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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."

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.

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.
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."
Access Physiotherapy
More than 20 physical therapy textbooks, test prep for the NPTE exam, and Quick Answers for quick reference in a clinical setting.
Access Medicine
Search through 85 clinical and educational resources. Some resources may require creation of a MyAccess account.

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

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."

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

A search strategy is a plan that will help you look for the information you need.

Identify the key concepts.
Determine alternate terms for these concepts, if needed.
Use Boolean operators to broaden or narrow your search.
- AND – narrows your search results
- OR – broadens your search results
- NOT – narrows your search results
Use wildcard and truncation sympbols.
- Symbols used depend on database (*, ?)
Use built-in subject terms (i.e., MeSH in MEDLINE, CINAHL Headings in CINAHL), thesauri and other indexes – use this specific language whenever possible.
Using bibliographies (works cited or reference lists) for other relevant articles, etc.
Refine your search to dates, studies, etc., as appropriate