Public Health

HSLS Databases A to Z: Links and descriptions for databases relevant to the health sciences

University Library System (ULS) Databases: Use the drop-down menu to browse by subject.

PubMed

Articles from journals in all areas of medicine and the health sciences as well as articles from related life sciences journals. Free access for anyone, anywhere.

• Free access via National Library of Medicine

MEDLINE 

Articles from the worldwide biomedical literature.  MEDLINE is essentially the same database as PubMed, but with a different search engine. 

• Access via Ovid for Pitt and UPMC users 

Embase.com

Worldwide literature on biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences.

• Access via Embase.com for Pitt users

Scopus

Scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences literature from peer-reviewed journals. Searchable by topic or by citation, allowing one to identify articles that cite a particular article or author.

• Access via Elsevier for Pitt users

Web of Science

Identifies articles from scholarly journals in all disciplines. Searchable by topic or by citation, allowing one to identify articles that cite a particular article or author.

• Access via Thomson Reuters for Pitt and UPMC users

Global Health

Articles, books, reports, dissertations, and other information about all aspects of international public health.

• Access via Ovid for Pitt users