Embase (English): Introduction

​Embase (Excerpta Medica Database) is one of the largest databases for biomedical literature and consists of:

• > 38 million references from 1974 - now
  • including ±4 million conference abstracts from 2009 - now
• > 7500 biomedical journals

Embase is a product of Elsevier. The Radboud University has a license through Ovid.

As your primary database:

• for literature on drugs and chemicals (pharmacology)
• for literature on medical devices
• for literature in the form of conference abstracts

As an addition to PubMed or MEDLINE:

• when you have found too few articles
• for an extensive literature review, e.g. a systematic review

Access Embase using the Embase URL provided by the University Library. This link also enables staff members and students of the Radboud University and Radboudumc to have access off campus.

Users can log in with their Z-, S- or U-number. The link provides access to full text articles from the collection of the University Library.

Why do you want to use Embase?

• To quickly find a couple of relevant articles:
    Go to page: Basic Search
• For an extensive literature search:
  • Do you have a PubMed or MEDLINE search strategy that you would like to translate to Embase?
      Start at page: From PubMed to Embase
  • Would you like to use Embase as a starting point?
      Start at page: Emtree​