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CINAHL Complete
CINAHL®Complete is the world’s most comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo. CINAHL®Complete is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing & allied health literature.
Medline Complete
"MEDLINE Complete provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more."
Access Medicine
Search through 85 clinical and educational resources. Some resources may require creation of a MyAccess account.
Access Physiotherapy
More than 20 physical therapy textbooks, test prep for the NPTE exam, and Quick Answers for quick reference in a clinical setting.
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation publishes original, peer-reviewed research and clinical reports on important trends and developments in physical medicine and rehabilitation and related fields.
Clinical Access
ClinicalAccess, a clinical decision support tool, provides healthcare professionals with targeted, authoritative answers to 120,000+ questions encountered at the point of care - helping them to provide superior patient care while maintaining maximum speed and efficiency.
Cochrane Library
A collection of databases containing high quality, in-depth evidence to assist in healthcare decision making. Includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, which provides peer-reviewed systematic reviews and protocols.
Health & Wellness Resource Center Including Alt Health
Health And Wellness Resource Center With Alternative Health Module, Gale's comprehensive consumer health resource, provides accurate, authoritative information on a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative and complementary medical practices. Designed for researchers at all levels, its intuitive interface provides multiple pathways to information. New periodical and newspaper articles are added daily.

Health Science and Management Journals (via ProQuest)
Search both Proquest Health & Allied Science Source and ProQuest Health Management Journals at the same time.

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT) is dedicated to the advancement of chiropractic health care. It provides the latest information on current developments in therapeutics, as well as reviews of clinically oriented research and practical information for use in clinical settings.
Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Medscape
Medscape is a web resource for physicians and health professionals featuring peer-reviewed original medical journal articles, CME (Continuing Medical Education), a customized version of the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database, daily medical news, major conference coverage, and drug information—including a drug database (Medscape Drug Reference, or MDR) and drug interaction checker. All content in Medscape is available free of charge for professionals and consumers alike, but registration is required.

PsycINFO/PsycARTICLES
"The PsycINFO®, database, American Psychological Association’s (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. Journal coverage, which spans from the 1800s to the present, includes international material selected from around 2,500 periodicals in dozens of languages."

PubMed (Via the National Library of Medicine)
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

SPORTDiscus
"Provided by the Sport Information Resource Centre, SPORTDiscus offers comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines. This database contains well over 1.7 million records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800."

Anatomy and Physiology

Anatomy and Physiology Revealed
An interactive cadaver dissection experience and multi-media study aid.

Developing a Search Strategy

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PubMed Tutorial
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FPU's subscription to Medline is through EBSCOhost and contains many full-text articles.
My NCBI Training and Tutorials
CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Advanced Searching
CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Basic Searching
Using MESH Subject Headings
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