Related Database Links: Health & Medicine


  • Alt HealthWatch from EBSCO Host 

    This alternative health database provides full text for more than 140 publications in the collection including full text for many peer-reviewed journals. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990.

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  • Cochrane Library

    The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane is a global network of health and social care practitioners, researchers, patient advocates and others, with a mission to promote evidence-informed decision making by producing high quality, relevant, accessible systematic reviews and other synthesized research evidence (www.cochrane.org). It is a not-for-profit organization whose members aim to produce credible information that is free from commercial sponsorship and other conflicts of interest (Bero 2018). The Cochrane Library Online has been made available to all Ohio residents through Ohio Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funding through the Ohio Department of Higher Education. Cochrane contains summaries, reviews, and analysis of evidence-based medical research.

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  • Consumer Health Complete 

    Filled with full text from journals, magazines, and reference books from EBSCOhost dealing with health, wellness, fitness, and nutrition this reference includes a focus on the complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health and wellness. Browse medical, health-related and drug reference books. Read articles on health and fitness. Find sources for alternative health information.

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  • DataOhio Portal

    the DataOhio Portal offers over 300 other datasets from 14 State of Ohio agencies (including health, education, workforce and natural resources data) that can be leveraged as a helpful research resource. View a brief demonstration that highlights some of the DataOhio Portal’s key features. The vision of the DataOhio Portal is to be the centralized location for State of Ohio data for state agencies and their partners – which delivers transparency across the state, while helping to inform programs and policy, for a better Ohio.

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  • Health and Medical Databases from EBSCOhost 

    If you`re looking for health or medical-related information or articles, check out this collection of databases from EBSCOhost.

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  • Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition 

    This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many more. In addition, this database includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.

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  • MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) 

    (U.S. National Library of Medicine) -- The National Library of Medicine`s (NLM) premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Contains bibliographic citations (e.g., authors, title, and journal reference) and author abstracts from over 3,900 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 foreign countries during the current four years. Contains over 9 million records dating back to 1966.

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  • Merck Manuals

    The Merck Manuals, one of the world’s most widely used medical information resources is available for free in digital form in multiple languages to professionals and patients around the world.

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  • Merck Veterinary Manual

    For over 50 years, The Merck Veterinary Manual has been a trusted source of animal health information for students and practicing veterinarians. It contains authoritative guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of animal disorders and diseases. More than 1100 full-color images, audio examples, videos, and links to related information enhance the expansive coverage of companion, production, exotic, and laboratory animals.

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  • New York Times – The Athletic

    Follow in-depth, personalized coverage of your favorite sports with The New York Times All Access. Compliments of your Shaker Library. To activate your subscription, you’ll need to log in or register first.

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  • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection 

    This database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO.

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  • Science Reference Center 

    This wide range of topics (biology, chemistry, earth and space science, environmental science, health and medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science and society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife) satisfies the demand for standards-based content and provides teachers and librarians with articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards. It is designed to meet student researchers’ needs, with full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.

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