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Medicine

Databases   Subject Guide

Most Useful Databases

A comprehensive database for medicine and the biosciences. See our How to Search MEDLINE guide. (Some full-text).

A multi-disciplinary database of journals, magazines, book chapters, and government reports. (Some full-text).

Health information from magazines, journals, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other sources. (Full-text).

Basic information on almost any topic from specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks. (Full-text).

Consumer information on health and fitness, pregnancy, nutrition, diseases, occupational safety, and more. (Some full-text).

An online archive of this top medical journal from 1998 to present. (Full-text).

A comprehensive database for medicine and the biosciences. See MEDLINE for the full-text version. (Citations only).

Electronic textbooks and reference books in medicine and psychology. (Full-text).

An index of high impact research journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. (Citations only).

 

Other Databases

Magazines, newsletters, and journals in alternative or traditional medicine. (Full-text).

A database of business journals and magazines, company profiles, country reports, industry profiles, and market research reports. (Some full-text).

Health and safety information from the U.S. government. (Full-text).

Health facts by ethnic group, disability, age, gender, and economic status. (Full-text).

Facts about over-the-counter, prescription, and illegal drugs. (Full-text).

Essays on ethnic groups with facts about health issues. (Full-text).

Electronic books in almost every field. Features include full-text searching, bookmarks, and personal notes. (Full-text).
Free software is required: download ebrary Reader™

An Internet search engine for scholarly journals, books, preprints, and theses with links to UHD-purchased content.

U.S. government guide to diseases, health organizations, drugs, and more. (Full-text).

Consumer health information reviewed by leading medical and dental experts. (Full-text).

Journals and magazines in nursing and healthcare. (Some full-text).

Consumer-oriented information from health magazines and journals, pamphlets, books, and a medical dictionary. (Some full-text).

Scholarly journals in nursing, healthcare, and related fields with a medical dictionary and drug information. (Some full-text).

Journals in the sciences, the social sciences, education, and criminal justice. (Some full-text).
UHD Library subscribes to selected full-text content in HighWire Press.

Information on diseases, drugs, health-related social problems, and wellness issues. (Internet links).

Spanish-language medical journals from Latin America. (Full-text).

Information about health conditions, herbs and supplements, alternative therapies, and functional foods. (Full-text).

Electronic books from academic, professional, and popular publishers. (Full-text).

A multi-disciplinary index of journal and magazine articles from 1982 to present. (Some full-text).

Essays on controversial topics from books in the Opposing Viewpoints series, the Current Controversies series, and the At Issue series. Additional content includes magazines, journals, news, primary sources, statistics, multimedia, and web sites. (Full-text).

Journals in communications, criminology, education, health, management, political science, psychology, and sociology. (Full-text).

An index of journals and books from a top publisher in the sciences, the social sciences, and business. (Some full-text).
UHD Library subscribes to selected full-text content in ScienceDirect.

A catalog of 58 million books, dissertations, sound recordings, and videos available in libraries. (Citations only).

 

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