Databases: Apps
The following databases have software and/or apps available.
- Medscape This link opens in a new windowDatabase with current research articles and medical references. Very good for checking drugs and drug interactions. Requires free registration.
- Nursing Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new windowTo request a key for mobile access, follow the link provided above and click NRC iPhone/iPod Touch Application at the bottom of the page.
- PubMed on Tap for Apple (iOS) devicesPubMed On Tap searches PubMed and PubMed Central to find, display, and import reference information and pdfs of the full article (if you have access privileges). You can search your personal reference library, organize your references in groups (static and smart), and email references from your device to yourself or others in a form suitable for reading or importing into desktop reference management applications.
- VisualDxTo register for mobile access, follow the VisualDx link above. Click Get the Mobile App to create a personal VisualDx account.
- ClinicalKeyTo register for mobile access, follow the ClinicalKey link above. Click Register in the upper right corner of the page to create a personal ClinicalKey account.
Databases: Mobile Sites
All EBSCOhost databases have mobile-friendly interfaces. Off-campus users will need to log in with their Rush username and password.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,300 journals, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.
- Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
This business database provides full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 450 peer-reviewed business publications. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Premier provides information dating back to 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
- CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new window
CINAHL Ultimate is the definitive full-text database for nursing and allied health research. It offers full-text access to a substantial portion of the most frequently cited journals in the CINAHL index, surpassing other databases. Providing 1,815 active full-text journals, this database covers over 50 nursing specialties. Additionally, it features full-text quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, continuing education modules, nursing instructional videos, and more.
- Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
The Cochrane Library (ISSN 1465-1858) is a collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. The Cochrane Library is owned by Cochrane and published by Wiley.
Cochrane Library includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Cochrane Clinical Answers. - Consumer Health Complete This link opens in a new window
Consumer Health Complete offers an intuitive search interface that allows users to filter search results by source type. In addition to full-text journals, magazines, health reference books and evidence-based health reports, the database includes nearly 500 medical images and diagrams, more than 240 animations with audio narration and transcripts, consumer health pamphlets and leaflets from the CDC, FDA, NIH and others, drug information in English and Spanish, and Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary. Consumer Health Complete contains dozens of articles on a variety of teen health topics from smoking and sexting to dealing with anger and coping with divorce. “TeenTalk” articles are aimed at teens, while “How to Talk to Teens” articles provide tips to parents on starting difficult but important conversations.
- Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) This link opens in a new windowDatabase of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) is no longer updated, but abstracts published prior to March 2015 can be accessed via this link. DARE includes abstracts of published systematic reviews on the effects of health care from around the world, which have been critically analyzed according to a high standard of criteria. This database provides access to quality reviews in subjects for which a Cochrane review may not yet exist.
- Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window
This database is a collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source - Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 300 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
This database provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.
- Health Technology Assessment (HTA) This link opens in a new windowThe Health Technology Assessment (HTA) database provides details of completed and ongoing health technology assessments (studies of the medical, social, ethical and economic implications of healthcare interventions) from around the world. The aim of the database is to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care. In addition to systematic reviews, HTA contains ongoing and completed research based on trials, questionnaires and economic evaluations. Included are more than 3,000 descriptive abstracts and nearly 7,000 total records. When available, links to summaries, full text or the web site of the research agency are included in the abstracts. The HTA database is produced by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) at the University of York, UK, using information obtained from members of International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA) and other health technology assessment organizations.
- MedlinePlusMobile-friendly consumer health site produced by the National Library of Medicine.
Also available in Spanish: MedlinePlus en español
- PsycArticles This link opens in a new windowPsycArticles, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 137,000 articles from 66 journals published by the APA, its imprint the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF), and from allied organizations including the Canadian Psychological Association and the Hogrefe Publishing Group. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to present; nearly all APA journals go back to Volume 1, Issue 1. PsycARTICLES is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.
- APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new windowThe PsycINFO database, American Psychological Association's (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains over 2.5 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the early 1800s. Ninety-eight percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. The database also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, technology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others. Journal coverage, which spans from 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,200 periodicals in more than 27 languages. PsycINFO is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.