Health Sciences Databases
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- CINAHL with Full Text Full Text EBSCO
- Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. Indexes over 2,737 journals including full text for over 320 journals. Some publications back to 1982. Includes legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments
- Cochrane Library Full Text John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
- The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. In addition to Cochrane reviews, The Cochrane Library provides other sources of reliable information, from other systematic review abstracts, technology assessments, economic evaluations and individual clinical trials.
- MEDLINE with Full Text Full Text EBSCO
- Comprehensive source of full text for medical journals, providing full text for more than 1,470 journals indexed in MEDLINE.
- Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition Full Text EBSCO
- Indexes over 825 publications on medical subjects including over 548 full text journals.
- Nursing Reference Center Full Text EBSCO
- Provides in-depth content from top publishers covering areas including conditions and diseases, patient education resources, drug information, continuing education, lab and diagnosis detail, and best practice guidelines.
- Academic Search Complete Full Text EBSCO
- Multi-disciplinary full text database that contains more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals.
- Alt HealthWatch Full Text EBSCO
- Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports.
- Directory of Open Access Journals Full Text Lund University Libraries
- Free, full text, scientific and scholarly journal articles on a wide array of subjects.
- Films on Demand Audio / Video Infobase Learning
- Thousands of high-quality educational videos in dozens of subject areas, all viewable online.
- SAGE Premium Publications Online Full Text Sage
- Search full text journals in the fields of health and biomedical sciences, as well as the humanities and social sciences.
- SportDiscus with Full Text Full Text EBSCO
- Over 400 sports & sports medicine journals.
- Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Edition Full Text EBSCO
- With over 60,000 definitions and 1,000 illustrations, the 21st edition offers detailed information including etymology, patient care information and caution statements. Disease entries also include symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. From the Nursing Reference Center.
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- An A-Z of Medicinal Drugs Full Text Oxford University Press
- Reference on the wide range of medicines available today.
- Dictionary of Public Health Full Text Oxford University Press
- An alphabetical listing of almost 5,000 words and phrases used in public health science and practice.
- Food and Fitness: A Dictionary of Diet and Exercise Full Text Oxford University Press
- Dictionary covering matters relating to diet and exercise
- Health Source - Consumer Edition Full Text EBSCO
- Indexes 286 publications, 1065 pamphlets, and 135 reference books on health.
- Highwire Press Full Text Highwire Press
- Free, full text, scientific and scholarly journal articles on a wide array of subjects.
- Lexi-PALS Drug Guide Full Text EBSCO
- Over 1,450 medication and natural product Patient Advisory Leaflets from Lexi-Comp that provides vital education on medications for patients.
- Oxford Dictionary of Food and Nutrition Full Text Oxford University Press
- Non-technical guide to the terms encountered on food labels, in advertising, or in the media.
- Oxford Dictionary of Genetics Full Text Oxford University Press
- Dictionary covering the disciplines of genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, medicine, and botany
- Oxford Dictionary of Nursing Full Text Oxford University Press
- Dictionary that provides comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursing professions.
- Oxford Reference Online: Medicine Full Text Oxford University Press
- Homepage to Oxford dictionaries covering several aspects of medicine, such as drugs, nursing, psychology, and sports medicine.
- PLoS Hub for Clinical Trials Full Text Public Library of Science
- Journal articles that relate to clinical trials. The Hub is a site for researchers to share their views and build a dynamic, interactive community.
- PLoS Medicine Full Text Public Library of Science
- Open-access, peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly online by the Public Library of Science (PLoS), a nonprofit organization. The inaugural issue was published on 19 October 2004.
- PsycARTICLES Full Text EBSCO
- Full text of 55 journals published by APA (American Psychological Association), the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. Back as far as 1986.
- PsycINFO Index only EBSCO
- Indexes over 2,000 psychology journals, some as far back as 1887.
- Science Reference Center Full Text EBSCO
- Contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth and space science, environmental science, health and medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science and society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.