Journals & Databases
When searching databases from off-campus remember to log in to your library account and, regardless of location, click on the 
icon to see if MSU users have access to the full text content. Consider installing a browser plug in like LibKey Nomad that directly links you to the full text PDF available through the MSU Libraries journal subscription.
If you want to search for a specific journal try using the A-Z E Journal List to search for the journal's title and see if MSU users have access. If you cannot find the journal you are looking for in that list, search the Library Catalog using the "journal title" option from the drop down catalog menu. Problems with access off campus? Contact the Reference and Discovery Services Unit. We have information specifically for affiliates at hospitals that troubleshoot common issues.
Listed below are commonly used general and specialty-specific biomedical literature databases. More can be found in the A-Z database list. For help finding biomedical literature contact your subject liaison.
Databases: Medical Literature
Cochrane Library Key resource for evidence based practice and finding systematic reviews. The included databases are: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Cochrane Review Methodology Database, and the Cochrane Collaboration.
Embase A large European-based database with journal articles and other biomedical literature from an international perspective.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) Indexes journal articles that include information-gathering tools for clinicians such as tests, questionnaires, scales, etc.
PubMed @ MSU One of the most popular databases to find biomedical journal articles. Need to brush up on your PubMed searching skills? You can find some excellent tutorials on the National Library of Medicine's website.
Scopus Find citations for a broad range of scientific literature (including patents) and track, analyze, and visualize citations by document, author, zip code, or institution.
Web of Science Broad coverage of many scientific domains and includes conference proceedings. One of the best tools to track citations, create citation report graphs, find your h-index number, and compare publication outputs overtime.
Osteopathic Resources
LWW Health Library - Osteopathic Medicine Clinical content and textbooks for osteopathic medicine including case descriptions, procedure videos, images, and study preparation materials.
Ostmed.dr Osteopathic medicine digital library with core books, journals, images, and videos
Databases: Specialty Specific
AgeLine The premier source for the literature of social gerontology and includes aging-related content from the health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy.
Natural Medicines Reliable drug monographs on more than 1000 natural medicines including general information, effectiveness, and interactions.
PsycInfo The premier psychiatry and psychology literature database, PsycInfo Contains summaries of the world's journal literature, of dissertations and technical reports, and of English-language chapters and books in psychology and related disciplines.
SportDiscus A unique database that covers the complete range of sport disciplines and subdisciplines, including sports medicine, kinesiology, applied physiology, training, sport techniques, coaching, doping, biomechanics, sport management, economics, history, biography and more.