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eResources/Databases for Clinical Research

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  • BIOSIS Previews

    BIOSIS Previews is the world's most comprehensive reference database for life science research. It covers original research reports and reviews in traditional biological and biomedical areas. It also covers references to primary journal literature on vital biological research, medical research findings, and discoveries of new organisms.  [Details]

    Tutorial:   Searching BIOSIS

  • CINAHL

    Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health with full-text is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers.  Print version: 1977-1981  [Details]

    Tutorial:   CINHAL Plus Advanced Searching

  • Health Source Plus: Nursing/Academic Edition

    Scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Includes Stedman's Medical Dictionary.  [Details]

  • PubMED

    Developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), PubMed is the most comprehensive biomedical research database, and a key resource used by scientists. Please see the PubMed Overview Sheet[Details]

    Tutorial:   PubMed Online Training

  • ScienceDirect

    Offers access to some of the Elsevier Journal collection covering the sciences, business, child development, computer science, economics, history, hospitality, industrial technology, library and information science and tourism. More than 2,500 journals and more than nine million full-text articles are available in ScienceDirect.  [Details]

    Tutorial:   ScienceDirect Interactive Tutorials

  • Electronic Journal Service (EJS)

    Search through EBSCO's database of scholarly e-journals. [Details]

  • Health Source Plus: Consumer Edition

    Consumer health journals, and general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Subjects covered include behavioral health, cardiology, sports medicine and more.  [Details]

  • LexisNexis Academic

    News, business, legal and reference information.  [Details]

    Tutorial:   LexisNexis YouTube Channel

  • MedlinePlus Drugs & Supplements

    Guide to prescription and over-the-counter medications. [Details]

  • PLoS

    Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit publisher that publishes the following titles: PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Pathogens, and PLoS Clinical Trials. PLoS uses an Open Access model to publish, meaning that all journal issues are available free of charge online from the moment of publication. PLoS Biology has an Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) impact factor of 14.7. [Details]

  • SpringerLink

    SpringerLink offers online access to several fully peer reviewed journals in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics. [Details]

  • Wiley Online Library

    This database covers academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, psychology, law and criminology, life sciences, and business.  [Details]

  • BIOSIS Previews

    BIOSIS Previews is the world's most comprehensive reference database for life science research. It covers original research reports and reviews in traditional biological and biomedical areas. It also covers references to primary journal literature on vital biological research, medical research findings, and discoveries of new organisms.  [Details]

    Tutorial:   Searching BIOSIS

  • CINAHL

    Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health with full-text is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers.  Print version: 1977-1981  [Details]

    Tutorial:   CINHAL Plus Advanced Searching

  • Health Source Plus: Nursing/Academic Edition

    Scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Includes Stedman's Medical Dictionary.  [Details]

  • PubMED

    Developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), PubMed is the most comprehensive biomedical research database, and a key resource used by scientists. Please see the PubMed Overview Sheet[Details]

    Tutorial:   PubMed Online Training

  • ScienceDirect

    Offers access to some of the Elsevier Journal collection covering the sciences, business, child development, computer science, economics, history, hospitality, industrial technology, library and information science and tourism. More than 2,500 journals and more than nine million full-text articles are available in ScienceDirect.  [Details]

    Tutorial:   ScienceDirect Interactive Tutorials

  • Electronic Journal Service (EJS)

    Search through EBSCO's database of scholarly e-journals. [Details]

  • Health Source Plus: Consumer Edition

    Consumer health journals, and general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Subjects covered include behavioral health, cardiology, sports medicine and more.  [Details]

  • LexisNexis Academic

    News, business, legal and reference information.  [Details]

    Tutorial:   LexisNexis YouTube Channel

  • MedlinePlus Drugs & Supplements

    Guide to prescription and over-the-counter medications. [Details]

  • PLoS

    Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit publisher that publishes the following titles: PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Pathogens, and PLoS Clinical Trials. PLoS uses an Open Access model to publish, meaning that all journal issues are available free of charge online from the moment of publication. PLoS Biology has an Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) impact factor of 14.7. [Details]

  • SpringerLink

    SpringerLink offers online access to several fully peer reviewed journals in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics. [Details]

  • Wiley Online Library

    This database covers academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, psychology, law and criminology, life sciences, and business.  [Details]

  • Academic Search Complete

    Academic Search Complete offers critical information from many sources unique to this massive collection. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.  [Details]

  • MasterFILE Complete

    This multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full-text information dating as far back as 1922.  [Details]

  • Stedman's Medical Dictionary

    Select the "Medical Dictionary" link once connected to Health Source Plus: Nursing/Academic Edition. [Details]

  • WorldCat

    Books and other materials in libraries worldwide. [Details]


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