On Oria.no, you can find an overview of all the databases made available by the NTNU University Library. We recommend using the links to databases found in Oria, or in the curated list of recommended databases within medicine and health below, to ensure you have access to the database and links to full texts. Remember that you must be connected to the NTNU, St. Olavs, or Helse-Midt network to access subscription databases and journals (use VPN/Virtual Desktop if you are outside these networks).

Major databases in medicine and health:

• PubMed – medicine and health sciences [How to use PubMed guide from the library]
• Medline (Ebsco) – medicine and health sciences
• EMBASE (Elsevier) – medicine, pharmacology, and health sciences
• Cochrane Library – medicine and health sciences (systematic reviews/clinical trials)
• Epistemonikos – medicine and health (systematic reviews/knowledge summaries)

Clinical and pharmacological reference works can be found here.

Specialized and subject-specific databases:

• Cinahl – nursing 
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection – psychology
• SPORTDiscus – sports and movement sciences
• PEDro – physiotherapy
• AMED – physiotherapy and occupational therapy
• Global Index Medicus – medicine, health, public health, global health (WHO)
• Sociological Abstracts – sociology and social work
• Social Services Abstract – social work
• ERIC – education

Interdisciplinary databases:

• Web of Science – all disciplines and citation tracking [guide]
• SCOPUS – all disciplines and citation tracking [guide]
• Google Scholar – all disciplines and citation tracking [short guide]
• Oria – all disciplines [video on how to order documents]
• Dimensions – all disciplines [Log in with NTNU email and Feide for full access] [Guide]

Clinical Point-of-Care resources: 

• See separate page: Clinical Point-of-Care Resources

Nordic databases:

• Oria – all disciplines 
• Idunn – articles in Nordic professional journals from Universitetsforlaget
• Atekst – articles in Norwegian newspapers

See also more databases within medicine and health on Oria.no.

On Oria.no, you can find specific journals by browsing a list of electronic journals available at the NTNU University Library. You can also search for journal titles in Oria and narrow down to journals by selecting the material type ‘e-journals’ or ‘printed journals’ from the left menu.

You can also find information on whether a journal has a peer review system in Oria. Search for specific articles and journals, and look for the icon for peer-reviewed journals. You can also filter searches in Oria to only include articles and journals by selecting “From Peer-Reviewed Journals”.

In the Register of Scientific Publishing Channels, you can find an overview of journals that are approved as scientific publishing channels at either level 1 or level 2.

Purchase Suggestions 

Missing some journals from the lists? Feel free to send us a purchase suggestion with a brief explanation of why the journal is important for your studies or academic community.

• Helsebiblioteket – The Norwegian Electronic Health Library is a publicly funded online knowledge service for healthcare professionals and students in Norway.
• Preprint archive – overview and search functionality for archives of articles published prior to peer review 
• Learning Library – summarized research on digitalization and learning in health sciences 
• Statistics Bank – health statistics from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health 
• Lovdata – Norwegian laws and regulations
• Journal Citation Reports - Find a journal's Impact Factor