Browse this list of databases to determine which ones are relevant to your research needs.
Databases allow you to do different kinds of searches.
Basic keyword search: similar to a library catalogue or Google search where you use whatever keywords you think describe your topic.
Subject heading search: use the thesaurus terms (also known as controlled vocabulary) of the database to find all articles tagged with specifically assigned subject headings.
Combined keyword & subject heading search: for advanced research, use combined searching to ensure retrieval of current and relevant resources to support your research. Start with your own basic keywords as concepts but also find out what the thesaurus terms in the database is for that concept and combine them.
2. I have heard of PubMed but what is MEDLINE and what is the difference between these databases?
PubMed is a free database used to search for abstracts of medical & related scientific literature from all over the world. MEDLINE is the largest citation subset within PubMed & comprises abstracts from more than 5400+ high quality international medical research journals selected by US National Institute for Health's review panel. At UNIC, you can also use EBSCO's MEDLINE Complete to search for Medline content.
When searching PubMed you will find citations from
1. MEDLINE indexed journals
2. Journals/ manuscripts deposited in PubMed Central (PMC)
3. NCBI Bookshelf