Health Databases Overview and Access Guide
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Metropolitan University
University Center of Bayamón
Norma Vázquez Figueroa
Librarian, MIS
Databases
It is a set of data belonging to the same context.
and stored systematically for later use.
Bibliographic databases
They only contain a representation of the primary source.
which allows it to be located. A typical record of a database
bibliographic data contains information about the author,
fecha de publicación, editorial, título, edición, de una
specific publication, etc. It may contain a summary
from the original publication, but never the full text,
because otherwise we would be facing a base of
data to full text.
Full-text databases
They store primary sources, such as everything
the content of all editions of a collection of
scientific journals.
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Medicine and Health
• CCHResearch Network
Access to documents covering health topics (including
Medicare and Medicaid, social security, food, drugs, resources
humans and OSHA.
Cinahl
Cumulative index of literature about nursing and sciences
allies to health. It contains more than 1200 professional journals of
nursing and 17 related topics, with coverage since 1982.
Emerald
Database with one hundred sixty-four magazine titles of
different fields of knowledge in full text.
Health and Wellness Resource Center
It contains magazines, academic journals, newspapers, definitions,
directories with varied information about the health sector.
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Index and summarize around 850 magazines related to
Disciplines of medicine. It also provides the full text of
550 magazines.
MedicLatina
Collection of medical research journals in Spanish,
published by recognized publishers from Latin America. Provides
access to the full text of 140 peer-reviewed journals.
Medline
Collection created by the National Library of Medicine,
provides medical information in health sciences,
dentistry, veterinary medicine and much more.
Nursing Reference Center
Offers to nurses, administrators, students, and others
professionals, information about clinical evidence,
conditions and diseases, as well as practical guides, modules
continuing education, and information for the patient, both in
English as in Spanish.
• Ocenet Health
Specialized information in medicine, nursing, and health, in
Spanish.
How to access the Databases
Locate the following address:
[Link]
In the quick links box, select
Library
Then, in Research Resources,
select 'Databases'.
• Then select the option for 'Bases of
"Data by Subject" and then choose the one that says
Medicine and Health
UMET Portal
Library Portal
Library Portal
Library Portal
Databases
Example of the EBSCO interface
Example of searching in EBSCO
Example of Health & Wellness
Example of a search
Boolean Operators
They are used to combine words and identify concepts.
in the documents.
Nombre del Descripción
operator
AND Select the documents that contain
all the specified words.
OR Select the documents that contain by
at least one of the specified words.
NOT Exclude from the search the documents that
contain the specified word or phrase.
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Example of a boolean search