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Combined Search

Health Databases: Combined Search
Search multiple databases: AgeLine, Alt Health Watch, CINAHL, HealthSource, and Medline
Type: Index with some Full-text

Core 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

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

Related Databases

Academic Search Complete by EBSCOhost
A large, multi-disciplinary database with citations, abstracts and many full-text articles.
Type: Full-text

CQ Researcher
Provides full-text, in-depth coverage of current political and social issues.
Type: Full-text

Google Scholar @ Marylhurst
The Google Scholar search is configured to connect to Shoen Library's resources improving the availability of some content.
Type: Web Page

Opposing Viewpoints in Context
The database provides viewpoint articles on controversial issues including capital punishment, medical ethics, right to privacy and many more topics.
Type: Full-text

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 Medicine
Provides discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, and procedures for common medical conditions.
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

Cochrane Summaries
Provides abstracts of current health science studies for patients and professionals.
Type: Web Page

Health.gov
The portal site for the U. S. Department of Health and Human services provides links to numerous information resources.
Type: Linked Resource

WebMD: Health A to Z
The WebMD portal offers basic information on common diseases and conditions.
Type: Web Page

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