Research and Subject Guides: Applied Health Sciences: Databases & Research Resources

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CINAHL Plus with Full Text
CINAHL covers literature related to nursing and allied health. If users happen to get the EBSCOhost Select New Service page, please go back to the Databases A-Z List and try accessing the database again until the CINAHL search page appears.

The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL) database provides authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health.
EMBASE : Excerpta Medica Database
Database in biomedicine which also excels in its coverage of pharmaceutical research. From 1974 to present. If you have problems with off campus access, use the UIC OpenVPN. To install, go to OpenVPN. This database may not be compatible with Safari.

EMBASE is an abstract and indexing database in biomedicine which also excels in its coverage of pharmaceutical research. It currently contains more than 15 million records from Excerpta Medica Database (1974 to present) and selected Medline records (1966-present). Currently the Library does not own the archives of Embase from 1947 to 1973.
MEDLINE via PubMed@UIC
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to MEDLINE citations and additional life sciences books and databases. From mid-1960s to present.

PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
PsycINFO
Psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, nursing, sociology, business, education, etc.

PsycINFO contains bibliographic citations and abstracts from materials in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Updated weekly.
Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Source
Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Source provides indexing for over 200 sports medicine and rehabilitation journals. If users happen to get the EBSCOhost Select New Service page, please go back to the Databases A-Z List and try accessing the database again.

Access Physiotherapy
AccessPhysiotherapy provides access to textbooks, modalities, videos and other resources for physical therapy students, educators, and those in practice seeking to maintain certification. Limited to 4 simultaneous users.

AccessPhysiotherapy features content from McGraw-Hill texts, interactive imaging content, exclusive multimedia, and flexible curricular tools.

http://eservice.mhprofessional.com/rt.asp?I=530DFX247E5X8&L=1191154
Cochrane Library
Independent medical evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain independent evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions.
* Cochrane Reviews, aka Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR)
* Other Reviews, aka Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
* Clinical Trials; aka Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
* Methods Studies, aka Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR)
* Technology Assessments, aka Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA)
* Economic Evaluations, aka National Health Service (NHS) Economic Evaluation Database (NHSEED)
* Cochrane Groups, aka About the Cochrane Collaboration
Ovid E-books on Health Sciences
If users happen to get an error message, please click the back button to return to the Databases A-Z page and then click on the Ovid link again. Core textbooks on health sciences: medicine, nursing, anesthesiology, etc.

These are E-books in Health Sciences, with an emphasis on Anesthesiology, published by Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. Acceptable use does not permit downloading, redistributing or transfer of any lengthy portions of the E-books.
Rehabilitation Reference Center
Rehabilitation Reference Center (RRC) is an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use by rehabilitation clinicians at the point-of-care. RRC provides therapists and students with available evidence for their information needs in the areas of: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, and more.
Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
The Video Atlas was originally intended to be used by individual medical and dental students. Because of its realism, simple language, and three-dimensional quality, the Video Atlas has become popular with students and teachers in many other fields and also with people not on a professional learning path who are looking for information about human anatomy.
Springer Protocols
Electronic database of reproducible laboratory protocols in the life and biomedical sciences, compiling protocols from Humana’s successful book series Methods in Molecular Biology, Methods in Molecular Medicine, Methods in Biotechnology, Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Neuromethods, and others.

Springer Protocols offers researchers access to nearly thirty years worth of step-by-step protocols for immediate use in their lab. Written by experts in the field with an emphasis on both comprehensiveness and ease of use, each protocol is organized in a recipe style. All SpringerProtocols are written by experts in the field identified and reviewed by distinguished editors in their specific subject areas. Prior to publication each protocol is reviewed for clarity, accuracy, and consistency by the subject editor.

Rehabilitation Reference Center
Rehabilitation Reference Center (RRC) is an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use by rehabilitation clinicians at the point-of-care. RRC provides therapists and students with available evidence for their information needs in the areas of: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, and more.
UpToDate
UpToDate is an online, peer-reviewed clinical decision support tool with topic reviews covering symptoms, tests and diagnosis, and treatment options for over 8,500 conditions. Off campus users do not need to log in to their account to access the database. In order to maintain uninterrupted access to UpToDate Anywhere, you must verify your continued affiliation with UIC from a campus network once every 90 days.
DynaMed
Evidence-based reference tool intended for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the point-of-care. This resource was partially acquired with funding from the Library/IT Assessment.

DynaMed is a clinical reference tool intended for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the point-of-care. DynaMed contains clinically-organized, evidence-based summaries and American Hospital Formulary Service (AHFS) drug information summaries.

Professional Development Collection (for educators)
Provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 600 full text education journals, 1965 to present. If users happen to get the EBSCOhost Select New Service page, please go back to the Databases A-Z List and try accessing the database again.

Professional Development Collection, designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 600 full text education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. Full text information in the Professional Development Collection dates as far back as 1965.
ERIC on EBSCOhost
You can also access ERIC through Ovid, FirstSearch, and the US Department of Education. See Databases A-Z list for these options.

ERIC is the world's largest education database. Published by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI).

Business Source Premier
Full text of more than 2,100 business and trade journals, some going back to 1965. Also includes company information and market reports. If users happen to get the EBSCOhost Select New Service page, please go back to the Databases A-Z List and try accessing the database again.

