Databases

Popular Databases

The most frequently-used databases

Academic Search Premier

Popular

Publications covering a wide variety of academic disciplines. Includes peer-reviewed journals.
1940 - present.

PubMed

Popular

Interface for searching MEDLINE, the online index of biomedical journal article citations from 1950 to present. Premiere database of medical literature.
Free resource. Off-campus access to UAB licensed full text requires Blazer ID & password.

See related Research Guides: PubMed via LHL and Making the Most of My NCBI

UpToDate

Popular

Clinical information tool. No individual registration required for web access.

Registration required for mobile access. You will need to login to update your registration (every 90 days).

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

AccessPediatrics

New

Covers the entire span of pediatric practice, from neonatology through adolescent medicine.

ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB)

Trial

Collection of over 5,400 seminal books in the humanities and related social sciences.

Trial available through 12/31/2019.

Covidence

New

A systematic reviews production tool for title/abstract screening, full-text screening, data abstraction, and quality assessment.

See related Research Guide: Covidence

Cross Database Searchtool for Library of Latin Texts

New

Allows the user to search the Library of Latin Texts – Series A, Library of Latin Texts – Series B, and Monumenta Germaniae Historica simultaneously.

Gale Political Extremism & Radicalism in the Twentieth Century

New

Primary sources documenting 20th century far-right and left political groups in the US, Europe and Australia.

International Medieval Bibliography

New

Includes articles in journals and miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, essay collections or Festschriften) worldwide. Covers the Classics, English Language and Literature, History and Archaeology, Theology and Philosophy, Medieval European Languages and Literatures, Arabic and Islamic Studies, History of Education, Art History, Music, Theatre and Performance, Arts, Rhetoric and Communication Studies.

Library of Latin Texts - Series A

New

Latin texts, from the beginnings of Latin literature to the present day.

Library of Latin Texts - Series B

New

Latin texts, from the beginnings of Latin literature to the present day.

Monumenta Germaniae Historica

New

Includes historical documents, divided into five major Series (Scriptores, Leges, Diplomata, Epistolae and Antiquitates) and into 33 Subseries.

Thieme MedOne Neurosurgery

New

Neurosurgical content including e-books, e-journals, cases, procedures, images, audios, and videos.