Health Science

A free online tool for finding health-related grey literature that are not published commercially and which may be inaccessible via bibliographic databases.

A clinically validated international medical terminology dictionary and thesaurus used by regulatory authorities and the biopharmaceutical industry, developed by the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use.

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Access notes

MedDRA is accessible in two ways:

• The web-based browser for MedDRA
• The downloadable desktop browser for MedDRA.

MedDRA account

To access MedDRA, you must use the self-service tool to retrieve the University of Windsor MedDRA ID and MedDRA password. To use the tool, you must use your university email address.

The MedDRA ID and password must be kept confidential and not shared with others.
 

Terms of Use

We license MedDRA for non-commercial educational and research purposes. MedDRA content may not be published, shared, or distributed to any other third parties. 

 

Provides citations, many with abstracts, to the world's journal literature in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences (from 1950 to current). Medline is produced by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) This database can also be searched as part of the Biological Science Collection.

Access to the literature on virology in humans, animals, and plants with topics ranging from replication cycles to oncology to AIDS. This database can also be searched as part of the wider Biological Science Collection.

Simultaneously search all databases subscribed on the Ovid platform, including MEDLINE and many others.

Provides cost-benefit analyses about healthcare interventions. Produced by British National Health Service (NHS).

Comprehensive coverage of the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Information is indexed from approximately 5,600 journals published world-wide. Records start in the early 1800's to present. Produced by the US National Library of Medicine.

Comprised of data from the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) MEDLINE. It contains citations to the published literature on health services, technology, administration, and research. It focuses on both the clinical and non-clinical aspects of health care delivery.

Brings together details on ongoing health technology assessments (studies of the medical, social, ethical, and economic implications of healthcare interventions).