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Databases: (*Full-text)

• Clinical Pharmacology (EBSCOhost) Clinical Pharmacology provides access up-to-date, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs.
  
• CINAHL (FirstSearch) Includes nursing and allied health articles from worldwide, scientific literature presented for the needs of health professionals.
• Health & Wellness Resource Center* (InfoTrac) Find alternative medicine-focused magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, videos, & reference information on: Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Pregnancy, Herbal remedies, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, health assessment sites & government databases. Easily access 700+ videos from Healthology, Inc.'s consumer health video library. Spanish-language videos are available. The material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only
• Health Reference Center Academic* (InfoTrac) Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.
  
• Health Source / Nursing Academic* (EBSCOhost) This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.
  
• MEDLINE (FirstSearch) Corresponds to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index. Includes thousands of records with substantial abstracts.

Web Sites:

 

AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges)

Medical Schools of the U.S. and Canada.

American Medical Association

Check out the "doctor finder", heart-healthful recipes, the current issue of JAMA and articles from medical news headlines.

Food and Nutrition Information Center

Contains food and nutrition information for consumers, students, teachers, and researchers.

healthfinder

healthfinder™ is a gateway consumer health information web site from the United States government. healthfinder(tm) can lead you to selected health and human services information resources such as online publications, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable health information for the public. Health and human services topics covered range from Alzheimer's to women's health; programs like Head Start, Medicaid, Medicare, and Welfare; information on drug safety, food labeling, food safety, and nutrition; and clinical preventive services, public health, and medical research.

Mayo Clinic Health

The Mayo Clinic web site contains hundreds of physician-reviewed articles on medical, health, fitness, and nutrition topics. Includes headline making health and medical topics; information on hundreds of diseases, disorders, and illnesses; fitness and exercise information; first aid; and information on prescription and over-the-counter medications. New information is posted every weekday.

National Cancer Institute's CancerNet

A wide range of accurate, credible cancer information brought to you by the National Cancer Institute.

NursingCenter

NursingCenter.com is a site created for nurses, by nurses. A one-stop source for information, products, and services for the professional and student nurse. This web site contains links to related government web sites and associations. Includes a “theme of the month” section of some free full-text articles on that month’s theme.

OncoLink

The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource.

PloS Medicine

PLoS Medicine is an open-access, peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly, online and in print, by the Public Library of Science (PLoS), a nonprofit organization. Full-text articles are available.