Online Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine & Health (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
  Covers topics and issues on lifestyle habits and practices and their impact on health.
• Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
  An authoritative source on public health issues such as epidemic and pandemic diseases; chronic conditions such as famine, malnutrition, cancer and diabetes; and social issues such as sexual abuse, obesity, bullying and new substance abuse issues.

Key Databases

• Health Business Full Text
  Over 140 full-text administrative journals providing a rich source of information for hospital administrators and managers reporting on all aspects of healthcare administration, as well as other non-clinical aspects of healthcare institution management.
• ProQuest Research Library: Health & Medicine
  This subset of the ProQuest Research Library database includes journals that cover nursing, allied health, medicine, and pharmacology.

National Library of Medicine

World’s largest biomedical library, NLM produces electronic information resources on a wide range of topics. It also supports and conducts research, development, and training in biomedical informatics and health information technology. Three databases available to the public are the following

• MEDLINE
  Oldest and still active citation database with links to full text, when available. MEDLINE can be accessed through Ebsco. The database is notable for the careful journal screening process and the use of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) to index citations.
• PubMed
  Builds out from MEDLINE to offer a broader range of coverage with far more records, including additional full text coverage. You may limit your PubMed search retrieval to MEDLINE citations only by restricting your search to the MeSH controlled vocabulary or by using the Journal Categories filter called MEDLINE.
• PubMed Central (PMC)
  Full-text archive for full-text biomedical and life sciences journal articles. It is a repository for journal literature deposited by participating publishers, as well as for author manuscripts that have been submitted in compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy and similar policies of other research funding agencies.

For a complete understanding of these three databases go to the MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central): How are they different? Fact Sheet.

Streaming Video

• Films on Demand: Health & Medicine Videos
  Over 3100 videos on health, medicine and related fields

Other Resources

• AHFS Consumer Medication Information
  This database published by the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists is a trusted source for patient drug information.
• CINAHL with Full Text
  Full text for 600 nursing journals, plus search coverage for 2300 additional journals.
• PubMed Health Services Research (HSR) Queries
  Provides specialized PubMed searches on health care quality and costs. Note: this is a subset of MEDLINE.
• Science Direct
  Hundreds of full text journals covering medical and pharmacological topics.
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: Health & Medicine
  Over 1 million downloadable full text dissertations and theses, covering a wide range of graduate research topics, including health care management.

Open Access Journals

Open access (OA) refers to research resources which are posted online and free of cost or other barriers. They often possess the addition of a Creative Commons license to promote reuse. The journals listed here are peer-reviewed and appropriate for research.

• BMC Public Health
  Open access biomedical literature, including articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. Dating back to 2001, articles are searchable here as well as in the Academic Search Premier and PubMed Central databases.
• Health Care Journals
  Articles in journals with high impact factors publishing most advanced research and scientific content.
• Health Services Administration Commons
  Articles and other research from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide.
• Open Journal of Epidemiology
  An international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in epidemiology. Dating back to 2011.