| CINAHL | EMBASE | Cochrane Library | PsycInfo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage |
Indexing from 1937 Full Text from 1962 |
1946 - present | 1947 - present | Varies by database | 1840 - present |
| # of Records | > 7 million | > 37 million | > 45.6 million | > 1 million | > 5 million |
| Record Types | Journals and magazines, dissertations, books | Mostly journal articles, also eBooks | Journal articles, conference abstracts/papers, preprints | Controlled trials, systematic reviews | Journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings |
| Controlled Vocabulary | Yes - CINAHL Subject Headings | Yes - MeSH | Yes - Emtree | Sometimes - MeSH | Yes - APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms |
| Updated | Weekly | Daily | Daily | Varies by database | Semi-weekly |
| Citation Analysis | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Strengths | Detailed searching, grey literature | Current coverage, detailed searching, global coverage | Current coverage, good conference coverage, includes records not indexed in MEDLINE | Systematic reviews and clinical answers to inform health care decisions | Search based on population, age, and methodology |
| Subject Focus | Nursing, Allied Health | Biomedicine, Health Sciences | Biomedicine, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Healthcare Administration | Healthcare Interventions, Diagnostic Assessment | Psychiatry, Psychology, Neuroscience, Social Sciences |
