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Provided by the Sport Information Resource Centre, SPORTDiscus offers comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines. This database contains well over 1.7 million records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800; over 22,000 dissertations and theses and reference to articles in 60 different languages.

PubMed® comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

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MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.

CINAHL Ultimate provides 1,815 active full-text journals and covers over 50 nursing specialties. Additionally, it features full-text quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, continuing education modules, nursing instructional videos, and more. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo. Additionally, it features full-text quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, continuing education modules, nursing instructional videos, and more.

Provides citation indexing of top high-impact journals with powerful tools such as cited reference searching and Author Finder, 254 categories thoroughly cover the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.

Full text medical text books and clinical library. Includes photographs and audio/video presentations related to the various texts in the collections.

The APA PsycInfo® database, American Psychological Association’s (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains records and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s with one of the highest DOI matching rates in the publishing industry. Journal coverage, which spans from the 1800s to the present, includes international material selected from periodicals in dozens of languages.

Head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques for the (Advanced) Assessment or Introduction to Clinical Medicine course for Students and faculty in medical, nursing, and related programs.

CINAHL Ultimate provides 1,815 active full-text journals and covers over 50 nursing specialties. Additionally, it features full-text quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, continuing education modules, nursing instructional videos, and more. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo. Additionally, it features full-text quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, continuing education modules, nursing instructional videos, and more.

An online search tool that provides physicians with fast clinical answers.
Provided by the College of Medicine.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

Database of Abstracts of Review of Effects (DARE), Health Technology Assessments, and National Health Service Economic Evaluation have been retired because much of the content is freely available on other websites, such as the CRD database website.

UCF IT has reactivated the software license for EndNote, the reference management tool, for all UCF students, faculty and staff to use free of charge. EndNote is a valuable resource that propels UCF to reach its goal as a top research institution.

If you previously had EndNote installed and activated on your computer, you may access it as before. If you have not yet installed EndNote, submit this Service Now form for assistance with downloading the most current version.

If you need help with a previously downloaded version or need an administrator to help with a UCF-managed device, submit this request form

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For more citation management options, see our blog post or our EndNote guide

ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and research. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Content includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books dating back to 1966.

LWW Health Library: Medical Education provides texts, video & audio, self assessment, cases, and clinical skills resources.

MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.

PubMed® comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

To authenticate for full-text off-campus, log in

Provided by the Sport Information Resource Centre, SPORTDiscus offers comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines. This database contains well over 1.7 million records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800; over 22,000 dissertations and theses and reference to articles in 60 different languages.

Provides citation indexing of top high-impact journals with powerful tools such as cited reference searching and Author Finder, 254 categories thoroughly cover the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.

Full text medical text books and clinical library. Includes photographs and audio/video presentations related to the various texts in the collections.

An online search tool that provides physicians with fast clinical answers.
Provided by the College of Medicine.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

Database of Abstracts of Review of Effects (DARE), Health Technology Assessments, and National Health Service Economic Evaluation have been retired because much of the content is freely available on other websites, such as the CRD database website.

combines the clinical expertise and extensive, curated disease content of DynaMed with the comprehensive view into treatment options, depth, and breadth of drug information, and advanced search capabilities of Micromedex. Provide users with evidence-based insights for optimal clinical decision-making and improved patient outcomes.
DynaMedex includes mobile and app access: sign up for a free account on the DynaMedex page. You must be on campus or signed in with your NID to create an account.
Mobile App Access: In late November 2025, the Institutional Network tab—which previously allowed access via IP address authentication—will be removed from the mobile app. Users will need to create a personal account affiliated with the institution.

"PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database, a free database of over 40,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy."

"an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher of 269 peer-reviewed open access journals. The portfolio of journals spans all areas of biology, biomedicine and medicine"

Free index for broadly searching scholarly literature. This link includes the UCF institution code so links to UCF's full text subscriptions will display. See below for other ways to set institution.

To use UCF Libraries subscription access:

• Open Google Scholar Settings
• select Library Links
• Search for "University of Central Florida"
• Save

If you are on campus or connecting through Open Athens you will see UCF's subscription links automatically.

Instructions for use
Develop, conduct, and report on systematic reviews of multiple research papers. **You must create a FREE personal Ovid account to access this product.**
UCF has an organizational subscription which covers faculty, staff and students. If collaborating with members from other institutions, each collaborator must also have access to JBI Sumari through their own organization's subscription or an individual subscription.

"Each dissertation published since July, 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDTGlobal provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses."
For abstracts from 1938-1980 see the print volumes of Dissertation Abstracts International

Sage Research Methods is the ultimate methods library with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The site is designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method. The Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research. Built upon Sage’s legacy of methods publishing, Sage Research Methods is the essential online tool for researchers.Full text of book, journal, and reference content to aid as students research design methodologies, understand and select methods, conduct research, and write findings.
Includes tools such as:
- Project Planner: find step-by-step guidance to complete your research project
- Which Stats Test: answer questions to see which statistical method is best for your data
Includes the complete series of:
- Little Green Books -- Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences
- Little Blue Books -- Qualitative Research Methods

Full text scientific, technical and medical research journals, eBooks, Reference works, handbooks and book series published by Elsevier.

over 20,000 ebooks from science, technology, and medicine

Providing researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works.