The LILACS database, which stands for Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, is a specialized bibliographic index containing scientific and technical production in Health Sciences published by institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean.

It is a freely accessible database, without the need for subscription, coordinated by BIREME/PAHO/WHO and maintained by a network of national and thematic coordinators, journal editors, and cooperating centers that make up the LILACS Network.

It contains over one million documents from 30 countries, with approximately 70% having links to full texts. The accepted document types include:

• Books and book chapters;
• Papers published in conference proceedings;
• Technical and scientific reports;
• Government documentation;
• Doctoral theses or higher degrees from all areas of Health Sciences;
• Master’s theses in Public Health and Nursing;
• Journal articles indexed in LILACS;
• and other documents that comply with the Document Selection Guide for the LILACS Database.