Titles by Subject - Medical Sciences
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Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
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Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost) is a multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
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AccessMedicine is an innovative online resource that provides access to more than 50 medical titles from the best minds in medicine, updated content, hundreds of photos and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, diagnostic tools, a comprehensive search platform, and the ability to download content to a mobile device.
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| A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy |
A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy Online contains a comprehensive digital database of detailed anatomical images, including illustrated, fully dissectible male and female bodies. The database includes point-and-click identification capabilities of over 20,000 anatomical structures and is peer-reviewed by a team of leading anatomists to ensure anatomical accuracy. You can dissect anatomy layer by layer, identify and review pinned atlas anatomy structures, understand anatomy in a clinical context, and interact with 3D models. Please contact Jen Green at greenj@bethelu.edu for a username/password combination. |
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BioMed Central is an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher which has pioneered the open access publishing model. All original research articles published by BioMed Central are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication. BioMed Central views open access to research as essential in order to ensure the rapid and efficient communication of research findings. (http://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journals/)
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Britannica Online includes the Encyclopaedia Britannica as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Britannica Student Encyclopaedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. It also provides an Internet directory to more than 300,000 sites selected by Britannica editors. This is also filed under Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Cancer.gov is produced by the National Cancer Institute. This website provides consumer-friendly information on many forms of cancer and includes information on prevention, treatment, prognosis, and coping with cancer. (http://www.cancer.gov/)
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| Cardiac Auscultation | Cardiac Auscultation provides free reference for auscultatory information and training. (http://www.easyauscultation.com/) |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the CDC's primary online communication channel. From August 2007–July 2008, there were 489 million page views to the site, averaging 41 million page views per month. CDC.gov provides users with credible, reliable health information on: data and statistics, diseases and conditions, emergencies and disasters, healthy living and more. (http://www.cdc.gov/)
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CINAHL with Full Text (EbscoHost) is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 600 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index - with no embargo. Full-text coverage dates back to 1981.
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The Directory of Open Access Journals provides over 4216 open access journals (1500 of which are searchable at the article level) that include large collections in biology, education, health sciences, history, library and information science, mathematics and the social sciences. (http://www.doaj.org/)
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The e-Skeletons Project is an interactive website that allows the user to compare human and primate anatomy. Primate skeletons included are: the chimpanzee, the orangutan, the common marmoset, and the ruffed lemur. Choose one bone, view it from all directions (dorsal, ventral, etc.) and compare it to other species' bones. (http://www.eskeletons.org/)
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Ebrary is a comprehensive subscription database of e-books and other authoritative materials that includes more than 37,000 titles in 16 key subject areas. Students will need to download the ebrary reader onto their computer in order to read the available items. There is a download tab on the main page of ebrary that you may click to download.
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| Encyclopaedia Britannica | Encyclopaedia Britannica Online includes the Encyclopaedia Britannica as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Britannica Student Encyclopaedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. It also provides an Internet directory to more than 300,000 sites selected by Britannica editors. This is also filed under Britannica Online. |
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Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) provides information on topics from arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. This database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
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| Films On Demand | Films On Demand offers streaming educational videos in a variety of subjects, including the humanities, social sciences, business, science, math, health and medicine. |
| Free Books 4 Doctors | Free Books 4 Doctors was created to provide free access to medical books online. It contains a number of useful medical reference texts. (http://www.freebooks4doctors.com/index.htm) |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac) is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).
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General OneFile (InfoTrac) is a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
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General Reference Center Gold (InfoTrac) is a general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
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Health and Wellness Resource Center (InfoTrac) provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, over 700 health videos from partner Healthology, Inc., hundreds of pamphlets and health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.
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Health Reference Center Academic (InfoTrac) is a multi-source database providing 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.
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| International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship | International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship is the first fully electronic peer-reviewed journal in which original papers on nursing education issues and research are published. Papers involving theory, research, innovations, issues and perspectives about nursing education, as well as responses to articles are published in IJNES. |
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LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.
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| McGraw-Hill Medical eLibrary | McGraw-Hill Medical eLibrary contains full-text medical reference books and medical test preparation manuals from FirstAid. |
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Mosby's Nursing Consult is brought to you by Elsevier, publisher of Mosby and Saunders, the world leader in nursing information. Mosby's Nursing Consult is the most trusted and comprehensive online resource for nurses, offering authoritative information to help provide better patient care. Resources are also excellent for other allied health professions.
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National Academies Press is the publisher for reports produced by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council. PDF copies of all of NAP's books are now available for free download. Find the book, then select "Download Free PDF." (http://www.nap.edu)
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National Center for Biotechnology Information has been charged with creating automated systems for storing and analyzing knowledge about molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics; facilitating the use of such databases and software by the research and medical community; coordinating efforts to gather biotechnology information both nationally and internationally; and performing research into advanced methods of computer-based information processing for analyzing the structure and function of biologically important molecules. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/)
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NetLibrary contains electronic books you can read online. Through our subscription with NetLibrary, you have access to over 19,000 books covering a wide variety of issues. ***NetLibrary is now owned by EBSCO.***
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| Nursing and Allied Health Collection | Nursing and Allied Health Collection (InfoTrac) covers all aspects of the nursing profession -- from direct patient care to health care administration. Including nearly 400 titles, this collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum. |
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Nursing Resource Center (InfoTrac) brings together in an easy-to-use interface disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the core encyclopedia texts. The information is written in accessible language for nursing students completing class assignments and preparing for clinicals as they learn how to care for and treat patients. Search results are returned in tabs that correspond to steps in the nursing process.
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (InfoTrac) is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to websites. New to the database are Lexile reading levels for periodicals and an integrated national and state curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards.
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Points of View (Ebsco) is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of 250 current issues. Similar to the Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.
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Professional Collection (InfoTrac) has articles from more than 300 full-text periodicals covering a variety of topics for teachers/educators, including: health and fitness, school law, drug and alcohol abuse, learning disabilities, sports, arts and humanities, social sciences, and psychology.
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| Project Gutenberg | Project Gutenberg is a collection of free digitized books whose copyright has expired. It contains more than 100,000 online books, which can be read on your screen or downloaded to an ebook reader. |
| Project Muse | Project Muse provides full-text access to current content from scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. |
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PsycARTICLES (Ebsco), from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 137,000 articles from 66 journals - 50 published by the APA, and its imprint the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF), and from allied organizations including the Canadian Psychology Association and Hogrefe Publishing Group.
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The Public Library of Science is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource. Journals are available for the fields of biology, medicine, genetics, and others. (http://www.plos.org/index.php)
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| ResearchGate | ResearchGate serves as a "Facebook for scientists," allowing for publication sharing, job searching, and for easy collaboration on research. Get feedback from fellow scientists on questions you encounter or obstacles you're facing. (http://www.researchgate.net/) |
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STAT!Ref® is an online, healthcare reference that integrates core titles with evidence-based resources and innovative tools.
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| UpToDate | UpToDate is the largest clinical community in the world dedicated to synthesizing evidence-based knowledge for clinicians and patients. The resource uses over 4,400 expert clinicians who function as authors, editors and peer reviewers and over 400,000 users who provide feedback and questions to our editorial group. |
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WilsonWeb OmniFile Full Text (now owned by EBSCO) dramatically expands your periodical resources with electronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals. Coverage back as early as 1982 ensures that every search is as deep as it is broad. Users have access to information on virtually any subject.
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| World Book Encyclopedia | World Book Online provides online access to the popular encyclopedia. |