Health and Medicine: Research
Research databases
- Associates Programs Source This link opens in a new window
Provides hundreds of full-text journals and books. This database covers subjects such as biotechnology, graphic arts, criminal justice and veterinary assisting.
- CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL. Full text is provided for many of the most-used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo. CINAHL Complete also provides indexing for more than 4,000 journals, and provides additional nursing and allied health research material including health care books, select conference proceedings, evidence-based care sheet and quick lesson disease overviews.
- Consumer Health Complete This link opens in a new window
Consumer-oriented health content that provides coverage of all areas of health and wellness. Includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.
- Health and Medicine: Gale OneFile This link opens in a new window
Intended for students, knowledgeable consumer health researchers, and health care professionals. Reliable resource for up-to-date information on the complete range of health care topics. Contains full-text periodicals, reference books, pamphlets, and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries.
- Health and Wellness: Gale This link opens in a new window
Access to full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, etc. Provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.
- Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window
Consumer health information on many topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general. Source materials include health science magazines, pamphlets, and reference books.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Provides journals focusing on many medical disciplines. It also features the AHFS Consumer Medication Information, which covers generic drug patient education sheets with brand names. Subject examples include nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law, etc..
- Ovid Journals This link opens in a new window
This is a collection of journals with scholarly articles directly related to the nursing field.
Alternative medicine research databases
- Alt Health Watch This link opens in a new window
Alt Healthwatch is a full-text alternative health research database focused on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers the latest information about the evolving practice of holistic medicine and therapies.
- Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative MedicineCovers all aspects of the subject including therapies, conditions/diseases, herbs/plants, and people. Identifies numerous types of alternative medicine being practiced today, including reflexology, acupressure, acupuncture, chelation therapy, kinesiology, yoga, chiropractic, Feldenkrais, polarity therapy, detoxification, naturopathy, Chinese medicine, biofeedback, Ayurveda and osteopathy.
Statistical information
- Fast Stats from the CDCIncludes selected statistics on health related issues as well as up to date information on data found in CDC reports and publications
- Health Statistics from the SC RFAProvides for general use an appropriate statistical infrastructure enabling users to obtain health, socio-economic and demographic analysis for planning, intervention and evaluation of programs
- Statista This link opens in a new window
An online statistics portal that provides access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organizations and government institutions.
Government and web resources
- Center for Disease Control (CDC)The CDC conducts critical science and provides health information that protects against dangerous health threats.
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, animal foods & feed[4] and veterinary products.
- The Mayo ClinicMayo Clinic is an American nonprofit academic medical center focused on integrated patient care, education, and research.
- PubMedPubMed comprises more than 30 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.
- Office on Women's HealthFrom the US Department of Health and Human Services, OWH coordinates women's health efforts across HHS and addresses critical women's health issues by informing and advancing policies, educating health care professionals and consumers, and supporting innovative programs