Broad databases, covering a wide variety of topics, are useful for interdisplinary research. These databases are a good place to begin your search on most topics.
Tips for better search results using Boolean or Advanced Searches
Heart and Lung searches for occurrences of both words
Heart or Lung searches for or all, but both are not required
Heart not Lung searches for occurrences of the word ‘Al-Andalus’ but without use of the word ‘Andalusia'
"Medical Education" searches for the words as a pair not individually
histor* searches for history, historical, historian, historiography, etc.
m?n searches for man and men.
NOTE: Access to many of the resources on the QU library website is restricted to currently registered students, faculty and staff.
When accessing a library resource from outside the university, you will be prompted to enter their QU email username and password to gain access.
If you have problems accessing a database, please contact: lib.eresources@qu.edu.qa
The Evidence Analysis Library (EAL) provides systematic reviews and guidelines related to the topics of nutrition and dietetic practice developed by Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Limitation : 15 simultaneous users
*To ensure timely access to the database for the next user, please logout or close your browser when you're finished using this database. If you can't get an access, try again later.
Contains clinical reference designed to provide quick access to synthesized medical information and specific clinical issue.
The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.
Full text of all articles published in the weekly BMJ (British Medical Journal) across a broad range of specialties in healthcare.
Dates Covered: 1840 - current
Language: English
Types of Coverage: Full text articles
A major biomedical and pharmacological database containing citations, abstracts and indexing derived from biomedical articles in peer reviewed international journals. It also provides comprehensive coverage of drug and pharmaceutical research. Access to full text articles is dependent on Qatar University Library subscription to that journal or online service.
Dates Covered: 1980 - Current
Language: English
Types of Coverage: Indexing with citations, with access to full text dependent on Qatar University Library subscription to that journal or online service
Keyword mapping tools can be useful when exploring a new topic. Try using this for discovering new keywords or for broadening or narrowing your search.
To identify articles on interprofessional education and practice, conduct an Advanced Search of Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO) database as follows:
interprofessional or interdisciplinary [TI Title]
AND
education or relations or communication or team [TI Title]
AND
health or medicine or medical or rehabilitation or nursing or dentistry or dental [TI Title]
Once you get a search result, select Scholarly Peer Reviewed Journals, English under REFINE RESULTS