Life Sciences: Key Databases
The databases below are core for your subject area
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MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
Complied by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, search MEDLINE for abstracts & citations for journal articles on health and life sciences topics including medicine, nursing and allied health.
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PubMed This link opens in a new windowCompiled by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, search for abstracts and citations of journal articles on health and life sciences topics including medicine, nursing and allied health.
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AMED This link opens in a new window
Search for abstracts and citations of journal articles on alternative treatment topics including complementary medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and rehabilitation.
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Biomedical & Life Sciences Lectures This link opens in a new windowDatabase of video lectures on biomedical, clinical and life sciences topics.
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Springer Compact This link opens in a new windowSpringer Compact includes access to over 2,000 full-text journals covering a wide range of health, humanities, medical, social sciences, science and technology subjects.
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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect includes access to over 3,000 full-text journals from Elsevier covering a wide range of subjects including computer science, engineering, health sciences, life sciences and social sciences and humanities.
Please also see our How do I register for an Elsevier account? FAQ.
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Human Genome Project This link opens in a new windowThe Human Genome Project provides access to databases containing the complete set of human genes and the DNA base sequences.
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Human Protein Atlas This link opens in a new windowThe Human Protein Atlas portal is a publicly available database with millions of high-resolution images showing the spatial distribution of proteins in 44 different normal human tissues and 20 different cancer types, as well as 46 different human cell lines
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