Find the best library databases for your research. The below databases are available for actively enrolled and employed students, faculty, and staff at The Chicago School. Due to licensing restrictions, we are unable to provide database access to individuals who do not meet those criteria.
The most frequently-used databases
Multidisciplinary collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals. Includes many journals indexed in leading citation indexes.
The largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. Contains scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. Provided by the American Psychological Association (APA).
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
AccessMedicine is an online medical resource that provides students with the tools they need to excel in basic and advanced studies, clerkships, and crucial test prep.
AccessNeurology is an online medical resource that provides students with the tools they need to excel in basic and advanced studies, clerkships, and crucial test prep. CAN provides students and residents with interactive content, self-assessment, and leading medical texts to enhance decision-making at the point-of-care. It allows for practicing neurologists to brush up on their medical knowledge to ensure best patient outcomes. It includes a complete full-text library of clinical textbooks, including Adams and Victor’s Principles of Neurology,12e, Principles of Neural Science, 6e, and many others.
AccessPharmacy is an online medical resource designed to meet the ever-changing demands of pharmacy education by providing students with the tools they need to excel in basic and advanced studies, clerkships, and crucial test prep.
AccessPhysiotherapy is a comprehensive, online educational resource designed for physical therapy students, educators, and practitioners. It provides access to leading textbooks, videos demonstrating procedures and exercises, image galleries, self-assessment tools, and a unique interactive cadaver dissection tool.
ClinicalKey provides streamlined access to evidence-based information for clinicians, delivering quick answers at the point of care. ClinicalKey features over 1,000 medical books published by Elsevier, including essential texts such as Gray's Anatomy, Rang & Dale's Pharmacology, and Goldman’s Cecil Medicine. It also offers access to more than 650 journals, 3,000 drug monographs, and 4,500 practice guidelines. Users can efficiently search and filter resources by source type, study type, specialty, and publication date.
JAMAevidence is an online medical resource helping decision-makers to identify the best available evidence. It provides students, residents, fellows, and clinicians with essential content from Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice,3e, The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis, and Care at the Close of Life: Evidence and Experience.
Support for the teaching and learning of skills and research methods through online self-paced and instructor-led sessions. Covers critical skills and research methods across all stages of academic study; navigating information, data literacy, research skills, data science skills, and getting published.
Support for every stage of social science research and learning. Contents include books and reports, videos, cases, and datasets.
Support for developing the vital academic and professional skills necessary to succeed in higher education and beyond. Digital resources include the Business Skills and Student Success collections.
UpToDate is an evidence-based, physician-authored clinical decision support resource that assists clinicians with point-of-care decisions and includes: synthesized topic reviews that cover major medical specialties, drug monographs, drug interactions, society guidelines, access to graded treatment recommendations, access to Clinical Calculators, and a Drug Interactions Database.
