Access to articles in the following databases is available onsite at the ANMF Library. Beside each link are short, recently created Basic and Advanced Search YouTube tutorials or podcast produced by the publishers.
A database is a collection of information, mostly journal articles, arranged in individual records which can be searched by a computer.
Some journal databases also include conference papers, reports and other types of information.
This short video tutorial created by Torrens University explains library databases from a student's perspective, 2024. Copyright © Torrens
The ANMF (Vic Branch) librarian has secured limited access for members to the Public Health and Social Care resources in the Policy Commons database. This collection includes grey literature (not commercially published) not usually indexed in traditional health databases – for instance, research studies, case reports, policy statements, guidelines and manuals from healthcare organisations and official bodies including the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and more. Members can access the collection until April 2025 by logging into the ANMF Education Portal (education.anmfvic.asn.au).
Trip (Turning Research into Practice) Medical database is a clinical search engine designed to allow users quick and easy access to high-quality evidence based research.
Trip also allows users to search across other content types including images, videos and patient information leaflets.
All residents of Victoria will have access to a suite of online databases through the State Library of Victoria (SLV)
Members who are health professionals working in public healthcare in Victoria have access to an excellent suite of resources in the Clinicians Health Channel
PubMed is an excellent free version of Medline from the National Library of Medicine in the United States.
Click on the link below to access the PubMed 'conduct a search' Tutorial.
The PHC Search has filtered topics making quick & easy access to health care literature providing results from the PubMed database.