Research Guides: PASQUAL Scholars Portal: Databases

Reports, Clinical Trials, & Other Grey Literature

Looking for reports, conference proceedings, clinical trials, & other resources that are usualy not available in databases can be difficult, but these can also be an important part of your research. The Grey Literature research guide provides links to these sources & tips on how to search them.

Grey Literature

Journal Databases

PubMed @ U-M (with MGet It links)
indexes over 4,000 biomedical, nursing, dentistry and related journals, with over 21 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE and related databases. PubMed is produced by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and provides links between article citations and relevant data in other NCBI ENTREZ databases, including Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, and others.

This version has links to full text available to U-M affiliates.

Medline (Ovid) (UM-Medsearch)
The Ovid interface for the MEDLINE database.
Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library contains these databases: Database of Systematic Reviews, EBM Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Health Technology Assessment, & NIH Economic Evaluation.

EMBASE.com
Includes the MEDLINE database & broad coverage of the international literature.
Scopus
An interdisciplinary set of databases. Includes cited reference searching.

Web of Science
An interdisciplinary set of databases. Includes conference proceedings, cited reference searching, & journal impact factors.

Subject-Specific Databases

Subject-specific databases can be a useful adjunct to PubMed & other biomedical databases.

Useful search terms include: patient safety, electronic health records, organizational efficiency, quality improvement, & professional compliance.

CINAHL
Cumulative Index for Nursing & Allied Health.
Global Health
Provides an international , as well as a US, perspective on issues.
PsycINFO
Provides access to the psychological literature. From the American Psychological Assoc.