Consumer Health Research Databases

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MedlinePlus

Consumer health information, including extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

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MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles.
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eMedicine

Evidence-based medical articles on 7,000 diseases and disorders. Also contains practice guidelines, photographs and radiographic images, drug tables, interactive clinical tools such as calculators, and a differential diagnosis generator. Current.

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Health & Wellness Resource Center
Contains scholarly and popular articles on all aspects of medicine, health, and alternative health. Also includes health-related videos, medical & alternative health encyclopedias, health assessment tools, and a drug and herb finder. some 1980s to current.

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Over 400 full-text medical journals and fitness magazines. Designed for nursing and allied health students, as well as consumer health researchers. In addition to magazines and journals, provides health-related pamphlets, and many encyclopedias, including:
Traditional medicine:
- Advice for the Patient: Drug Information in Lay Language
- The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
- Medical and Health Information Directory
- Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary
- PDR Family Guide to Nutrition and Health
- PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs
- PDR Family Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs
- USP DI-Volume II
Alternative medicine
- PDR Family Guide to Natural Medicines and Healing Therapies
- PDR for Herbal Medicines
- Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Health
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Health Reference Center Academic

Health-related articles from nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books. some 1980s to current.

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Also provides contact information for support groups, hotlines, and research centers.
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