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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database. Academic Search Complete has more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
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CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new window
CINAHL Ultimate is the largest collection of leading nursing and allied health literature resource for research, providing full text for more of the most used journals in the CINAHL index than any other database. It covers over 50 nursing specialties and includes quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, CEU modules, and research instruments.
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Consumer Health Complete This link opens in a new window
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.
eBook Collections This link opens in a new window
The eBook collections from EBSCO contain a wide selection of eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subjects, including arts and humanities, business, literature, social sciences, sciences, and technology. Within this search, you can access the Nursing eBook Collection, a curated collection that includes more than 720 e-books designed for use in hospitals, medical institutions, and academic institutions.
You can also access the Open Access collection created in collaboration with university presses and scholarly OA publishers such as the University of Michigan Press, Taylor & Francis, and Temple University Press. This highly curated collection provides libraries and end-users with choice and access to a large selection of discoverable, DRM-Free content, which will continue to grow by the thousands.

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Health and Medicine (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine contains up-to-date information on the complete range of health care topics. With embargo-free, full-text periodicals, reference books, pamphlets, and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries, Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine ensures that researchers get current, scholarly, comprehensive answers to health-related questions.
With more than 2,500 embargo-free, full-text periodicals, reference books, pamphlets, and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries. Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine ensures that researchers get current, scholarly, comprehensive answers to health-related questions. Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, Interlink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience.
Health Policy Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Health Policy Reference Center is a full-text database covering all aspects of health policy and related issues. It supports decision-making, planning, and research in a variety of health care system areas.
If you need help with basic database searching, watch the video tutorial to learn how to create a Basic Search.
LearningExpress: PREPStep Academic Center This link opens in a new window
Whether they are looking to improve core academic skills, score higher on college placement tests, explore careers, prepare for occupational exams or build workplace skills, students can achieve their goals using PrepSTEP for Colleges & Universities.

Medical Coverage Database
Search the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medical Coverage Database for codes and keywords.

Health and Wellness (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Gale Health and Wellness is a comprehensive consumer health database offering access to authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.
Features include topic portals with curated content on diseases and conditions; drugs; diagnostics and tests; and therapies, treatments, and surgeries; as well as a broad collection of premier full-text reference works, including Gale exclusives such as The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests, and The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets.
Healthcare Administration Database This link opens in a new window
Healthcare Administration Database is a collection of reliable and relevant resources in the field of health administration, including journals and dissertations.
MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
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.

eJournals

For the Record
For The Record magazine has been a leading independent resource for industry news and information for HIM professionals.
Health Affairs
Health Affairs is the leading journal of health policy thought and research.
The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice is an internationally peer-reviewed, open-access, scholarly, online journal dedicated to the global exploration of allied health professional practice, research, and education.
Journal of AHIMA
JOURNAL of AHIMA—the official publication of the American Health Information Management Association—delivers best practices in health information management and keeps readers current on emerging issues that affect the accuracy, timeliness, privacy, and security of patient health information.
Modern Healthcare
MH magazine offers content that sheds light on healthcare leaders’ complex choices and touchpoints—from strategy, governance, leadership development, and finance to operations, clinical care, and marketing.
Perspectives in Health Information Management
Perspectives in Health Information Management is a scholarly, peer-reviewed research journal whose mission is to advance health information management practice and to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration between HIM professionals and others in disciplines supporting the advancement of the management of health information.

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