Research Guides: Resources for Early Career Researchers: Literature Resources

Useful Databases that index the peer reviewed published medical literature

PubMed
Health sciences articles including clinical, basic sciences, and public health information. Interface incorporates Himmelfarb Library's search filters to support evidence-based practice. Coverage: 1950 - Present including corrections and daily updates. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
MEDLINE Complete
Health sciences articles including clinical, basic sciences, and public health information. Encompasses medicine, nursing, allied health, biological and physical sciences, and humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Provides full-text access to nearly 2,500 titles. Coverage: 1946 - Present including corrections and daily updates. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
CINAHL
Authoritative coverage of nursing and allied health literature. Coverage: 1981 - Present. Produced by Ebsco Publishing.
Scopus
Interdisciplinary citation and abstract database covering more than 14,200 peer-reviewed journals, tracking cited and citing literature.
Himmelfarb subject research guides
There are guides for each department in the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences, School of Public Health, and School of Nursing
Web of Science
Database for citations to scientific content.

Search Strategies for clinical trials

Trialstreamer
Search for clinical trials using PICO terms: Population or Patient type, Intervention, Comparison (if any), or Outcomes desired. Includes unpublished trials.
ClinicalTrials.gov
Search federally funded clinical trials. Reports early results when available. Links out to PubMed records when published
PubMed
Use the article type filter links on the left side of the PubMed results page to select Clinical Trials or a specific trial type see https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/help/#publication-types. By default not all these article types show up so to display them on your PubMed results page, scroll down and click the Additional filters button on the left and choose which article types you want to display. Includes mostly peer reviewed published trial results, also some non-peer-reviewed preprints.

Interlibrary Loan/Documents2Go

Can't find what you need in Himmefarb's collection? No problem - we can try to get it for from another library! Just place an Interlibrary Loan/Documents2Go request.

If you are requesting an item from another library, follow these steps before placing your request:

Check to see if Himmelfarb has a copy of the book, article or other item you are requesting.
If you are requesting a book not owned by Himmelfarb, check the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) catalog to see if a local library has a copy. If so, place a request through WRLC Library Services for quicker delivery.
If Himmelfarb Library does not own the item or a copy of a book does not exist within the WRLC, please use Documents2Go to request a copy of the research materials you need.