Research Guides: Substance Abuse and Addiction: Get Started

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Subjects: Biomedical/Health Sciences

CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Nursing and allied health literature.

Embase This link opens in a new window
Biomedical and worldwide drug literature.
Google Scholar Vanderbilt Login This link opens in a new window

Vendor Tutorials: Add VU to your Google profile - https://scholar.google.com/scholar_settings
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Virtual library of news, business, legal, medical, and general reference.

Access Note: Personal account required for some functionality. User Limit: Unlimited.
ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Search all ProQuest databases with interdisciplinary literature.
PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
Social and behavioral science journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA).

Access Note: Note: all articles in PsycArticles are also indexed and linked from the PsycINFO database, which provides broader subject coverage.
PsychiatryOnline This link opens in a new window
DSM-5, textbooks, journals, APA guidelines, self-assessments, patient education, and CME.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
International coverage of psychological literature.

Coverage: 1800s to present.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Biomedical and life sciences literature. Includes Medline.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Citation database and interdisciplinary literature database. Covers scientific and medical literature.

All current Vanderbilt University students, faculty, and staff have access, both on and off campus.

Finding Full Text Articles and Journals
Finding Books and E-books
Choosing Which Databases You Need
Search Strategy Worksheet
Use this worksheet to build a search strategy for any database. Includes a section on tailoring your search for PubMed. See an example at the end.

Lookup a journal article by DOI or PMID