Guest Databases for Health Sciences
Alphabetical list of databases:
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I-J-K
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U-V
W-X-Y-Z
Databases by subject
Specific database services
Databases marked "IN LIBRARY USE ONLY"
can be searched
exclusively from the Public Access/Gov Docs computers in the Library.
indicates a TexShare database
| Database | Description | Full Text | Service |
| Academic Search Complete
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers unmatched full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields. |  |
EBSCOhost |
| Biology of Reproduction
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
The official journal of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) and publishes original research on a broad range of topics in the field of reproductive biology | |
Biology of Reproduction |
| CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Covers over 1200 professional journals in nursing, 17 allied health disciplines, and health sciences librarianship. Offers access to healthcare books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software in nursing, audiovisuals, and book chapters. Contains complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association | |
EBSCOhost |
| Cochrane Library
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
The Cochrane Library is a collection of systematic reviews for evidence-based medicine to inform people providing and receiving medical care, and those responsible for research, testing, funding and administration. It contains the following databases: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (full text), The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (bibliography), The Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (bibliography), The Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (full text), The Cochrane Methodology Register (bibliography), The Health Technology Assessment Database (bibliography), and The NHS Economic Evaluator Database (bibliography). | |
The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Consumer Health Complete
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
CHC is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc. | |
EBSCOhost |
| Federal R&D Project Summaries | Consortium of federal agencies providing R&D summaries: Dept. of Energy, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation | Gov | |
| Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health module
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Comprehensive database for all levels of research, providing access to numerous reference materials, full-text periodicals and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources | |
Gale |
| Health Reference Center Academic
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
This multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources. It integrates the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books. Subject coverage includes: pre-natal care, dieting, drug abuse, AIDS, biotechnology, cardiovascular disease, environment, public health, safety, paramedical professions, sports medicine, substance abuse, and toxicology. | |
Gale/Info Trac |
| Health Source: Consumer Edition
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis. | |
EBSCOhost |
| Health Source: Nursing / Academic Edition
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
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. | |
EBSCOhost |
| MEDLINE
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Premier database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It contains over 12 million records of journal articles in all areas of the life sciences, with particular emphasis on biomedicine. Coverage spans from 1950 to the present. | Thomson Reuter | |
| MEDLINE with MeSH
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing | EBSCOhost |
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| Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (17th ed.) | Online, searchable version of this general medical textbook. | |
Free/Merck |
| Merck Manual of Medical Information (Home ed.) | Includes an interactive edition and the original text-based version. | |
Free/Merck |
| National Library of Medicine Gateway | Allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). Searches MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, AIDS Meetings, Health Services Research Meetings, HSRProj, MEDLINEplus and DIRLINE. Includes various types of information that do not logically belong in other established NLM retrieval systems | Gov | |
| Natural and Alternative Treatments
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
The database contains almost two hundred articles on medical conditions, presenting in an evidence-based manner the alternative medicine therapies proposed for use in their treatment. It also contains detailed, evidence-based information on herbs and supplements, functional foods, and other alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy. The evidence-based content has been developed and reviewed by a team of physicians and pharmacologists with the goal of providing consumers with reliable information. | |
EBSCOhost |
| OregonPDF in Health and Performance | The intellectual focus of this collection is physical activity. Academic areas of interest include biochemistry, biomechanics, dance, exercise physiology, history or philosophy of physical education, kinesiology, motor control, obesity, recreation, sports marketing, sports medicine, sports pedagogy, sports psychology, and tests and measurements. | |
University of Oregon |
| Physical Education Index
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Abstracts covering a wide range of physical education - related subjects including dance, health, kinesiology, physical education, physical therapy, recreation, sports, and sports medicine | Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | |
| Pre-CINAHL
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
A companion database to CINAHL, Pre-CINAHL is intended to provide current awareness of new journal articles, and includes a rotating file of limited bibliographic information (no subject searching), which are available to researchers only for the time when these articles are being assigned additional indexing. This enables users to gain access to article citations that otherwise would not be available. Once the bibliographic records are complete, they are added to the CINAHL database and removed from Pre-CINAHL. | EBSCOhost |
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| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
PNAS publishes research reports (describing the results of original research of exceptional importance), commentaries (which call attention to papers of particular note and are written at the invitation of the Editorial Board), perspectives (presenting a viewpoint on an important area of research and are written at the invitation of the Editorial Board), and colloquium papers (reports of scientific colloquia held under Academy auspices) on a broad array of scientific topics. | |
National Academy Of Sciences |
| Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
This database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. This database is updated daily. | |
EBSCOhost |
| PsycINFO
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Contains more than one million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which spans from 1887 to present, also includes information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law | |
EBSCOhost |
| PubMed Central | Web-based archive of journal literature for all of the life sciences | |
Gov |
| ScienceDirect®
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Provides access to more than 1000 scientific, medical and technical journals published by the world's leading scientific publishers, many in full text. | |
Science Direct® |
| Wiley InterScience®
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Provide full-text access to journal articles in the fields of business; chemistry; computer science; earth and environmental science; education; engineering; law; life sciences; mathematics and statistics; medicine and healthcare; physics and astronomy; polymers and materials science; psychology; and social sciences. | |
Wiley |
