Databases
Important notice
Access to Ovid products has ceased, including Medline, PsycInfo, Embase. The DoH's provider of choice is now Ebsco.
- All saved searches in personal accounts on the Ovid platform are no longer available. You will need to re-enter your search into the Ebsco platform.
- All Ovid autoalerts have ceased, and will only resume when you transfer your searches into the new Ebsco interface.
Watch the hospital bulletins for the latest updates on this issue.
- Journal references
- Evidence-based literature
- Drug information
- Standards
- Remote access
- Contact library staff for other database searching.
Journal references
- Medline - Ovid 1996 to Present. Remote access requires library card barcode.
- Medline - Ovid 1950 to Present. Remote access requires library card barcode.
- Old Medline - Ovid 1948 to 1965. Remote access requires library card barcode.
- Medline In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations - Ovid. Remote access requires library card barcode.
- Embase - Ovid 1980 to Present. Remote access requires library card barcode.
- CINAHL - Ebsco (on-site). Remote access requires on-site registration, then log in via Athens.
- PsycINFO - Ebsco (on-site). Remote access requires on-site registration, then log in via Athens.
- Medline - Ebsco (on-site). Remote access requires on-site registration, then log in via Athens.
- Embase - Elsevier. On-site and off-site access requires on-site registration, then log in via Athens.
- Informit. On-site only; no off-site access.
- ERIC. Education Resources Information Center. Free access on- and off-site.
Evidence-based literature
- MDConsult. Remote access requires on-site registration.
- UpToDate. This is an on-site only service, no off-site access.
- BMJ Best Practice (on site). Remote access requires on-site registration, then log in via Athens.
- DynaMed (onsite). Remote access requires on-site registration, then log in via Athens.
- The Cochrane Library. Free access on- and off-site.
- SUMSearch. Free access on- and off-site.
- Joanna Briggs Institute: Best Practice Information Sheets, Evidence Summaries, Systematic Reviews. Remote access password (1 page)
Drug information
- Micromedex. Remote access password (1 page).
- MIMS Online (on-site). Remote access requires on-site registration, then log in via Athens.
- Australian Medicines Handbook (on-site). Remote access requires on-site registration, then log in via Athens.
- Therapeutic Guidelines (on-site). Remote access requires on-site registration, then log in via Athens.
- RCH Paediatric Pharmacopoeia (on-site). Remote access requires on-site registration, then log in via Athens.
- Toxnet. Free access on- and off-site.
Standards
- Australian and international standards. On-site only, no remote access. Some standards are not immediately available, but may be unlocked; contact the library during business hours.