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Welcome to the FIU Libraries' Embase LibGuide. This guide will help you learn how to use Embase, a biomedical database with over 35 million records and a strong focus on drugs and pharmacology, medical devices, clinical medicine, and basic science relevant to clinical medicine. Embase includes all 30 million records indexed by MEDLINE, plus over 6 million records and 2,700 journals not currently covered by MEDLINE.

Bienvenidos a la guía de Embase creado por las bibliotecas de FIU. Embase es una base de datos que contiene más de 35 millones de citas en las áreas de farmacología, aparatos médicos, medicina clínica, y ciencias básicas relevantes para la medicina clínica. Incluye las 30 millones de citas de MEDLINE además de más de 2,700 de publicaciones no incluídas actualmente en MEDLINE.

Recent Updates

How to Retrieve COVID-19 Literature from Embase
Tutorial plus videos.

Emtree currently contains a candidate term related to COVID-19 and will be soon be updated with the synonyms of the terms related to coronavirus.

Embase recently added a PICO search option. Now you can easily conduct a search by patient/population, intervention, comparison, and outcome in Embase. Access the PICO search option by clicking on the link below or hovering over the "Search" menu in the toolbar located at the top of Embase.

Embase PICO Search

Before You Begin...

Checkpoint: Database Basics

Do you know how and when to use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), parentheses, quotations marks, and asterisks in your search phrases?

Tips and Tricks for Health Sciences Databases
FIU LibGuide with information on creating search phrases using quotation marks, asterisks, and more.

Are You Using This Database for a Systematic Review?

See the guides below for step-by-step instructions on conducting systematic reviews and using other recommended health sciences databases.

How to Find and Conduct Systematic Reviews
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CINAHL Guide | Guía de CINAHL
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Cochrane Library Guide
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Embase Guide | Guía de Embase
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MEDLINE Guide
by Joana Fernandez Last Updated Apr 3, 2025 432 views this year
PsycINFO Guide
by Sarah J. Hammill Last Updated Apr 1, 2025 4056 views this year

SELECTED HEALTH SCIENCES DATABASES AT FIU

FIU CINAHL Guide
FIU Cochrane Library LibGuide
FIU LibGuide with information on systematic reviews, the Cochrane Library, and how to access and use the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
FIU MEDLINE Guide
PubMed Guide | Guía de PubMed
A guide to using PubMed for new and advanced users with videos, tutorials, a walkthrough exercise, and other resources. Incluye instrucciones en español.

Web of Science Core Collection Coverage starts 1977; Literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and examine proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions; Core Collection includes the following resources: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science, Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities, Book Citation Index Science, Book Citation Index Social Sciences & Humanities, Emerging Sources Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus. This database includes an AI component (like a Research Assistant) that employs a large language model (LLM) to interpret user queries and respond using a curated collection of proprietary materials.

Floor		Resources
One		Center for Academic Success: University Learning/Testing Center Electronic Classroom Broadcast Video Productions Resource for Education Technology UTS - Media Equipment Services Distance Learning Electronic Classroom Instructional Photography & Graphics
Two		Information & Research Services Curriculum & Juvenile Collection LACiC - Latin American and Caribbean Center Government Documents GIS-RS Center & Teaching Lab Maps & Imagery User Statistics
Three		Periodicals & Newspapers Laptop Lounge Honors College Student Resource Center College of Medicine Library Copiers Systems
Four		College of Medicine Special Collections & Archivese Academic Space Management School of Social Work Study Area
Five		Audiovisual Collection Diaz Ayala Collection Architecture and Fine Arts (General Collection and Periodical Section N) Music (General Collection and Periodical Section M) Music Listening Room Music CAI Center Spanish Resource Center Group Study Rooms
Six		Quiet Study Space Group Study Rooms General Collection HJ-L & P-Z Oversized Books
Seven		General Collection A-HG Quiet Study Floor Group Study Rooms
Eight		Library Administration Collection Management Digital Collections Center

Floor		Resources
One		Circulation Course Reserves Intercampus/Interlibrary Loan Information and Research Services Center for Excellence in Writing Communication Arts Studio Computer Labs/Copiers
Two		Microforms Periodicals Juvenile Collection Oversize Collection Video Collection Government Documents Reference Workroom Reference Collection Copiers
Three		General Collection, A-Z Library Administration

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SELECTED HEALTH SCIENCES DATABASES AT FIU

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