Databases in Health Sciences
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Database details Alt-Health Watch

Scope: Complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness are included here. Many articles are available full-text.
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Database details Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts

Coverage: 1982 - current
Scope: This database provides bibliographic coverage of ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology.
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Database details CINAHL Plus with Full-text

Coverage: 1981-Present
Scope: The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) is a comprehensive and highly-authoritative database for research in nursing and health sciences.
Notes: Some scholarly.
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Database details Cochrane Library

Scope: This is a collection of databases that contain evidence for healthcare decision-making. Includes systematic review abstracts, technology assessments, economic evaluations and individual clinical trials.
Notes: Scholarly nursing and health sciences reports.
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Database details Google Scholar

Scope: You can check the availability of article full text from within Google Scholar - see how!.
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Database details Health and Wellness Resource Center

Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Health Reference Center Academic

Notes: Scholarly. Thanks to Mel
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Database details Health Science: SAGE Full Text

Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

Coverage: Science & Technology
Scope: 10th edition
Notes: scholarly
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Database details Medline via FirstSearch

Scope: Database includes peer-reviewed journal articles in the life sciences including life sciences, health sciences, nursing, medical and allied health. Medline was created by the National Library of Medicine.
Notes: Scholarly. Thanks to Mel
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Database details PILOTS (Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress)

Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details PsycINFO

Coverage: 1806 - present.
Scope: PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. PsycINFO is a department of the American Psychological Association (APA) and contains over 2,487,286 records as of December 2007.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details PubMed

Scope: PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. View the Customizing PubMed to link to Kresge Library Resources guide.
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Database details SPORTDiscus

Coverage: Includes international references from journal and magazine articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, 1800 to the present.
Scope: Topics include physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, physical education, kinesiology, health education, biomechanics, movement science, injury prevention, physical therapy, rehabilitation, nutrition, exercise physiology, sport psychology, occupational health & therapy, and public health.
Notes: Scholarly & practitioner.
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Database details Web of Science

Coverage: 1980 to present
Scope: Web of Science provides access to Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). These citation indexes contain references which have been cited by other articles. You can use these citations to undertake cited reference searching, that is, locating articles which cite an earlier publication.
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