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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Data & Statistics
Data, statistics, and other tools and resources from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
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OECD Health Data
International Health Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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CDC - National Center for Health Statistics
Statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people. NCHS leads the way with accurate, relevant, and timely data.
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Research at Health and Human Services Operating Divisions
Tools and data from the Health and Human Services Operating Divisions for scientists, researchers, and the general public.
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Research Tools and Data
Research Findings, Data and Statistical Tools, Reports and Publications from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics
The North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics is responsible for data collection, health-related research, production of reports and maintenance of a comprehensive collection of health statistics.
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SPORTDiscus with Full Text
International citations on exercise, physiology, physical education and health, parks and recreation, recreation therapy, sports and sports medicine.
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CINAHL Plus with Full Text
CINAHL Plus with Full Text is a robust collection of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 770 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo. A core research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature. Full text coverage dates back to 1937.
[More details]A collection of full text nursing & allied health journals. This database has a limiter for choosing Evidence-Based Practice articles as well as a source for Evidence-Based Practice patient handouts.
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.
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Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database
This comprehensive database covers a wide range of medical, nursing, and health science specialties and includes a unique suite of information that’s been analyzed, appraised, and prepared by expert reviewers. Includes: Evidence Summaries, Evidence–Based Recommended Practices, Best Practice Information Sheets, Systematic Reviews, Consumer Information Sheets, Systematic Review Protocols and Technical Reports.
[More details]Health Sciences and Nursing Database focused on Evidence-Based Practice resources.
Sage Journals Online
Communication Studies, Criminology, Computer Science, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Business, Humanities, Science and Technology, and Social Work. Includes Sage Journals Backfiles 1999-2009.
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Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library 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. Databases included are Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA) and NHS Economic Evaluation Database (EED).
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Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature, including articles, papers, theses, books, and reports.
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ScienceDirect
Elsevier Journal collection covering the sciences, business, child development, computer science, clinical research, economics, history, hospitality, industrial technology, library and information science, physical education and health, psychology, social work, sociology, and tourism.
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UpToDate
UpToDate is an evidence based, peer reviewed, clinical decision support tool. Contains the equivalent of over 77,000 pages of original, peer-reviewed text; allows access answers to clinical questions quickly and easily; written, reviewed and continuously updated by over 5,100 physicians to synthesize all relevant information, including the latest evidence, and provide specific, practical recommendations for diagnosis and treatment; combines broad coverage of adult primary care, subspecialty internal medicine, ob/gyn, general surgery and pediatrics.
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