Find Databases

eBooks on EBSCOhost

Proxy Required
This web site provides access to the full-text content of 4,274 e-books purchased by the USC Libraries from netLibrary.

More Info

Tags
  • Architecture, Art & Design ,
  • Cinematic Arts ,
  • Course Guides ,
  • Engineering & Computer Science ,
  • General Reference & Research Help ,
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Languages & Literatures ,
  • Performing Arts ,
  • Philosophy
Find summaries of high-quality guidelines from state, federal, and international agencies. Requires free registration. Similar to National Guideline Clearinghouse.

More Info

Tags
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Nursing ,
  • Pharmacy
Access to over 39,000 eBook titles including biomedical science and medicine, pharmacology, neuroscience, psychology, social sciences and more.

More Info

Tags
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Medicine

Embase

Proxy Required
Embase provides access to over more than 29 million citations for biomedical articles and conference proceedings. This version has been customized for USC users to find the full-text of articles from library holdings.

More Info

Tags
  • Clinicians ,
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Medicine ,
  • Nursing ,
  • Pharmacy
Europe's primary nucleotide sequence resource. (Users in the U.S. users may prefer to use NCBI GenBank site for sequence retrieval). Also known as EMBL-Bank; constitutes Europe's primary nucleotide sequence resource.

More Info

Tags
  • Bioinformatics ,
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Statistics & Data
Searches across 39 molecular and literature database maintained by NCBI (the National Center for Biotechnology Information). Results are listed by database so a single search can lead to discover of different types of data. Good for a broad overview.

More Info

Tags
  • Bioinformatics ,
  • Government Information ,
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Statistics & Data

ERIC (OCLC)

Proxy Required
The ERIC database is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Education covering journal articles and reports including published and unpublished sources on education with some documents being full-text.

More Info

Tags
  • Biological & Life Sciences ,
  • General Reference & Research Help ,
  • Health Sciences
This organization approves and regulates human and veterinary medicines in the European Union (EU). Find detailed information on approved drugs, news about the EMA, and information on how drugs are tested and regulated in the EU.

More Info

Tags
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Medicine ,
  • Pharmacy
Search for protocol and results information on interventional clinical trials conducted in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA); and those conducted outside the EU / EEA that are linked to European paediatric-medicine development.

More Info

Tags
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Medicine ,
  • Pharmacy

Exam Master Online

Proxy Required
Provides timed practice tests for the NAPLEX, USMLE, PANCE, NBDE, and other health sciences licensure tests. Tracks progress and allows for user created exams using its questions bank. Requires individual registration with an USC e-mail address. This is good for self-testing.

More Info

Tags
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Medicine ,
  • Pharmacy ,
Public domain and copyright protected images collected to assist in communicating complex meanings and issues through photographs. Check each image to determine use and availability.

More Info

Tags
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Medicine
An international collaboration of cancer centers offering information for patient care, research, consumer health, and patient education. A free login is required to access some content.

More Info

Tags
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Medicine
This system provides health information on American Indians and Alaska Native Elders. Includes policy, consumer health, and caregiver information.

More Info

Tags
  • Gerontology ,
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Public Health
Health resource for older adults and their caretakers. Includes videos and health topics for older adults, and training resources for information providers.

More Info

Tags
  • Gerontology ,
  • Government Information ,
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Public Health
Images from the collections of the 27 institutes and centers that comprise the NIH. Includes general biomedical and science-related images, clinicians, computers, patient care, and microscopy.

More Info

Tags
  • Government Information ,
  • Health Sciences
Data collected by state cancer registries enable public health professionals to understand and address the cancer burden more effectively. CDC provides support for states to maintain registries that provide high-quality data.

More Info

Tags
  • Government Information ,
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Medicine ,
  • Public Health ,
  • Statistics & Data
Library of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). Includes articles, reports, guides, and more. Includes international research previously searched via CIRRIE.

More Info

Tags
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Physical Therapy

Natural Medicines

Proxy Required
Evidence-based monographs and clinical summaries for alternative and complementary therapies, including herbs, vitamins, dietary supplements, and integrative therapies. Includes information from Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, and other holistic wellness systems.

More Info

Tags
  • Clinicians ,
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Nursing ,
  • Pharmacy ,
  • Physician Assistants
Free access to hundreds of full-text books and documents in life sciences and healthcare.

More Info

Tags
  • Health Sciences
The NIH's genetic sequence database of all publicly available DNA sequences. This database is not curated and all gene annotations are from the original submitter. Good for finding raw gene sequences.

More Info

Tags
  • Bioinformatics ,
  • Health Sciences ,
  • Statistics & Data
Containing millions of bibliographic records, this database is the preeminent resource for accessing the latest research sponsored by the United States and select foreign governments. The database represents billions of dollars in research. Contents include research reports, computer products, software, video cassettes, audio cassettes and more. The complete electronic file dates back to 1964.

More Info

Tags
  • Health Sciences