The Greenblatt Library has carefully selected licensed databases to support the institution’s diversity of specialties and subject interests. The four core databases chosen for this module represent essential databases in the biomedical literature field concentrating on their strengths and cautions. How to search these databases is not addressed. Try our tutorials page for in depth instruction.

Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:

• choose between Ovid and PubMed for searching Medline

• know that Medline is the primary biomedical databases for researchers

• explain the differences between the Medline and CINAHL headings

• apply MeSH headings in Medline and CINAHL headings in CINAHL

• implement the use of limits in literature searching

• create personal accounts to manage previous searches