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Health Science Databases

CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Cochrane Library
DIRLINE : Directory of Health Organizations

Lists organizations willing to respond to public inquiries in their specialty areas, including toxicology, occupational health, and more.
EMBASE
ERIC (ProQuest Platform)
Global Health
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)
MEDLINE via OVID
MEDLINE via PubMed@UIC
PopLine

Database on reproductive health, population, family planning, and related health issues.
PsycArticles (ProQuest Platform)
Articles published by the American Psychological Association and Canadian Psychological Association. This is the new platform for PsycArticles. All existing CSA and ProQuest databases will be migrated to this platform.
PsycINFO (ProQuest Platform)
Psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, nursing, sociology, business, education, etc.
PubMed @ UIC
ScienceDirect

Platform for a wide variety of journals and e-books across all fields of natural sciences, applied sciences and technology, and social sciences.
Scopus

Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature with tools that track, analyze and visualize research.
Social Services Abstracts
Web of Science

Largest citation database in science, engineering, medicine and technology; also the social sciences, arts and humanities are represented. This resource was acquired with funding from the Library/IT Assessment.

Government and Public Policy Databases

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online

Theory and research in international affairs conducted by universities, NGOs, foundations, and independent societies.
CQ : Congressional Quarterly Researcher

Provides snapshots of current affairs. Single-themed reports are researched and written by experienced observers from a range of viewpoints. From 1923 to present.
International Digest of Health Legislation (by WHO)
Texts of national and international legislation.
LexisNexis Academic

News, business, government and law; business journals; broadcast transcripts; case law; law reviews; company information, etc.
LexisNexis U.S. Congressional Serials Set

U.S. Congressional Serials Set (1789-1997) is a full-text collection of periodicals compiled under directive of the Congress. It includes the Congressional Record.
Public Affairs Collection - CQ Press

Independent, nonpartisan coverage of vital public policy issues; statistical and historical analyses, and full-text historical documents and primary source materials.
Public Affairs Information Service International (PAIS)

Political, social, and public policy issues, especially any topics that are or might become the subject of legislation.
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

Roper Center is the world's largest archives of public opinion information with full datasets and tools required to conduct bivariate and multivariate analyses on archived surveys. This resource was acquired with funding from the Library/IT Assessment.