Subject Guides
Key Databases
CINAHL with Full Text
Full text for 600 nursing journals, plus search coverage for 2300 additional journals.
Health Business Full Text
Over 140 full-text administrative journals providing a rich source of information
for hospital administrators and managers reporting on all aspects of healthcare administration,
as well as other non-clinical aspects of healthcare institution management.
ProQuest Research Library: Health & Medicine
This subset of the ProQuest Research Library database includes journals that cover
nursing, allied health, medicine, and pharmacology.
BioMed Central (BMC) Public Health
Contains biomedical literature, including articles on the epidemiology of disease
and the understanding of all aspects of public health
National Library of Medicine
Published by the National Institute of Health, NLM is the world’s largest biomedical library. It also supports and conducts research, development, and training in biomedical informatics and health information technology. There are four databases available to the public:
- MEDLINE, which uses Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) to index citations.
- Medline Plus, which provides easy-to-understand information on various medial topics
- PubMed, which contains both full-text and paywalled articles (use ILL to request paywalled articles)
- PubMed Central (PMC), which only contains articles with full text available for free
For a complete understanding of these three databases go to the MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central): How are they different? Fact Sheet.
Websites
Other Databases
PubMed Health Services Research (HSR) Queries
A subset of PubMed that only searches articles discussing health care quality and
costs
Science Direct
Hundreds of full text journals covering medical and pharmacological topics
National Academies Press
Publishes books and workshop proceedings for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
and Medicine
Access Medicine
Large collection of books, review questions, videos, podcasts, graphics, and 3-D models
across medicine, public health, and biology
Health Services Administration in Digital Commons
Free articles and research from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide
Videos
Films on Demand: Health & Medicine Videos
Over 3100 videos on health, medicine and related fields
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine & Health (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Covers topics and issues on lifestyle habits and practices and their impact on health.
Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
An authoritative source on public health issues such as epidemic and pandemic diseases;
chronic conditions such as famine, malnutrition, cancer and diabetes; and social issues
such as sexual abuse, obesity, bullying and new substance abuse issues.
Citing Sources
AMA Citation Guide
APA Citation Guide
Zotero
A citation generator and management tool, Zotero can help you keep all of your citation
information together and generate a bibliography for you.