USF Health Libraries: Nursing Research Guide: Popular Non Health Databases

Understanding Databases

Many scholarly literature databases are organized around topics. The databases below are not exhaustive but will be some of the most popular ones for nursing.

Quick database reference guide

Other databases by subject area

Population Health

Global Health [Ovid]
Comprehensive public health database (1910-present) with unique journal coverage not found in PubMed, MEDLINE, or Embase. Uses the CAB Thesaurus.

Global Index Medicus (GIM)
Formerly known as the World Health Organization's Global Health Library (GHL-WHO). It provides worldwide access to information and scientific evidence on health, particularly in developing regions.

Healthcare Business, Leadership, and Management

Emerald Insight This link opens in a new window
Subject coverage spans a spectrum of management disciplines including: strategy; leadership; library and information management; marketing and human resource management; plus a substantial number of engineering, applied science and technology titles.
Business Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Includes feature articles, product reviews, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, obituaries, surveys, book reviews, reports from associations, societies, trade shows and conferences, and full text of articles back to 1995.Indexing goes back to 1982.

Gale One File: Leadership & Management

Quality and Safety

Health & Safety Science Abstracts
Environmental science abstracts and citations from peer-reviewed journals, trade titles, conference proceedings, dissertations, and other varied content types. Coverage: 1960-current.
Risk Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Risk Abstracts encompasses risk arising from industrial, technological, environmental, and other sources, with an emphasis on assessment and management of risk.
Simultaneous Users: Unlimited

Healthcare Policy

National Council of State Legislatures
NCSL conducts policy research in areas ranging from agriculture and budget and tax issues to education and health care to immigration and transportation. [Some information is not publicly available].
NCSL 50-State Searchable Bill Tracking Databases
State searchable database to track bills on certain topics across states or by individual states.
National Academy of State Health Policy

Nexis Uni®
Search news, legal, and business sources, including federal and state cases and statutes, television and radio broadcasts, newswires, and blogs.
Westlaw (Thomson Reuters) This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection of news and business information and law-related resources. Includes primary law, secondary sources and litigation materials.
Policy File Index This link opens in a new window
Policy File Index is a resource for U.S. public policy research. Coverage: 1990 - current

Informatics and Healthcare Technology

IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, IEEE and IEE journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published since 1988, and all current IEEE standards. For off-campus access, you may need to use the USF VPN.
Simultaneous Users: 15 Users
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
A leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters.

Shimberg Health Sciences Library
Florida Blue Health Knowledge Exchange

Shimberg Health Sciences Library & Florida Blue Health Knowledge Exchange

Nursing Research Guide

Access to Full Text Journals

Understanding Databases

Other databases by subject area

Population Health

Healthcare Business, Leadership, and Management

Quality and Safety

Healthcare Policy

Informatics and Healthcare Technology

Shimberg Health Sciences LibraryFlorida Blue Health Knowledge Exchange

Shimberg Health Sciences Library & Florida Blue Health Knowledge Exchange

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Nursing Research Guide

Understanding Databases

Other databases by subject area

Population Health

Healthcare Business, Leadership, and Management

Quality and Safety

Healthcare Policy

Informatics and Healthcare Technology

Shimberg Health Sciences Library
Florida Blue Health Knowledge Exchange