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Find medically-focused summaries describing herbal, vitamin, and supplement products. Patient-focused information includes side effects and uses. Health care professional-focused information includes mechanism of action, interactions, and scientific references.

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Abstracts in Social Gerontology includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, and other key areas of relevance to the discipline.

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AccessAnesthesiology

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Textbooks, study tools, guidelines, cases, drug information, multimedia (videos, animations, images). Focus on anesthesiology, pain management, critical care, and perioperative medicine. Some features require a free MyAccess profile.

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AccessMedicine

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Provides access to a wide range of medical textbooks, board review books and clinical support books. In addition, there are self-assessment modules with case studies and multiple choice questions. Good for study and review of basic medical topics.

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Textbooks, handbooks, cases, drug information, study tools, board review, multimedia (videos, animations, images). Focus on pediatrics and neonatology. Some features require a free MyAccess profile.

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Textbooks, drug monographs, quizzes, flashcards, videos, cases, and calculators, selected for relevance to Pharmacy education.

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Comprehensive physical therapy resource that contains a collection of 30+ ebooks, images, videos, and study tools.

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Textbooks, handbooks, cases, drug information, study tools, board review, multimedia (videos and images). Focus on surgery, orthopedics, critical care, and trauma. Some features require a free MyAccess profile.

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AGELINE

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Content focus on social gerontology, which is the study of aging in psychological, health-related, social, and economic contexts. Includes abstracts of over 200 academic journals, books, book chapters, and dissertations from 1978 to present.

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Government resource including broad coverage of: health topics, Evidence-based Practice Center reports, US government programs, research tools, data and statistics, grants, consumer health.

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Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics report of aging statistics organized into six subject areas: population, economics, health status, health risks and behavior, health care, and environment.

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Alt HealthWatch

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Includes academic journal and magazine articles, reports, association and consumer proceedings, and book excerpts covering alternative and complementary therapies, including homeopathy, herbalism, nutrition, and traditional Chinese medicine from 1990 to the present.

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Founded in 1937, the American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD) provides a focus for meeting the challenge to improve oral health. AAPHD membership is open to all individuals concerned with improving the oral health of the public.

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The mission of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is "Advancing the Practice and Securing the Future". ASA offers members the education, research and practice management tools they need to serve their patients and their profession.

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Comprehensive public collection of high quality, peer-reviewed hematologic images presented in digital and case-based format, useful for reference or instruction. Includes atlas and reference cases.

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Annual Reviews

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Provides comprehensive, in-depth review articles on topics ranging from basic sciences to the clinical sciences. These reviews are best used as introductions to new research topics.

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Some drugs could be dangerous if not dispensed, stored, or used properly. The FDA requires that pharmacists must use approved strategies to reduce these risks. This database includes the full text of all required risk evaluation and mitigation strategies for US-approved drug products.

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SAGE Data

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Sage Data (formerly Data-Planet) is an interactive database that allows users to create tables, maps, and figures from a variety data sources covering banking, criminal justice, education,energy, food and agriculture, government, health, housing and construction,industry and commerce, labor and employment, natural resources and environment, income, cost of living, stocks, transportation, and more.

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Streaming video that supports teaching, learning, and research at all levels. Intended to support key course needs; videos within each collection are mapped to curricula to meet specific course, programs and degree outcomes.

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The Science Citation Index, a part of the Web of Science, is a multidisciplinary database of bibliographic information indexed so that you can search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address.

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This search engine provides access to free journal articles, peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts, and reports of research funded by federal science agencies. Topics include health and science, agriculture, environment, informatics, etc.

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SciFinder

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Articles, patents, and white papers describing chemicals. Includes information on structures, reactions, compounds, drug development, and manufacturing. Requires separate login. Go to USC's create an account page to register.

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Scopus

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Large abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature in science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Includes bibliometrics tools to track, analyze and visualize research.

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Searches a number of ProQuest social science databases (including ERIC, GenderWatch, PsycInfo, and Sociological Abstracts).

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Social Work Abstracts

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Abstract database of social work literature from 1977 to present. Topics include homelessness, child and family welfare, AIDs, aging, substance abuse, community organization, and more.

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An information resource for social workers and mental health professionals. It covers a wide array of topics such as adolescent health, aging, end-of-life care, clinical social work and diversity.

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Sociological Abstracts

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Abstract database of sociology and social and behavioral sciences literature from 1952 to present. Includes journal articles, conference papers, books, and dissertations.

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The Special Care Dentistry Association serves as a resource to all oral health care professionals who serve or are interested in serving patients with special needs through education and networking to increase access to oral healthcare for patients with special needs.

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SPORTDiscus

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Comprehensive database for sports & sports medicine literature. Includes international literature, conference proceedings, audiovisuals and more. Coverage dates back to 1985.

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A database of lab protocols pulled from Methods in Molecular Biology and other sources covering a wide range of biological sciences focus areas. Good for finding well-established protocols for lab use.

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Published between 1879-2012 by the U.S. Census Bureau, sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations. Ceased publication after 2011.

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Surveys & Data

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This resource is from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and provides data and analysis on a broad range of topics related to medical education including medical school enrollment surveys, faculty salaries, and the physician speciality data book.

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