Nursing & Health Databases
Most Recommended
CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO)
“This comprehensive research database provides full text for nursing and allied health journals indexed in CINAHL Plus. Additional materials include full-text evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons and continuing education modules. CINAHL Plus with Full Text includes publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association. In addition, this resource offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, audiovisuals, book chapters and more.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text covers a wide range of topics including nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines" (EBSCOhost 2019).
Warning: CINAHL has a simultaneous user limit of 8 users. If you receive a message of too many simultaneous users, wait and come back in a few minutes.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text covers a wide range of topics including nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines" (EBSCOhost 2019).
Warning: CINAHL has a simultaneous user limit of 8 users. If you receive a message of too many simultaneous users, wait and come back in a few minutes.
Cochrane Library & Clinical Answers (Wiley)
"The Cochrane Library (ISSN 1465-1858) is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about Cochrane groups" (Wiley 2016).
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Academic OneFile (Gale)
"The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles for academic libraries from the world's leading journals, this comprehensive resource covers the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, technology, literature, and many other subjects. With millions of articles in both PDF and HTML full-text format and simultaneous, unlimited usage, researchers are able to find accurate, timely information quickly" (Gale 2017).
To search a specific subcollection, look for databases with (Gale OneFile) in the title.
To search a specific subcollection, look for databases with (Gale OneFile) in the title.
Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)
Academic Search Elite offers nearly 1,600 active full-text journals and magazines, more than 1,300 active full-text peer-reviewed journals, more than 670 active full-text peer-reviewed journals with no embargo, and more than 1,100 full-text journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus. Academic Search Elite covers most disciplines, provides access to news and videos from the Associated Press.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO)
“This comprehensive research database provides full text for nursing and allied health journals indexed in CINAHL Plus. Additional materials include full-text evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons and continuing education modules. CINAHL Plus with Full Text includes publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association. In addition, this resource offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, audiovisuals, book chapters and more.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text covers a wide range of topics including nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines" (EBSCOhost 2019).
Warning: CINAHL has a simultaneous user limit of 8 users. If you receive a message of too many simultaneous users, wait and come back in a few minutes.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text covers a wide range of topics including nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines" (EBSCOhost 2019).
Warning: CINAHL has a simultaneous user limit of 8 users. If you receive a message of too many simultaneous users, wait and come back in a few minutes.
Clinical Trials (US Government)
"ClinicalTrials.gov is a Web-based resource that provides patients, their family members, health care professionals, researchers, and the public with easy access to information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies on a wide range of diseases and conditions. The Web site is maintained by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Information on ClinicalTrials.gov is provided and updated by the sponsor or principal investigator of the clinical study" (ClinicalTrials.gov 2016).
Government Resource
Government Resource
Cochrane Library & Clinical Answers (Wiley)
"The Cochrane Library (ISSN 1465-1858) is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about Cochrane groups" (Wiley 2016).
EBSCO eBook Collection (EBSCO)
"This growing subscription package contains a large selection of multidisciplinary e-books representing a broad range of academic subjects. The breadth of information available through this package ensures that students and scholars will have access to information relevant to their research needs.
Offering more than 200,000 e-books, this collection includes titles from leading university presses such as Oxford University Press, MIT Press, State University of New York Press, Cambridge University Press, University of California Press, McGill-Queen's University Press, Harvard University Press and many others. Additional academic publishers include Elsevier, Ashgate Publishing, Taylor & Francis, Sage Publications and John Wiley & Sons" (EBSCOhost 2019).
Offering more than 200,000 e-books, this collection includes titles from leading university presses such as Oxford University Press, MIT Press, State University of New York Press, Cambridge University Press, University of California Press, McGill-Queen's University Press, Harvard University Press and many others. Additional academic publishers include Elsevier, Ashgate Publishing, Taylor & Francis, Sage Publications and John Wiley & Sons" (EBSCOhost 2019).
Health & Wellness (Gale)
"Gale Health and Wellness offers 24/7 access to full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more. Perfect for researchers at all levels, this comprehensive consumer health resource 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" (Gale 2019).
Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
“This rich collection of consumer health information provides access to full-text consumer health magazines and reference books. It also includes searchable full text for current health pamphlets. Content includes: nearly 80 full-text magazines, 110 full-text reference books, more than 18,800 Clinical Reference Systems reports, and full-text for current health pamphlets. Additionally, with Health Source: Consumer Edition, users have access to Clinical Reference Systems reports, in both English and Spanish, and Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary" (EBSCOhost 2019).
Health Source: Nursing Academic (EBSCO)
“Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition is a trusted full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more. Content includes: more than 320 full-text journals, more than 250 peer-reviewed full-text journals, and indexing and abstracting from more than 840 journals" (EBSCOhost 2019).
Insurance & Liability (Gale OneFile)
"Protection of assets—physical or intellectual—is a concern for those ranging from the individual property owner to multinational corporations. The Gale OneFile: Insurance and Liability connects researchers to hundreds of thousands of updated articles from leading journals, including: Business Insurance, Claims, Employee Benefit News, National Underwriter Life & Health, Pensions & Investments, Risk Management, and more. Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience" (Gale 2019).
LearningExpress PrepSTEP (EBSCO)
"This flagship LearningExpress product consists of a comprehensive selection of interactive online tutorials, practice tests, articles, e-books, and high-stakes test preparation — modeled after official tests. LearningExpress Library is designed to help students and professionals at all levels of learning achieve their educational and career-related goals" (EBSCOhost 2019).
This includes content in the following centers: Core Math and Science Skills, Core English Skills, College Success Skills, Career Preparation, Job & Career Accelerator, Computer Skills Center, Grad School Admissions Preparation, Placement Test Preparation, and Recursos Para Hispanohablantes.
Grad School Entrance Exams: GRE, GMAT, MAT, LSAT, PCAT, and MCAT.
Allied Health & Nursing Occupational Exams: Dental Assisting Certification, Medical Assistant Certification, Pharmacy Technician Certification, Physician Assistant Certification, Physical Therapist Assistant Certification, Radiologic Technologist Certification, Surgical Technologist Certification, Veterinary Technician Certification, EMT Certification, Paramedic Certification, NCLEX-RN, NCLEX-PN, and Nursing Assistant/Nurse Aide Certification.
Law, Civil Service, & Military Occupational Exams: AT-SAT, Civil Service Exams, Firefighter Exams, Border Patrol, Treasure Enforcement, Corrections Officer, Court Officer, Police Officer, Police Sergeant, Probation Officer/Parole Officer, State Trooper/Highway Patrol, RCMP Police Aptitude Test, Law Enforcement Skills, ASWB Social Work, ASVAB, Military Flight Aptitude, Officer Candidate, and CFAT.
Teaching Occupational Exams: CBEST, CSET Multiple Subjects, FTCE, GACE Program Admission Assessment, MoGEA, MTEL, NES Essential Academic Skills Test, ParaPro, Praxis Core, Praxis II Subject Assessments, and TExES.
Other occupational exams include: commercial driver's license, cosmetology, culinary arts, electrical, postal worker, plumbing, and real estate.
This includes content in the following centers: Core Math and Science Skills, Core English Skills, College Success Skills, Career Preparation, Job & Career Accelerator, Computer Skills Center, Grad School Admissions Preparation, Placement Test Preparation, and Recursos Para Hispanohablantes.
Grad School Entrance Exams: GRE, GMAT, MAT, LSAT, PCAT, and MCAT.
Allied Health & Nursing Occupational Exams: Dental Assisting Certification, Medical Assistant Certification, Pharmacy Technician Certification, Physician Assistant Certification, Physical Therapist Assistant Certification, Radiologic Technologist Certification, Surgical Technologist Certification, Veterinary Technician Certification, EMT Certification, Paramedic Certification, NCLEX-RN, NCLEX-PN, and Nursing Assistant/Nurse Aide Certification.
Law, Civil Service, & Military Occupational Exams: AT-SAT, Civil Service Exams, Firefighter Exams, Border Patrol, Treasure Enforcement, Corrections Officer, Court Officer, Police Officer, Police Sergeant, Probation Officer/Parole Officer, State Trooper/Highway Patrol, RCMP Police Aptitude Test, Law Enforcement Skills, ASWB Social Work, ASVAB, Military Flight Aptitude, Officer Candidate, and CFAT.
Teaching Occupational Exams: CBEST, CSET Multiple Subjects, FTCE, GACE Program Admission Assessment, MoGEA, MTEL, NES Essential Academic Skills Test, ParaPro, Praxis Core, Praxis II Subject Assessments, and TExES.
