The University Libraries subscribes to many research databases and platforms and we have provided a curated a list on this guide. For the comprehensive list of resources, please use the following link for our A-Z Databases list. Helpful hint: this page is bookmarkable!
Provides comprehensive coverage of the journal literature (over 650 journals) related to nursing and the allied health disciplines, from 1982 to the present.
Contains Elsevier's medical and surgical content in one interface with access to over 1100 books, over 500 journals, thousands of videos and millions of images.
A collection of evidence-based clinical information for healthcare providers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews includes systemic reviews, protocols, editorials, and supplements. Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials is a directory of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials found in scholarly literature. Cochrane Clinical Answers includes clinical questions, a short answer, and data drawn from reviews that allow clinicians to quickly obtain evidence-based information to use in point-of-care decision-making.
A biomedical and pharmacological bibliographic database of journals and records from around the world that includes particularly strong coverage of drug research.
An authoritative index of biomedical and health journals used by health care professionals, nurses, clinicians and researchers engaged in clinical care, public health and health policy development. It also provides the full text of over 2,500 of the journals in the database.
An abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources, including journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, abstracts, and patent records from the humanities, sciences and social sciences. Allows users to locate the most highly cited items and the articles that cite them.
As a Creighton student, you have an information privilege that many clinics or organizations may not, meaning that not all the subscription databases will be available to you when you graduate and begin your practice. Below are tools that may be beneficial to get familiar with -- and compare to Creighton resources as part of developing your EBP skills -- to understand information access in a larger context.
A simple way to search scholarly materials on the open web. To view links directly to CU Libraries' resources when searching Google Scholar, be sure to make us your library. You can do this by navigating to the menu at the top left > Settings > Library links > add Creighton University.