Library Guides: Bachelor of Biomedical Science & Bachelor of Biomedicine: Biomedical databases

Resources to support the VU Bachelor of Biomedical Science & Bachelor of Biomedicine courses

Databases

To see a full list of databases relevant to your studies in biomedicine, go to the library homepage, click on 'Databases A-Z', select 'subjects' and click on the 'Health, biomedicine & nursing' link.

Key Medical & Biomedical Databases

MEDLINE with Full Text (via EBSCOHost)
Provides full-text for top-tier medical journals.
PubMed
Includes citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's.

CINAHL Complete
Provides full-text access to resources in nursing, biomedicine, health sciences, alternative medicine, and allied health disciplines, along with health care books, nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals, and book chapters.
Health Collection
Provides full-text access to Australasian health information, including research articles, reports, and case studies for those in therapeutic, diagnostic, and preventative health roles.
Health & Medical Collection
Integrates clinical research from ProQuest Medical Library with consumer health and health administration resources, covering key healthcare disciplines such as biomedicine, nursing, immunology, pharmacy, and surgery, and includes charts, diagrams, and photos to support medical research.

AccessEmergency Medicine
Provides quick diagnosis and treatment answers for a broad spectrum of complaints encountered in the ED, ranging from neurologic and pediatric emergencies to poisoning and trauma.

Cochrane Library
Provides high-quality, independent evidence for healthcare decisions, including reviews, trials, research, assessments, evaluations, and clinical answers.

Trip
A free clinical search engine allowing users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice.

Anatomy & Physiology Databases

Anatomy.TV (Primal Pictures)
Provides interactive 3-D models of human anatomy and physiology. as well as text, slides and video. Includes biomechanics animations.
Thieme Teaching Assistant Anatomy
a state-of-the-art presentation tool featuring 2,000+ stunning illustrations and clinical images from Gilroy et al's Atlas of Anatomy

What are Scholarly or Academic Journals and Databases?

When an article is published in a peer-reviewed or refereed journal, this indicates that that article has been through a formal review process. The article has been read and reviewed by experts in the subject field before being accepted for publication. This ensures the information in the article is well-researched, and contributes to the knowledge of the subject area. Watch the video below for more information.

How can you tell if a journal is peer reviewed?

UlrichsWeb is the authoritative source to go to if you want to find out if a journal is peer reviewed or not.
In UlrichsWeb, type in your journal title. If the journal name has an icon like a little black and white striped referee shirt , the journal is peer reviewed.

Click on 'UlrichsWeb' to search this database.