Databases
- Alt-HealthWatch
- Full-text articles, pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
- AMED (Alternative & Natural Medicine Database)
- Includes complementary medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, podiatry, palliative care, and more.
- American Academy of Opthalmology Clincal Practice Guidelines
- American Indian Health
- An information portal for and about the health of Native Peoples of the United States.
- American Optometric Association Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Asian American Health
- An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of Asian Americans in the United States.
- CINAHL (Nursing Literature)
- CINAHL with full text covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines and provides the full text for more than 600 journals.
- Clinical Information from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Links to information on Evidence-Based Practice, Outcomes & Effectiveness, Effective Healthcare, and more.
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Search for clinical trials by medical condition or other criteria. A service of the US National Institutes of Health.
- Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
- Includes reports published in conference proceedings and in many other sources not currently listed in MEDLINE® or other databases.
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Full text of highly structured systematic reviews and protocols focusing on the effects of healthcare.
- Cochrane Methodology Register
- A bibliography of publications which report on methods used in the conduct of controlled trials.
- Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
- Abstracts of published systematic reviews on the effects of health care from around the world.
- Domestic Violence Knowledge Path
- A collection of links to resources about domestic violence, aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, advocates, researchers, employers, and victims of abuse and their families. From the Maternal and Child Health Library.
- Drug Information Portal
- From the US National Library of Medicine. Searches more than a dozen sources for information about more than 12,000 drugs.
- DynaMed (Diseases & Conditions)
- With clinically-organized summaries for more than 3,000 topics, DynaMed is a clinical reference tool created for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care'.
- EBSCO Resources
- Links to DynaMed and Nursing Reference Center, as well as to other professional databases including CINAHL with full text, AMED (Alternative and Natural Medicines database) and Alt-HealthWatch (complementary and alternative journals)
- EthnoMed
- The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world. It includes information for patients as well as for providers.
- ETOH - Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Databases
- Contains links to databases and resources for alcohol researchers and practitioners. From NIAAA.
- Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) evaluates clinical research in order to assess the merits of preventive measures, including screening tests, counseling, immunizations, and preventive medications.
- Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)
- Health and Psychosocial Instruments features material on unpublished information-gathering tools for clinicians that are discussed in journal articles, such as questionnaires, interview schedules, tests, checklists, rating and other scales, coding schemes, and projective techniques. Over 2/3 of the tools are in medical and nursing areas such pain measurement, quality of life assessment, and drug efficacy evaluation.
- Health Technology Assessments
- Provides details of completed and ongoing health technology assessments (studies of the medical, social, ethical and economic implications of healthcare interventions) from around the world.
- HealthFinder.gov
- Access to government and nonprofit health and human services information
- Immunization Schedules
- For children, adolescents, and adults. From the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Index to Chiropractic Literature
- The Index to Chiropractic Literature (ICL) provides indexing from 1985 to the present for most chiropractic journals.
- LactMed
- A peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. Among the data included are maternal and infant levels of drugs, possible effects on breastfed infants and on lactation, and alternate drugs to consider.
- Lexi-Comp Online - NEW!
- MANTIS
- MANTIS addresses all areas of alternative medical literature. It has also become the largest index of peer reviewed articles for several disciplines including; chiropractic, osteopathy, homeopathy, and manual medicine.
- Massage Therapy Research Database
- The Massage Therapy Research Database contains over 4,800 records including both indexed and non-indexed journal citations, and also offers access to live PubMed searches.
- Massage Therapy Searches in PubMed
- Links to pre-formatted PubMed searches on many different topics in bodywork.
- MedCalc3000
- MedlinePlus - Health Information for Patients
- Authoritative information for patients and health consumers from the US National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.
- MedlinePlus Health Information in Other Languages (for patients)
- Medline Health Info in Other Languages
- MEDLINE® with Full Text
- MEDLINE® with Full Text lets you search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals, with full text access for more than 1,470 journals.
- NASW Register of Clinical Social Workers
- A directory of clinical social workers in the United States, from the National Association of Social Workers
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Health Topics A-Z
- National Institutes of Health's lead agency for scientific research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
- National Guideline Clearinghouse
- The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents.
- Natural Standard
- Natural Standard provides high-quality, evidence-based information on dietary supplements (including herbs, vitamins, and minerals), functional foods, diets, complementary practices (modalities), exercises, and medical conditions.
- NHS Economic Evaluation Database
- Provides information on the costs and effects of drugs, treatments and procedures.
- Nursing Calculators
- Nursing Reference Center
- Nursing Reference Center includes information about conditions and diseases, patient education resources, drug information, continuing education, lab & diagnosis detail, best practice guidelines, and more.
- OSTMED-DR
- Osteopathic Medicine Digital Repository
- Ovid Databases
- PsycArticles - NEW!
- 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 Publishing Group. The database includes all substantive material from the print journals. These journals can also be accessed through the eJournals tab in the navigation bar above.
- PsycInfo
- PsycINFO® is the comprehensive international bibliographic database of psychology, with coverage starting in 1806. From the American Psychological Association.
- PubMed Clinical Queries
- Specialized PubMed searches for clinicians. Finds citations that correspond to a specific clinical study category, such as etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and more.
- PubMed MEDLINE searching
- PubMed provides access to the MEDLINE bibliographic database.
- Social Work Abstracts Plus
- Social Work Abstracts Plus, from the National Association of Social Workers, contains two unique databases in one subscription: Social Work Abstracts and The Register of Clinical Social Workers.
- Substance Use Screening & Assessment Instruments Database
- This database is intended to help clinicians and researchers find instruments used for screening and assessment of substance use and substance use disorders. Some instruments are in the public domain and can be freely downloaded from the web; others can only be obtained from the copyright holder. The database doesn't provide copies of instruments, but links to contact and availability information are included if known.
- The Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide)
- The Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide) is your source for information about the effectiveness, economic efficiency, and feasibility of evidence-based interventions to promote community health and prevent disease.
- TOXNET Toxicology Data Network
- Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases. Central point for access to multiple databases including Hazardous Substances Databank (HSDB), LactMed, and many more.
- Travelers' Health
- from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- TRIP Database
- Turning Research Into Practice. Allows practitioners to search the web to find the best evidence in support of patient care.
- WISER - the Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders
- WISER is a system designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents. WISER provides a wide range of information on hazardous substances. Available for free download to mobile devices.