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Research Databases:
Health and Medicine
Choose from research databases, encyclopedias and selected web pages. Librarians are available to suggest research strategies.
Resources with Full-Text
Combined Search
Health Databases: Combined Search
Search multiple databases: AgeLine, Alt Health Watch, CINAHL, HealthSource, and Medline.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Research Databases
AgeLine
Covers social gerontology and aging studies with an emphasis on psychology, social work and public policy.
Type: Index with Abstracts
Alt Health Watch
Provides full-text back to 1990 for more than 140 alternative health publications.
Type: Index with some Full-text
CINAHL
The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature provides indexing for over 2,737 journals in nursing, health disciplines, biomedicine and many other areas.
Type: Index with Citations
Health Source
Provides articles from more than 550 journals with a focus on health, medicine, nursing, pharmacology and prescription drugs.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Lexi-PALS Drug Guide
Provides over 1400 advisory leaflets for common medications with information about side effects, warnings and basic pharmacology.
Type: Full-text
Medline
Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences and much more.
Type: Index with Citations
Encyclopedias
Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
Presents summaries of major illnesses and includes discussion of symptoms, biology and treatment.
Type: Full-text
Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Covers alternative treatments and practices including reflexology, acupuncture, kinesiology, yoga, detoxification, naturopathy, osteopathy and Chinese medicine.
Type: Full-text
Encyclopedia of Diets
Focuses on health related to diet and covers all age groups including infants and the elderly.
Type: Full-text
Encyclopedia of Senior Health
Focuses on aging and society's response to caregiving for an aging population.
Type: Full-text
Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development
Covers aspects of the three major life stages including childhood, adulthood and later life.
Type: Full-text
Selected Web Pages
Health.gov
The portal site for the U. S. Department of Health and Human services provides links to numerous information resources.
Type: Linked Resource
Diseases and Conditions by WebMD
The WebMD portal offers basic information on common diseases and conditions.
Type: Web Page
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