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A suite of peer-reviewed, open-access journals in all areas of the biological sciences, includes titles such as BMC Biology, BMC Medicine, Malaria and BMC Infectious Disease. Good for finding high-quality, open-access literature on a variety of topics.

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BMJ Best Practice

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Evidence-based overviews of medical topics, continually updated. Includes calculators and patient handouts. Create personal account to claim CME credits.

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Exam Prep for Nursing, Advanced Practice Nursing, Medical, and Dentistry.

Use your @usc.edu e-mail address and register as a Nurse/Advance Practice Nurse or Medical Student to gain access.

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Books@Ovid

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eBook collection with access to over 800 major medical and allied health texts and handbooks.

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Data from state-wide telephone based health survey. Topics include health, housing, access to care, employment, insurance, food environment, etc. Access requires free AskCHIS account.

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This is the CDC's main site, with links to a myriad of popular topics, publications, and research tools. Provides access to complete information about the agency and its various components, as well as funding, statistics and publications.

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ClinicalKey

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Online collection of ebooks, journals, guidelines, patient education handouts, drug monographs, images, and videos focusing on clinical health care. Includes MEDLINE full-text.

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Registry and results database; includes information about publicly & privately funded studies including; completed & ongoing trials, research design, results, and contact information.

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Cochrane Library

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Collection of databases aimed at gathering and summarizing health research.

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Free peer-reviewed publication and repository produced by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) with teaching materials, assessment tools, and faculty development resources. Good for finding new lesson plans and inspiration for teaching.

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MEDLINE (Ovid)

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Access to MEDLINE database through Ovid. Citations to articles related to clinical and research information in the bio-medical sciences. Coverage ranges from 1946-present.

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Consumer health information. This US-government-produced website provides free medical information and is written for a non-professional audience. Also available entirely in Spanish.

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Consumer health information. This US-government-produced website provides free medical information and is written for a non-professional audience. Also available entirely in English.

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MedOne ComSci

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Communication science, speech pathology, and audiology database comprising of E-books, E-Journals, Cases, Images and Videos.

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Collection of medical and scientific ebooks and online full-color atlases with drawings, photos, and illustrations of the human body and biological processes.

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MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) is the NLM controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing articles for PubMed. Use to find preferred terms for searching PubMed, or as a medical taxonomy.

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