Business Source Premier offers full-text coverage in all business disciplines, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

ACM Digital Library
ACM Digital Library (formerly ACM Portal) offers full text of every article ever published by the Association for Computing Machinery.

Full text of every article ever published by ACM:

* Journals
* Magazines
* Transactions
* Proceedings
* Newsletters
* Publications by Affiliated Organizations
* Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
* ACM Oral History interviews
* Computing Reviews
* The Guide to Computing Literature
IEEE Xplore
IEEE journals and conference proceedings; Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) journals and proceedings; all current IEEE Standards.

Also known as IEEE Electronic Library, this database provides full-text access to a wide range of technology and engineering materials: transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988; Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) journals and proceedings; and all current IEEE Standards.

ISI Web of Science
Largest database of citations to scholarly journals in Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science. Includes helpful analysis tools.

The ISI® World of Knowledge provide access to current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references found in nearly 7000 of the world's scholarly journals from 1975 to present. The World of Knowledge includes the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, the Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Journal Citation Reports (1997 to present)
Resource for journal evaluation, using citation data drawn from scholarly and technical journals worldwide. See Web Of Science.

The Journal Citation Reports is a unique resource for journal evaluation, using citation data drawn from over 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide. JCR Web shows the relationship between citing and cited journals in a clear, easy-to-use framework.

http://admin-apps.webofknowledge.com.proxy.cc.uic.edu/JCR/JCR?SID=2FW5wL6lUoDzCbx3EMq&locale=en_US
Scopus
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature with tools that track, analyze and visualize research.

Scopus contains over 20,500 titles from 5,000 publishers worldwide with 49 million records, 78% with abstracts. It Includes over 5.3 million conference papers and provides 100% Medline coverage with interoperability with ScienceDirect, Engineering Village and Reaxys,

Academic Search Complete
Find journals and books in social sciences, humanities, science, medicine, technology and more. If users happen to get the EBSCOhost Select New Service page, please go back to the Databases A-Z List and try accessing the database again.

Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,500 publications, including more than 3,630 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, Academic Search Premier abstracts and indexes all 8,000+ journals included in the collection. This database offers articles and scholarly monographs in nearly every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and more. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1975.
EBSCOhost
Searching one database at a time is recommended when using EBSCOhost as a platform. Includes CINAHL, ERIC, Academic Search Complete, and more.

EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers.

The comprehensive databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, medical, corporate and school libraries.
Google Scholar
This is a search engine that focuses on academic output. This link is proxied for UIC users off campus so you can download full text.

This is a search engine that focuses on academic output. This link is proxied for remote UIC users. Google Scholar will recognize your UIC affiliation and provide links to download articles & more from the UIC Library collections.
JSTOR
Digitized back issues of scholarly journals with a rolling date of five years ago. Covers a wide variety of disciplines. A portion of this resource was acquired with funding from the Library/IT Assessment.

Collections of back issues of scholarly journals in the following disciplines: arts and sciences, business, ecology and botany, and general science.

Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
The Video Atlas was originally intended to be used by individual medical and dental students. Because of its realism, simple language, and three-dimensional quality, the Video Atlas has become popular with students and teachers in many other fields and also with people not on a professional learning path who are looking for information about human anatomy.
GAIT Tutorial
For access: Click Log In (top right) & Click to View
GAIT tutorial covers both Traditional and Rancho methods described. Detailed description and demonstration of each phase of the gait cycle including kinetics, kinematic and muscle activity. Each joint evaluated independently and in conjunction with other joints being tested. Self assessment quiz. This resource requires Adobe Flash Player version 9 or greater.
Health And Society In Video
Defines and explores today’s latest medical progress in health and wellness issues and their impact on society-- with hundreds of premium documentaries, profiles, reports, and interviews.
Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video
Covers the areas of fitness and health assessment, disease management, injury treatment, nutrition, medical fitness, sport science, work-site wellness, exercise adherence, and much more.

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Books and More

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Books from other Illinois libraries may be found and requested via the CARLI I-Share Catalog.

New Food Studies Resource!

Food Studies Online
Food Studies Online is a curated collection that provides archival content, ephemera, videos, and other materials that are relevant to food studies. Archival content comes from the National Archives and Records Administration. Ephemera includes educational pamphlets from food production companies, food labels, food advertisements, and recipe books. There is also a menu discovery service that searches more than 20,000 menus provided through the New York Public Library and the Los Angeles Public Library.

Unique Video Resources

GAIT Tutorial
Description and demonstration of each phase of the gait cycle.
Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
Excellent anatomy study tool.

PubMed@UIC

Google Scholar

RefWorks

Please note: The RefWorks Group Code may be needed for creating your RefWorks account from off-campus. Log in with your NETID and password to get the group code. Group Code for Creating Account, etc.

E-books

To find more UIC E-books by author, title, or subject, select Electronic Resources under Quick Limit when searching in our library catalog.

Library Catalog

Evidence-Based Practice

Applied Health EBP Tutorial

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Clinical Alerts
NIH Clinical Alerts and Advisories
Clinical Trials
Registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world
National Guideline Clearinghouse
The National Guideline Clearinghouse is a government resource for locating evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

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Applied Health Sciences: Databases & Research Resources

Top Resources (View discipline content tabs above for additional discipline-specific resources)

More Databases

Books and More

New Food Studies Resource!

Unique Video Resources

PubMed@UIC

Google Scholar

RefWorks

E-books

Evidence-Based Practice

Related Resources

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