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Guide to Literature Searching

Where are you most likely to find this information?

Different databases have different specialties, so running a search on one database may be more successful than running the same search on another database.

As a general guide, the databases that are used most regularly for literature searches are:

  • Medline / Pubmed
  • All EBM Reviews (includes Cochrane Library databases)
  • EMBASE
  • Clinical Key Nursing
  • CINAHL
  • Proquest Nursing & Allied Health
  • UpToDate
  • Clinical Key
  • Trip database