Other occupational exams include: commercial driver's license, cosmetology, culinary arts, electrical, postal worker, plumbing, and real estate.
MIT Press eBooks
MIT Press Direct 2 Open provides access to the most current year of MIT Press eBook releases as well as to the back catalog of several thousand ebooks in the sciences, arts, business and humanities. Chapters are available to download as a single PDF for more books making it easy to get the content you need.
Nature
"Nature Research is here to serve the research community by publishing its most significant discoveries—findings that advance knowledge and address some of the greatest challenges that we face as a society today. Our journals publish not only primary research but also reviews, critical comment, news and analysis" (Nature 2019).
Nursing & Allied Health (Gale OneFile)
"Provide access to authoritative content including full-text titles cited in CINAHL supporting specialized care, treatment, and patient management. This essential resource is versatile and features highlighting and note-taking tools as well as an intuitive interface, providing multiple pathways to key information. Updated daily, this resource will help nursing professionals already working in the field, as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum" (Gale 2017).
Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine (Gale OneFile)
"Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine provides access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine. The database offers a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more" (Gale 2019).
Psychology (Gale OneFile)
"Provide access to authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology— abnormal, biological, cognitive, comparative, developmental, personality, quantitative, social and all areas of applied psychology. Researchers, psychologists, counselors, and behavioral scientists will discover relevant information from the thoughts, views, discoveries, and reports found in this comprehensive collection" (Gale 2017).
Psychology Collection (ProQuest)
Alternative Names: PsycINFO & PsycARTICLES
"PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. Unrivaled in its depth of psychological coverage and respected worldwide for its high quality, the database is enriched with literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Nearly all records contain nonevaluative summaries, and all records from 1967 to the present are indexed using the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.
Practitioners, researchers, and students working in all areas of psychology, the behavioral sciences, and other related disciplines. PsycINFO includes psychological research and its applications; the database is of prime relevance to many industries and research establishments worldwide. The sources include over 1,800 professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally. Additionally, there are more than 8 million cited references in 185,000 journal articles, books, and book chapters," (ProQuest, 2019).
"PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals," (ProQuest, 2019).
ProQuest Psychology Collection provides complete access to PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO and PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress. PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO are provided by the American Psychology Association APA.
"PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. Unrivaled in its depth of psychological coverage and respected worldwide for its high quality, the database is enriched with literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Nearly all records contain nonevaluative summaries, and all records from 1967 to the present are indexed using the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.
Practitioners, researchers, and students working in all areas of psychology, the behavioral sciences, and other related disciplines. PsycINFO includes psychological research and its applications; the database is of prime relevance to many industries and research establishments worldwide. The sources include over 1,800 professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally. Additionally, there are more than 8 million cited references in 185,000 journal articles, books, and book chapters," (ProQuest, 2019).
"PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals," (ProQuest, 2019).
ProQuest Psychology Collection provides complete access to PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO and PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress. PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO are provided by the American Psychology Association APA.
PubMed (US Government)
"PubMed® 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" (PubMed 2019).
Open Access; Government Resource
Open Access; Government Resource
Science (AAAS)
"Science has been at the center of important scientific discovery since its founding in 1880—with seed money from Thomas Edison. Today, Science continues to publish the very best in research across the sciences, with articles that consistently rank among the most cited in the world" (AAAS 2018).
UpToDate (Wolters Kluwer)
"With UpToDate Advanced, clinicians can use UpToDate® Pathways and Lab Interpretation™ at different touchpoints in their workflow to support appropriate screening, diagnostic testing, treatment, and hospitalization. Pathways and Lab Interpretation address common medical conditions and those with known variability, and include interactive algorithms that provide clinical recommendations tailored to each patient and lab monographs designed to support the quick and accurate interpretation and management of abnormal test results" (Wolters Kluwer 2018).
Requires Assigned Login from Instructor
Requires Assigned Login from Instructor
Wiley Online Library
Wiley Online Library provides full text access to all of Wiley's 1600+ journals going as far back as 1997, and includes access to architecture, art, business, economics, finance, accounting, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, humanities, law, life sciences, medicine, nursing, physical sciences, psychology and social sciences.