All databases and other e-resources acquired for Turku UAS students and staff are available via Turku UAS Finna. Search databases by title or browse e-resources. The most essential databases in social services are listed also in this guide.
Monialainen kokoteksti- ja viitetietokanta. Aihealueina mm. yhteiskuntatieteet, sosiaalitieteet, ympäristötieteet, tekniikka, luonnontieteet, lääketiede ja terveystieteet sekä humanistiset tieteet ja taide. -- Multidisciplinary full text and reference database in social sciences, environmental science, technology and engineering, natural sciences, medicine and health sciences, humanities and art.
Controlled vocabularies or thesauri and subject terms are great search tools. The essential databases in health care use MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) or CINAHL Subject Headings for describing their publications. Using subject terms in searches often help give more relevant results.
Controlled vocabularies/thesauri and subject terms in general.
Search with both subject terms and your own search terms for best results.
Medical Subject Headings or MeSH are used in the following databases:
PubMed > MeSH, Medical Subject Headings
MEDLINE (Ovid) > you can find terms two ways:
Cochrane Library > You can find the thesaurus by selecting Advanced Search from the upper right corner > Medical terms (MeSH)
JBI COnNECT Clinical Online Network of Evidence for Care and Therapeutics (Ovid) > You can find subject terms by selecting Search Tools > Tree
CINAHL Complete database uses its own thesaurus > choose CINAHL Headings at the top of the page.
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