Library Services: Women's Health: Article Databases

Research Databases

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews This link opens in a new window
Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions. The Cochrane Library provides other systematic reviews, abstracts, technology assessments, economic evaluations, and individual clinical trials.

In each of the article databases listed below other than PubMed, look for your topic with the keyword search function. In PubMed as stated below use a MeSH search and the phrase "women's health" to access information on the concept covering the physical and mental conditions of women.

Health Reference Center Academic
Access to the full text of many nursing and allied health journals from 1980 to the present.
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA)
Bibliographic and full text for pharmaceutical information, including biopharmaceutics & pharmacokinetics, new drug delivery systems, pharmacist liability, legal, political & ethical issues, and compounding.
ProQuest Health Management
Covers all aspects of health administration, including public health and safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations and law.
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health
Covers the fields of nursing and allied health, physical and occupational therapy, cytology, histology, physiology, anatomy, gerontology, and more.
PubMed
In a MeSH search use the phrase "women's health" to access information on the concept covering the physical and mental conditions of women.
LACTMED
The LactMed database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where appropriate. All data are derived from the scientific literature and fully referenced. A peer review panel reviews the data to assure scientific validity and currency.

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