Research Guides: Neuroscience: Articles

Key Databases

PubMed (1946 - present) This link opens in a new window
Premier database containing over 23 million references to journal articles with a focus on biomedicine. Freely available and includes MEDLINE. This link goes to the version with UBC elink.
MEDLINE (Ovid) This link opens in a new window
Premier biomedical database with over 30 million journal articles in the life sciences. Similar to Pubmed in content, this Ovid interface facilitates structured searching and allows editing of search histories.
PsycInfo (includes full text from PsycArticles) This link opens in a new window
Covers psychology and the psychological aspects of various other disciplines. Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations.

Additional Databases

CINAHL - Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature This link opens in a new window
Key database in nursing and allied health. Contains brain science articles from a nursing perspective.
ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
ClinicalKey is designed for answers to clinical questions as well as access to in-depth information across more than 30 clinical specialties. As of December 2014, MDConsult content is now available through ClinicalKey.
Additional features, including a presentation maker, the ability to download PDF versions of ebook chapters, customize patient handouts or save content in a personal profile, are available to users who create a free account. Click 'Register' at the top right of the ClinicalKey landing page to create a free account.
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) This link opens in a new window
Citations to controlled trials identified by the contributors of the Cochrane Collaboration.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to regularly updated systematic reviews by the Cochrane Collaboration. Includes completed systematic reviews and review protocols in development.
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) This link opens in a new window
The collection of reviews of reviews provides critical assessments of systematic reviews. It was produced by the UK National Health Services' Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (NHS CRD) between 1994 and March 2015.
EBM Reviews (Ovid) This link opens in a new window
One-stop searching of 7 evidence-based medicine databases in the Cochrane Library.
EMBASE (Ovid) This link opens in a new window
International (but European-focused) biomedical database with strengths in drug-related and rehabilitation sciences subjects.
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine This link opens in a new window
Basic information & journal articles on consumer health, allied health, medicine, nursing.
Journals@OVID - LWW This link opens in a new window
E-journal collection covering medicine, nursing, rehabilitation sciences and dentistry.
Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary database of journal articles and conference proceedings, used for citation analysis of research. Includes access to EndNote Basic, a web-based version of EndNote.

Latest in "Nature Reviews - Neuroscience"

Top Journals

Listed according to Impact Factor:

Nature Reviews - Neuroscience
31.376, 2013 Journal Impact Factor
Annual Review of Neuroscience
22.660, 2013 Journal Impact Factor
Lancet Neurology
21.823, 2013 Journal Impact Factor
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
21.147, 2013 Journal Impact Factor
Neuron
15.982, 2013 Journal Impact Factor
Nature Neuroscience
14.976, 2013 Journal Impact Factor
Behavioural and Brain Sciences
14.962, 2013 Journal Impact Factor
Trends in Neurosciences
12.902, 2013 Journal Impact Factor
Progress in Neurobiology
10.301, 2013 Journal Impact Factor
Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews
10.284, 2013 Journal Impact Factor
Brain
10.226, 2013 Journal Impact Factor
Journal of Neuroscience
6.747, 2013 Journal Impact Factor