Key Databases
Search the following databases to find health sciences related articles:
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PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed comprises more than 26 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. Checkout out our PubMed Guide for additional guidance.
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CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new window
CINAHL Ultimate is the definitive full-text database for nursing and allied health research. It offers full-text access to a substantial portion of the most frequently cited journals in the CINAHL index, surpassing other databases. Providing 1,815 active full-text journals, this database covers over 50 nursing specialties. Additionally, it features full-text quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, continuing education modules, nursing instructional videos, and more. Checkout out our CINAHL Guide for additional guidance.
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APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new windowThe PsycInfo database, American Psychological Association's (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains over 2.5 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the early 1800s. Ninety-eight percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. The database also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, technology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others. Journal coverage, which spans from 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,200 periodicals in more than 27 languages. PsycInfo is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.
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Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. It covers over 16,000 peer-reviewed journals, and 431 million quality web sources, including 23 million patents. Check out our Scopus Guide for additional guidance
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Embase (Elsevier) This link opens in a new window
Embase is a unique medical literature database where comprehensive goes beyond content. With Emtree indexing of full-text content and dedicated search terms, you find all relevant and current results. Check out our Embase Guide for additional guidance.
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Ovid This link opens in a new window
Ovid helps researchers, librarians, clinicians, and other healthcare professionals find important medical information so that they can make critical decisions to improve patient care, enhance ongoing research, and fuel new discoveries. Check out our Ovid Guide for additional guidance.
Patient Care Websites
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American Pregnancy AssociationA national health organization committed to resolving reproductive, pregnancy and sexual health concerns through education, research, advocacy and community awareness.
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BreastCancer.orgA nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the most reliable, complete, and up-to-date information about breast cancer. The site is also available in Spanish.
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Girlshealth.govelps girls (ages 10 to 16) learn about health, growing up, and issues they may face. Girlshealth.gov promotes healthy and positive behaviors in girls, giving them reliable and useful health information in a fun, easy-to-understand way. The website also provides information to parents and educators to help them teach girls about healthy living.
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HealthyWomenInformation on women's health topics and news clips about discoveries in women's health are featured in this web site from the National Women's Health Resource Center.
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MedlinePlus - Women's HealthMedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.
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Womenshealth.govhe National Women's Health Information Center from the US Department of Health and Human Services offers information on hundreds of topics relevant to women and their health and wellbeing.