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MEDLINE [OCLC FirstSearch]
The premier resource for professional literature in medicine, developed and maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.  Indexing and abstracts for publications in all areas of medicine.  Subjects covered include clinical medicine, dentistry, education, experimental medicine, health services administration, nursing, nutrition, pathology, psychiatry, toxicology and veterinary medicine.  International in scope with coverage from 1965 to the present.

CINAHL [EBSCOhost]
The Current Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals.  This database provides indexing and abstracts for articles in 2,818 journals.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition [EBSCOhost]
Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.  Also features indexing and abstracts for nearly 850 additional journals.

Health Source: Consumer Edition [EBSCOhost]
Features full text consumer health publications.  Provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.

PubMedCentral [National Institutes of Health]
Free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal articles.

PsycFIRST [OCLC FirstSearch]
Provides indexing and abstracts for articles in psychology and related fields.  Includes international material selected from periodicals written in over 25 languages and current chapter and book coverage of worldwide English language material.  Coverage includes the current and most recent three years.
 


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