Research Guides: U.S. Health Research and Information: Databases

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Health equity is a huge concept, covering many different disciplines. You may need to search multiple databases to find the articles you want. See the tabbed box below for some helpful databases to get started!

Databases

Top health sciences databases

PubMed @ U-M (with MGet It links) This link opens in a new window
Indexes over 4,000 biomedical, nursing, dentistry and related journals, with over 27 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE and related databases.
CINAHL Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Primary journal index for nursing and allied health professions.
PsycInfo (APA) This link opens in a new window
Premier resource for surveying the literature of psychology and adjunct fields. Covers 1887-present. Produced by the APA.
EMBASE.com This link opens in a new window
More than 16 billion validated biomedical and pharmacological records from EMBASE and MEDLINE.
MEDLINE (Ovid) This link opens in a new window
The MEDLINE database is widely recognized as the premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of biomedical literature.
Global Health (CABI) This link opens in a new window
Public health database that provides information on international health, biomedical life sciences, non-communicable diseases, and more.
Sigma Repository This link opens in a new window
An open access, global resource that collects, preserves and shares nursing research and evidence-based practice materials.

General databases

Scopus This link opens in a new window
International multi-disciplinary indexing & abstracting database for scientific, medical, technical, and social sciences.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Covering 12,000+ scholarly journals, plus selected books and published conference proceedings in all academic disciplines, the Web of Science Core Collection combines seven citation indexes which permit searching for articles that cite a known author or work, as well as searching by subject, author, journal, and author address.
Google Scholar @ U-M (with U-M Ann Arbor MGet It Links) This link opens in a new window
Searches for scholarly documents on the web, with the added feature of "Availability at UMichigan" links.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Descriptions, sometimes with full text, of doctoral dissertations & master theses from US, UK, Canada, Ireland, etc.

ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
Elsevier's single search product for the clinical health sciences. (NOTE: Access to pdfs of books requires creation of a personal account)
DynaMed This link opens in a new window
Clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the point of care.
LactMed This link opens in a new window
A peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed.
NatMed Pro This link opens in a new window
Provides data on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary alternative and integrative therapies.
Nursing Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new window
A web-based nursing reference system with evidence-based clinical information for nursing practice, education and research.
Micromedex Knowledge Bases This link opens in a new window
An integrated set of clinical decision support knowledge bases, including DRUGDEX, MARTINDALE, REPRORISK, POISINDEX, and RED BOOK Online.

Clinical Nursing Skills in Video
A collection of demonstration and training videos to help students improve their clinical nursing skills.

AgeLine (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Indexes aging-related content from the health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy.
Chicano Database This link opens in a new window
Articles on a wide-range of topics in the social sciences & humanities relating to the Chicano and Latino U.S. experience.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index This link opens in a new window
(HAPI) Provides citations drawn from more than 400 journals, primarily in Spanish or English, which cover Latin America, the Caribbean, and Hispanics in the United States.
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
Indexes the popular & scholarly literature addressing issues related to the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer community.

ERIC [ProQuest] This link opens in a new window
U.S. Dept. of Education database providing extensive access to educational-related literature.
Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive resource of research, policy and practice literature in the fields of family science, human ecology and development, and social welfare.
Social Sciences Abstracts (with Full Text) This link opens in a new window
Covers 625 of the most important English-language journals across all the social sciences.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database with searchable author abstracts covering over 1700 journals in the social sciences.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the international literature in sociology and related disciplines. Covers 1800+ journals, back to 1952.

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) This link opens in a new window
Indexes journal articles that describe or utilize tests and measures used in health care, psychosocial sciences and organizational behavior.
PsycTests This link opens in a new window
Descriptive information about psychological tests, including full text of thousands of tests, from the American Psychological Association.

Guide: Finding Tests & Measurement Instruments
Use this guide to find more information about searching for tests and measurements.

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
Combined access to all three ABI/INFORM business databases: Global, Dateline, and Trade & Industry.
Business Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers 300 international English-language business magazines of all kinds--accounting, finance, management, small business, etc.
EconLit This link opens in a new window
Index and abstract of journals and books, dissertations, and working papers for the field of economics.
Human Resources Abstracts (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, organizational behavior, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.

Additional Databases

Below are some databases you may not initially associate with health equity but can be very useful:

America: History & Life with full text
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Violence & Abuse Abstracts

Last Updated: Mar 31, 2025 11:27 AM

Subjects: Health Sciences

Tags: health care, health disparities, health equity, health policy, health reform, public health

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