If you are searching for a topic or subject rather than a specific article you might like to search one of our databases. These often focus on a particular subject area or discipline and reduce the amount of results you receive from irrelevant subjects.
Databases are collections of resources such as journal articles and conference papers, and also sometimes book chapters and reports. If you are doing a literature search or systematic review they are a key resource to use.
There are two main kinds of database:
Below are a small selection of databases for getting started with medical and health topics. For a more complete list of databases related to health subjects, visit the A-Z list of databases for Medicine:
New to using online databases?
Find interactive tutorials and put them into practice with the Finding Academic Information for Health modules in KLaSS:
Below are a small selection of databases for getting started with anatomy topics and resources. For a more complete list of databases related to health subjects, visit the A-Z list of databases for Medicine:
New to using online databases?
Complete interactive tutorials on literature searching and earn badges in the Finding and Evaluating Information for Health sections of KLaSS:
Below are a small selection of journals for browsing Bioscience topics. For a more complete list of databases and resources related to health subjects, visit the A-Z list of databases for Medicine:
Find these journals, and more on Library Search:
New to using Library Search?
You can find online tutorials on using Library Search to find books and journals around your subject. Find them in the Getting Started With Your Studies section of KLaSS:
Below are a small selection of databases for getting started with Global Health topics. For a more complete list of databases, visit the A-Z list of databases for Global Health:
New to using online databases?
Complete interactive tutorials on literature searching and earn badges in the Finding and Evaluating Information for Arts & Sciences and Health sections of KLaSS:
Below are a small selection of databases for getting started with nursing & midwifery topics. For a more complete list of databases related to health subjects, visit the A-Z list of databases for Medicine:
New to using online databases?
Complete interactive tutorials on literature searching and earn badges in the Finding and Evaluating Information for Health sections of KLaSS:
Below are a small selection of databases for getting started with psychology, psychiatry & neuroscience topics. For a more complete list of databases related to health subjects, visit the A-Z list of databases for Medicine:
New to using online databases?
Complete interactive tutorials on literature searching and earn badges in the Finding and Evaluating Information for Health sections of KLaSS:
New to using KLaSS forums?
Make sure you're enrolled on KLaSS by using the link below:
If a database lists something you want to read, look for a button that says 'Get it at King's' This will take you to Library Search and to the full text, if the library subscribes to the journal, or prompting you to request the item via Inter Library Loan.
I can't see the 'Get it @ King's'
If the 'Get it @ King's' button is not available then you should use Library Search to see if the article or book is available through another database.
New to using Library Search?
Find out how to use Library Search to find the books and items you need in the Getting Started With the Library - Undergraduates and Taught Postgraduates section of this guide - look for the navigation button in the top left corner!