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Subject guide for Medicine

On this page you will find links to the most important databases, dictionaries etc. within medicine. If you need help choosing databases, as well as searching them, then please visit the AU Library, Health Sciences (the library in the Victor Albeck Building).

Databases

Here you get an overview of the most important databases with research articles.

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  • PubMed
    The key source for literature within the health sector. Covers, amongst others, medicine, molecular biology, natural sciences, odontology, biology, public health, nursing science, sport science, agricultural sciences, psychology and health sciences.
  • Scopus and Web of Science
    Databases with research articles from all subject areas. In Scopus and Web of Science you can conduct citation searches to see how many times a specific article has been cited by others.
  • ClinicalKey
    Full-text access to over 1000 books and 500 journals. The database is designed for finding clinical answers via evidence-based literature. Covers all clinical specialities and also contains guidelines, patient information, videos, images, etc.
  • Cochrane
    The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases published by the Cochrane Collaboration. The core of the collection is Cochrane Reviews, which consist of systematic evaluations and meta-analyses that summarize and interpret medical research results.
  • Embase
    The database contains references to articles in the fields of biomedicine, pharmacology, and toxicology.
  • PsycINFO
    Database of literature from the field of psychology. Contains references to literature with psychological aspects within such fields as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, physiology, anthropology, etc.
  • More Health Science databases
    Find more databases on the Royal Danish Library's database list.

Dictionaries

Access to Ordbogen.com.

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  • Ordbogen.com
    Contains Medicinsk Odontologisk ordbog, Klinisk ordbog, a Danish-English English-Danish dictionary etc. An overview of relevant dictionaries appears when searching for a word.

Journals

Link to Ugeskrift for Læger.

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  • Ugeskrift for Læger (online)
    Journal of the Danish Medical Association. Articles in e-form, from 2002 onwards.
  • Ugeskrift for Læger
    Journal of the Danish Medical Association. Articles from 1839 and onwards.

Anatomical atlas

Visible Body is an anatomical atlas with images and 3D animations.

See anatomical atlas

  • Visible Body
    All modules can also be downloaded as apps via this link (you must be on AU's wifi (Eduroam) when you download apps).

Lectures

Video lectures.

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Library within your field of study

Contact

Annette Balle Sørensen

Senior Advisor
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P +4541265945

Janne Lytoft Simonsen

Research Librarian
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P +4521387814
Revised 20.11.2024
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