UMGC Library: Health and Medicine: Resources

Recommended Databases for Health and Medicine

CINAHL Complete
Nursing, allied health, case management, consumer health, evidence-based practice, health administration, and related topics from 1937 - present.
MEDLINE
Articles about medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, etc., from 1965 - present.
PubMedCentral
Free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences articles at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Ebooks, journal articles, etc. about medicine and health, with an emphasis on nursing and allied health subjects, from 1987 - present.
Also includes the Clinical Pharmacology database, providing access to up-to-date drug monographs.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Consumer health information in popular periodicals, pamphlets, and reference books, from 1984 - present.
Also includes Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary.
ScienceDirect
Articles and books covering the physical sciences, engineering, life sciences, health sciences, social sciences, and humanities, from 1995 - present.
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Copyright and Terms & Conditions
'Copyright ©, Elsevier B.V., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED'
See the Elsevier B.V. TERMS & CONDITIONS WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
JSTOR
Articles and books from many subject areas (anthropology, art, business, education, history, literature, science, etc.) from the 1900s - present.

SAGE Knowledge: SAGE Reference eBook Collection
Online dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks.
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
UMGC Library's main collection of ebooks on a wide range of subjects. (Faculty: The ones indicating "Unlimited User Access" can be used for assigned course readings.)
See our help page for information on viewing and downloading ebooks.

Gale eBooks
Encyclopedias and other background reading in a variety of subject areas.

National Library of Medicine - NLM
Federal agency that provides information on health research and statistics, publications, and health topics.
PubMed
25 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books
Medicine and Health Sciences Commons
Open access/full text articles in Medicine and Health Sciences.
CDC-Center for Disease Control
Government agency that provides information on health topics, statistics and other publications related to public health and disease.
Healthfinder.gov
Department of Health and Human Services guide to reliable health care resources.
LOC: Locating Health and Medical Information
Library of Congress' guide to locating health and medical information.
National Institutes of Health
Authoritative health information

Articles

UMGC Library OneSearch
Simultaneously searches multiple Library research databases. Note: Does not include all databases.
Databases by Title (A-Z)
Alphabetized list of research databases.

Ebooks

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Searches approximately 90% of the Library’s ebook collection. Ebooks can be read online, and in some cases, downloaded.
Additional Ebook Collections
Access to additional Library ebook collections.

Print Books

Library Catalog
Searches the 17 University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI).