & lactation. Natural Medicines merges content from the former Natural Standard and Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database.