This resource is a freely accessible, national library of high-quality digital multimedia to support all levels of health sciences education.
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Locate measurement instruments such as surveys, questionnaires, tests, surveys, coding schemes, checklists, rating scales, vignettes, etc. Scope includes medicine, nursing, public health , psychology, social work, communication, sociology, etc.
Health Canada regulates drugs and health products in Canada. Find reports and publications, recalls, legislation and guidelines, and additional information.
Health Reference Center Academic provides access to medical and professional periodicals, health and fitness magazines, and reference books and pamphlets.
Latest edition of annual report on trends in health statistics published by the National Center for Health Statistics.
Search through publicly available data from national agencies. Search through datasets or by topic (community, health, quality, medicare, hospital, inpatient, national or state).
Consumer health website from the Office of Diesease Prevention and Health Promotion with over 1,400 health topics linking to government and non-profit organizations.
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.
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.
This system provides health information on American Indians and Alaska Native Elders. Includes policy, consumer health, and caregiver information.
Guidelines for United Kingdom (UK) National Health Services (NHS).
This page has information about the trends in dental caries for various age groups.
Health resource for older adults and their caretakers. Includes videos and health topics for older adults, and training resources for information providers.
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.
Free online health information from the US Government's medical research agency.
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.
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.
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.
Free access to hundreds of full-text books and documents in life sciences and healthcare.
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.
Searchable list of journals indexed by the National Library of Medicine. An excellent source for looking up journal abbreviations.
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.
Large collection of full-text online books in health sciences disciplines. Many titles allow limited simultaneous users.
A global registry of research data repositories and contents. This registry can be used to search for a data repository or datasets. Good for identifying data repositories for your own data or finding raw datasets.
Find data and full-text articles and patents on chemicals and chemical compounds, including properties, reactions, and structures.
Networking site for researchers and scientists.