Grey Literature is high quality information produced on all levels of government, academia, business, industry, and independent science and health organizations. (It is not controlled by commerical publishers.) For the full list: GreyLiterature tab on the Nursing and Health Studies Guide
- CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC is part of Department of Health and Human Services. To find information, use the Search box, A-Z Index button, and on the horizontal banner, the Diseases and Conditions or More tabs. - PLOS (Public Library of Science)
PLOS is an nonprofit Open Access science organization that publishes the world's largest multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal. - BioMedCentral
To find the Search button, go the far right corner of the blue banner, top of the page. - TRIP
TRIP is a search engine finding finding international high quality research evidence.
- PubMed
- health sciences and biomedical database from the National Library of Medicine - Web of Science
- includes several subjects including biology, medicine, biomed., chemistry, etc. - CINAHL
- excellent for health studies and many health disciplines. - Embase
- biomedical, sciences, and drug related information - Proquest Research Library
- good place to start or go to if the information is not available or is too specific in previous databases. - Proquest Health Management
- start here or try if the previous databases don't provide the information or if it is too specific.
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Above are the databases we talked about in our ENG 107 session for publications in health sciences and biology.
For more complete lists of databases, see See UM Subject Guides to find research guides for other disciplines.
If you need help email or call me.
Above are the databases we talked about in our ENG 107 session for publications in health sciences and biology.
For more complete lists of databases, see See UM Subject Guides to find research guides for other disciplines.
If you need help email or call me.

Vera Spika
- Learning & Research Services Librarian
- vspika@miami.edu
- (305) 284-2040
- The Purdue OWL
- USC Libraries APA Style Guide
- USC Libraries Literature Review Guide
- APA, Chicago, and MLA Citation: KnightCite
- Refworks Citation Manager
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