Databases

Databases are collections of articles and other resources that gathered together so that they are easily searchable. You can use databases to help you find scholarly or academic sources for your assignments.

For information on how to use databases, please see the following guides:

Scholarly Journals (Guide)
Discusses the different types of articles you might encounter.
Choosing a Database (Guide)
Tips for selecting the best database for your topic.
Constructing Searches (Guide)
Things to remember when searching in databases or catalogs.
Advanced Searching (Guide)
Tips for using the advanced search features in search engines, databases, and catalogs.

General/Multi-disciplinary

EBSCOhost
Portal to all EBSCO databases including Academic Search Complete, Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition, and more; select as appropriate from this entry page.

EBSCOhost (Guide)
Tips and information for using the database EBSCOhost.

Research Library (ProQuest)
Reference works, Scholarly journals, Trade publications, and important General interest magazines covering core academic subject areas. Help Guide available.

ProQuest (Guide)
Tips for using the ProQuest database.

Health and Wellness

Health Business Fulltext (EBSCO)
Full text articles of 130 periodicals exploring the business of health care administration. Search using the standard EBSCO interface.
Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
Consumer health information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
Scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines as well as consumer medication information and patient education sheets

Medical and Nursing

Biomedical Reference Collection
This database provides full text for over 100 journals in a variety of areas pertaining to medical study. All titles included in the Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic Edition are indexed in MEDLINE.
CINAHL (EBSCO)
Academic and professional journals, magazines, books, theses, and CEUs for Nursing and allied health professions.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
Scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines as well as consumer medication information and patient education sheets
Medline with Full Text (EBSCO)
MEDLINE with Full Text provides the authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences found on MEDLINE, plus the database provides full text for more than 1,470 journals indexed in MEDLINE.

Consumer-Focused

AHFS Consumer Medication Information (EBSCO)
Drug information written for consumers from the AHFS (American Hospital Formulary Service). Search by condition or drug name. English and Spanish versions. Includes How To instructions for administering medications; also Beers Criteria identifying adverse effects in elderly.
Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
Consumer health information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health