Research Resources

Most of the databases listed here are free to search, while the content may be behind a paywall. You may be able to locate the PDF through your institution or organization, or using on of the tools below.

Getting to Full Text PDFs

Both EndNote Click and Unpaywall offer free, legal ways to access PDFs with browser plugins.

• EndNote Click
• Open Access Button
• Unpaywall

Databases of Measures and Instruments

If you have a subscription to APA PsycINFO or APA PsycTESTS through your organization, you can use them to search for psychological tests and measures.

• APTA Tests and Measures
• Rand Health Care Surveys
• RehabMeasures from the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab

Selected Databases and Resources

• Dimensions Free App
• Global Index Medicus from the WHO
• The Lens
• Merck Manual Professional
• OTSeeker
• PEDro: the Physiotherapy Evidence Database
• PubMed
• RehabData
• Research4life - formerly HINARI
• SpeechBITE
• TRIP Database
• WorldCat

Clinical Trials Registries

• AAFP Clinical Practice Guidelines
• AOTA Practice Guidelines
• ASHA Guidelines Search
• ClinicalTrials.gov
• EU Clinical Trials Register
• International Clinical Trials Registry Platform
• ISRCTN Registry

Guidelines

• CPG Infobase
• NICE: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
• Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario: Guidelines
• TRIP Database

Data

• U.S. Census Data
• Data.gov

Free Medical Apps

• AHRQ ePSS (USPSTF recommendations)
• American College of Physicians (ACP) Clinical Practice Guidelines and Recommendations
• ASCVD Risk Estimator (by the American College of Cardiology)
• Calculate by QxMD (medical calculators and screening tools)
• CDC Vaccine Schedules
• Epocrates (drug reference)
• Medscape (medical news, education, and clinical reference)
• Read by QxMD (articles, research)