Table 2.

Examples of Electronic Bibliographic Databases Specific to Health Care

Bibliographic Databases	Topics	Website
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL)	nursing and allied health	http://www.ebscohost.com/biomedical-libraries/the-cinahldatabase
EMBASE	international biomedical and pharmacological database	http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/embase
Medline/Pubmed	biomedical literature, life science journals, and online books	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
PsycINFO	behavioral sciences and mental health	http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo/index.aspx
Science Citation Index (SCI)	science, technology, and medicine	http://thomsonreuters.com/science-citation-index-expanded/
SCOPUS	scientific, technical, medical, social sciences, arts, and humanities published after 1995	http://www.scopus.com/
The Cochrane Library	evidence of effectiveness of interventions	http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/

Note: These databases may be available through university or hospital library systems.