LibGuides: Dentistry: Journals & Databases

Recommended article databases for Dentistry

Search a range of article databases to find articles on a dentistry topic, for example:

Medline (Ovid) This link opens in a new window
Premier literature database for medicine, nursing, dentistry, and the preclinical sciences.
-Date range 1947 onwards
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Covers biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books with over 20.7 million records going back to 1966, selectively to the year 1865, and very selectively to 1809.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and web sources. Over 16,500 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 publishers. Includes some full text links. Access Scopus Tutorials online.
Web of Science All Databases This link opens in a new window
Search across Web of Science Core Collection, BIOSIS Citation Index, Current Contents Connect, Inspec, KCI-Korean Journal Database, Medline, SciELO Citation Index and Zoological Record for comprehensive, multidisciplinary results. 1864+
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Full-text, peer reviewed journals, books, and reference works. Covers a broad range of subjects in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, and, Physical Sciences and Engineering.
Full-text articles are also available via CrossRef to other publishers' platforms. Articles are available online before appearing in print and includes multimedia features such as video files, audio files, Excel spreadsheets and Word files.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
A collection of databases containing high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Includes Cochrane Database of Systmatic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews, Cochrane Methodology Register, Health Technology Assessment Database, and the NHS Economic Evaluation Database.

Featured resource: ClinicalKey Collection

ClinicalKey
ClinicalKey is designed to provide physicians with fast, clinically-relevant answers from Elsevier’s enormous library of proprietary medical and surgical content including over 1200 books, 600 journals (including The Clinics of North America), thousands of videos, practice guidelines, drug information and patient education handouts, along with millions of images.

Final Year Elective Reports

Index 1981-2016
The 5th year Elective Reports for each year are bound into one volume. Electives from 2010 onward are located in the Quick Reference collection in the Health Sciences Library. Pre-2010 electives can be requested from Storage.

Click on the searchable index above to find titles of individual electives and for information on how to request electives from Storage.

Database Tutorials

These tutorials are designed to provide a basic introduction to searching the databases.

ResearchRabbit

ResearchRabbit is an innovative "citation-based literature mapping tool" available online. Optimise your time searching for references as you start planning your essay, minor project, or literature review.

What is Research Rabbit? A quick guide from James Cook University.

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PubMed tutorials

PubMed tutorials
A range of tutorials from the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Otago's PubMed tutorial
PubMed: find articles on a topic (1 min)
PubMed Subject search (4 mins)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in PubMed/Medline: a tutorial

Ovid MEDLINE tutorials

Otago's Medline tutorial