Databases

Pre-Medicine

Subject Specific Databases:

BioMed Central
Access: Unrestricted
Coverage: 1997-present
Content: Full-text from an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. Over 100 journals are available; titles include BMC Biochemistry, BMC Ecology, Current Psychiatry Reports, Journal of Biology, and Nutrition Journal.

Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
Access: InfoTrac, network restricted
Coverage: 1980-present
Content: Full-text, abstracts, and indexing of magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, national health and safety, prescription drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases.

Health Reference Center Academic
Access: InfoTrac, network restricted
Coverage: 1980-present
Content: Full-text, abstracts, and citation indexing for scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers on health topics similar to those in the Wellness Resource Center.

Nursing and Allied Health Collection
Access: InfoTrac, network restricted
Coverage: 1980-present
Content: Includes nearly 400 titles, this collections current and authoritative content will be of use to both nursing professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.

Project Muse
Access: Network restricted
Coverage: varies (most titles cover the previous 2-5 years)
Content: Full-text Medicine and Health titles include: Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, and more.

PubMed (Medline)
Access: Unrestricted
Coverage: varies (most titles include the past five years)
Content: PubMed is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.