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General Health

Alt-Health Watch (EBSCOhost)
A full text and image database of 160 international publications focused on all areas of alternative, holistic, complementary and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Dating back to 1990. Current CIIS ID number required for access off-campus.

Child Development & Adolescent Studies (EBSCO)
Contains references from biomedical and social sciences worldwide on the growth and development of children through the age of 21. This database includes all of the issues of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography from 1927 – 2001 (by the Society for Research in Child Development) plus new coverage on child rights and welfare issues. Includes abstracts of articles from hundreds of journals and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations. Current CIIS ID number required for access off-campus.

CINAHL
The definitive database for nursing and allied health research. Find information on Audiology, Nutrition & Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Respiratory Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, and Consumer Health. Current CIIS ID number required for access off-campus.

Combined Health Information Database (Internet)
Lists 10 individual topics with their government links. Topics are: Alzheimer's, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Deafness, Diabetes, Digestive Diseases, Kidney, Maternal and Child Health, Medical Genetics and Rare Disorders, Oral Health and Weight Control.

Ethnomed (Internet)
Ethnomed presents medical and cultural information on immigrant and refugee grous. Resources are present in several formats - print, video, and audio. Much of the information is specific to the Seattle area, but several parts have national and international applicability.

Health Care for the Homeless Resource Center (Internet)
The Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center offers front-line providers and program staff easy access to the most current research and information about clinical practices, funding opportunities, and legislative initiatives that impact their work.

MEDLINE (FirstSearch) or (WebSPIRS) or (PubMed)
Covers all areas of medicine, including clinical medicine, experimental medicine, dentistry, nursing, health services administration, nutrition, and much more. Indexes over 3,900 journals (most with abstracts). Now includes a backfile covering 1965-1984, increasing the coverage to 1965-present. PubMed also includes links to a number of journal articles and books that are available via the Internet. Off-campus use may require a password.

MedlinePlus Health Information (Internet)
Consumer oriented health information organized by health topic from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, and other government, non-profit and health-related organizations. Preformulated Medline searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to the medical research literature. It also includes a database of full-text drug information and an illustrated medical encyclopedia.

National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) (Internet)
NWHIC is a gateway to women's health information provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This site includes links to selected publications, NWHIC's Women's Health Information Resources database, health resources for women of color, and Web sites to government agencies and non-profit organizations that produce reliable health information for the public. The frequently asked questions on women's health cover over 100 topics from abortion to weight loss.

New Abstracts and Papers in Sleep (Internet)
NAPS is a free weekly Current Alerting Service for the sleep field. Subscribers to NAPS receive, each week, an E-mail Alert of new citations in their specific Areas of Interest. NAPS Archives contains all sleep and sleep-related papers for the current year. A search engine is available for searching by author, category, or keyword.

PubMed (Internet)
Published by the National Library of Medicine, PubMed is a publicly accessible version of Medline for more information go to MEDLINE

PubMed Central (Internet) Recently the National Institutes of Health, which funds a major portion of biomedical research in the U.S., added a requirement to its research grants that resulting articles must be available, free, within a reasonable period of time. PubMed Central is their suggested mechanism for this open access policy. It includes significant portions of many U.S. biomedical journals, starting c. 2000; also it has incorporated many British biomedical research articles published under a similar open access policy in the U.K.. This webpage is extremely useful if you already have a citation to a specific article. If you're looking to find articles on a topic,   Medline via FirstSearch , Medline via WebSPIRS , or the free Medline search engine ( Pubmed ) is a better choice than searching title-by-title.

Herbs, Drugs & Other Substances

Drugs@FDA (Internet)
Drugs@FDA is a Web site where you can search for official information about FDA approved brand name and generic drugs, both prescription and over-the-counter Use this database to find approval information, original FDA letters, equivalents, prescription labels, consumer information, and more.

The Herbalist
CD-ROM available at CIIS Library
A definitive source of information on therapeutic herbalism as practiced in Europe and as taught in North America. In addition to the comprehensive text on the basic principles of herbalism, human systems, herbal actions, and medical materials on each herb, there is a wealth of other interesting information including a glossary of herbal terms.

MAPS: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (Internet)
MAPS is a non-profit research and educational organization that assists scientists to design, fund, obtain approval for and report on studies into the risks and benefits of MDMA, psychedelic drugs and marijuana. Contains news, information about current research, conference proceedings, bibliographies, and more.

MedlinePlus Drug Information (Internet)
Information on thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications is provided through two drug resources: MedMaster™, a product of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and the USP DI® Advice for the Patient®, a product of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP). Contains information about brand names, composition, uses and doses, side effects, and more. Links to clinical trials and medical studies.

Plants for a Future (Internet)
This resource allows one to search more than 7,000 species of plants by name (botanical or common). You can also retrieve data based upon the edible, medicinal, or other uses of each plant, as well as by growing conditions. The entry includes range, habitat, any uses, any known hazards, special characteristics, cultivation, and propagation.

Toxicology Database Network (TOXNET) (Internet)
Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, is a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.

Nutrition

CINAHL (EBSCO)
The definitive database for nursing and allied health research. Find information on Audiology, Nutrition & Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Respiratory Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, and Consumer Health.  Current CIIS ID number required for access off-campus.