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Health and Medicine

CINAHL
Nursing and allied health information.

Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Presents current, unbiased information on alternative and complementary medical practices. Information on recommended therapies for specific disorders and diseases and medicinal uses for plants and herbs.

Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Includes entries covering cancers, cancer drugs, treatments, side effects, and diagnostic procedures.

Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders
Provides clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies, in articles that are both comprehensive and easy to understand in language accessible to laypersons.

Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Includes information on more than 1,600 medical disorders and concepts. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics. Written for a general audience with an authoritative tone.

Health & Wellness Resource Center

Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Thomson Gale reference titles.

Health Reference Center Academic

Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center. All in a single, easy-to-use database, The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

History of Science, Technology and Medicine

International bibliography for the history of science, technology and medicine.

MEDLINE
All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.

ReferenceUSA
The ReferenceUSA database contains detailed information on more than 13 million U.S. businesses, 120 million U.S. households, 683,000 U.S.health care providers, 1 million Canadian businesses and 11 million Canadian residents.

 




 


 

 

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