LibGuides: Clinical Microbiology: Journals, articles & databases

Make a Document Supply Request

Document Supply Request Form

Request an interlibrary loan, a chapter, or an article copy for private study and non-commercial research.

Submit a request

Newspapers

Click here for Newspaper databases

Theses & Dissertations

Click here for Theses databases

Key databases

Biosis This link opens in a new window
A biosciences database on the Web of Science platform. It has some extra search options such as taxa and concept codes which can be useful for some topics. Our access only goes up to 2008 so you need to use another source for recent articles.

Embase This link opens in a new window
Embase is a biomedical and pharmacological database with access to more than 37 million records including articles from more than 8,100 journals published world-wide.

Medline This link opens in a new window
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.

PubChem This link opens in a new window
The database provides information on the biological activities of small molecules and can be searched by text or structure searches.

PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed provides free access to MEDLINE, NLM's database of citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, and preclinical sciences. Adds citations daily.
- Log in to your PubMed account or create one by clicking on Log in in the top right hand corner and follow the instructions to register an account.
- Once you are logged in, click on your account details icon ion the top right hand corner.
- Choose the Site Preferences tab.
- Under the PubMed Preferences section, click on Outside Tool.
- At the next page, check the box next to Swansea University
- Return to the preferences page.
- When you search PubMed, the iGetIt@Swansea icon will now appear.

Scifinder-n This link opens in a new window
Scifinder is produced by the American Chemical Society and is the most comprehensive source for chemistry and related subjects. It indexes over 10,000 journals and can be searched by structure diagram and formula as well as keyword. You will need to register using the link in iFind before you can use SciFinder for the first time.
Remember to register using the link in iFind the first time you use SciFinder.

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources in the fields of Medicine, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Life Sciences. The database also provides information on citation analysis for specific articles, authors, and journal metrics.

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
A scientific citation indexing service that provides a comprehensive citation search. It gives access to multiple databases that reference cross-disciplinary research, which allows for in-depth exploration of specialised sub-fields within an academic or scientific discipline.

Additional databases

APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
APA PsycINFO provides coverage of behavioral science and mental health fields, containing nearly 4 million citations from 2500 journal titles. PsycINFO is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health, with ninety-nine percent of the covered material peer-reviewed.

BioMed Central This link opens in a new window
An STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher with a large portfolio of peer-reviewed open access journals. Our journals span all areas of biology, medicine and health.

Henry Stewart Talks: Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection from HS Talks provides immediate access to over 1,800 online seminar style talks containing the latest research, developments as well as the fundamentals presented by the world’s leading experts including a number of Nobel Laureates.

mirPub This link opens in a new window
mirPub is a database and a related web application which provides a powerful and intuitive interface to the researchers that want to search for publications related to particular microRNA molecules. mirPub also provides useful information about the correlation of these microRNAs to any diseases, tissues and genes. It facilitates publication search by considering microRNA families and the history of the microRNA nomenclature.

Sage Research Methods This link opens in a new window
Sage Research Methods Online (SRMO) is a research methods tool, linking Sage's research methods content with search tools to help researchers answer their research methods questions. The site contains 504 book titles, including the QASS (aka Little Green Book) series, 6 dictionaries, 4 encyclopaedias and a Major Work containing journal articles.

Evidence-based resources

Campbell Collaboration This link opens in a new window
The Campbell Collaboration is an international research network that produces systematic reviews in education, crime and justice and social welfare on the effects of social interventions. Search the Campbell Library database to gain access to titles, protocols, systematic reviews and user abstracts.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews This link opens in a new window
The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making and includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials This link opens in a new window
The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (aka CENTRAL or TRIALS) contains records of randomised and quasi-randomised controlled trials taken from bibliographic databases (mainly MEDLINE and Embase). This is not a full-text database.

Trip database This link opens in a new window
Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.

MyUni Library Essentials - Researching

MyUni Library Essentials includes a section on Researching. Follow the link below to learn how to plan a search strategy and conduct your search. (You need to log in to Canvas to access the link.)

MyUni Library Essentials - Researching

Please follow the link to self-enrol on MyUni Library Essentials if you have not accessed the course before.

MyUni Library Essentials This online course is your starting point for learning how to use the Library. This course is made up of videos and tutorials designed by your Librarians, and will help you to get the most out of your Library both online and on campus.
more...less...
Please follow the link to self-enrol on MyUni Library Essentials if you have not accessed the course before.

Explore our journals with the BrowZine mobile app

BrowZine at Swansea University
- This link opens in a new window

Clinical Microbiology: Journals, articles & databases

Finding journal articles

Key Journals