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Health Science resources

Information Literacy Gateway Health Science resources

This guide will help you quickly find resources related to all health disciplines.

Not sure where to start? Check out the following resources to learn more about health information and navigating research resources.

Health information and EBP

Searching with confidence

Quick links

     Learn more about health research strategies  Free health resources  Database user guides  Need help?
Research databases

A full list of our databases can be found on the Database page. Search for a known database
or browse by type or category.

Medicine and medical science Medline
Nursing and allied health CINAHL
Health and medicine Emcare
Free version of Medline Pubmed
Health and medicine subset Proquest
Health collection Informit
Cochrane Institute Cochrane Library
Joanna Briggs Institute JBI EBP Database
Multidisciplinary Google Scholar
Informit (Australian focus)
Proquest
Scopus
Web of Science
Ageing Ageline
First nations health
Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Health (Informit)
Nutrition Food works
PEN: Practice-based evidence in nutrition
Palliative care
CareSearch
Physio/OT/Rehab LWW Health Library
OT Seeker
PEDro: Physiotherapy Evidence Database
REHABDATA
SPORTDiscus
Psychology PsycINFO
Speech pathology
Linguistics and language behavior abstracts
SpeechBITE
Practice resources
Point of care tools
Best Practice
UpToDate
Lippincott Advisor
Lippincott Procedures Australia
Evidence based practice
Flinders Filters
Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence Based Practice
Pubmed Clinical Queries
TRIP database
Clinical guidelines
Clinical practice guidelines portal
Pharmacological databases

  • Australian medicine handbook
  • eTG complete
  • MIMs
  • Pharmaceutical benefits scheme
  • NPS medicinewise

Clinical trials and systematic review registries
  • Australian and NZ Clinical trials registry
  • Clinicaltrials.gov
  • ISRCTN registry
  • PROSPERO: international register of systematic reviews
Grey literature, statistics and data
Research and government organisations
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
World Health Organisation
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK)
Health departments
Department of Health (Australian Government)
SA Health (Government of South Australia)
Policy information
APO: Australian Policy Online
First nations health
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
AIHW Indigenous Australians
Statistics and data
ABS
CDC Wonder
Publications from above websites and databases
Free resources

When you leave Flinders University, you may not continue to have access to subscription databases, which the Library pays for you to use during your studies. Explore the list of free health resources you will be able to continue to use when you are no longer at university.

Learn more about health research strategies

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Health literature and EBP

A critical part of studying (and practising) within the health sciences is evidence based practice. 

This module introduces the levels of evidence and the best places to find this evidence.

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Searching with confidence

The Searching with Confidence resource in FLO can help you develop the skills and understanding you need to successfully find credible, scholarly resources. 

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Systematic searching

The Systematic Literature Searching FLO site aims to guide you through – and demystify – the process of undertaking systematic searching.

Database user guides

CINAHL: basic searching tutorial

CINAHL: advanced searching tutorial

Searching the Cochrane Library

Informit search hints

Introduction to Medline

Introduction to PsycINFO

How to use Pubmed

Use MeSH to build a better PubMed query

Scopus tutorial: basic search

Web of Science quick reference card

Web of Science: video tutorials

Need help?

Library staff can assist with selecting appropriate resources

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