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Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database. It provides access to over 5,300 full-text periodicals, including approximately 4,400 peer-reviewed journals.

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Clinical Trials Database
ClinicalTrials.gov is a privately and publicly funded database provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. ClinicalTrials.gov provides patients, their family members, health care professionals, researchers, and the public with easy access to publicly and privately supported clinical studies on a wide range of diseases and conditions. Explore 407,244 research studies in all 50 states and 220 countries.

Information on ClinicalTrials.gov is provided and updated by the sponsor or principal investigator of the clinical study. Studies are generally submitted to the Web site (that is, registered) when they begin, and the information on the site is updated throughout the study. In some cases, the results of the study are submitted after the study ends. This Web site and database of clinical studies are commonly referred to as a "registry and results database."
Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete (CHC) is the single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc. CHC offers a unique search interface designed to call attention to the full text content available from many important source-types, and provide an intuitive means for searching this specific information.
Contemporary Women's Issues (Gale OneFile)
Gale OneFile: Contemporary Women’s Issues offers comprehensive coverage of issues that influence women’s lives across the globe with access to current full-text and pertinent backfile content. The database covers topics including civil rights, health, education, professional development, and entrepreneurship.
Health and Medical Collection
Health and Medical Collection offers reliable, comprehensive journal coverage of clinical and biomedical topics, consumer health, health administration and more.
MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients, their families, and friends. It is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, and a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). MedlinePlus presents high-quality, relevant health and wellness information that is trusted and easy to understand in English and Spanish. MedlinePlus makes reliable health information available anytime, anywhere, for free.

MedlinePlus at a Glance offers information on health topics, human genetics, medical tests, medications, dietary supplements, and healthy recipes. Sourced from about 500 selected organizations. Offers almost 22,000 links to authoritative health information in English and more than 13,000 links to information in Spanish.

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