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Provides quick demographic information, as well as links to programs, services, and legal assistance.
Data sets and products from reports submitted by individual licensed healthcare facilities. This government agency was formerly known as OSHPD (Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development).
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.
Data about California. Covers all areas, including demographics, education levels, health care, and industries. Use interactive tools on the site to create statistics.
Systematic reviews, plain language summaries, and planned reviews in crime and justice, disability, education, international development, knowledge translation and implementation, nutrition, and social welfare.
Comprehensive resource that includes links to national and international Health Technology Assessment web sites, drug and device regulatory agencies, clinical trial registries and other tools.
Data and information specific to Medicare, Medicaid, or specific health care topics or settings of care.
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.
This CDC publication gateway site provides free access to numerous government infectious disease publications such as Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Search clinical trials or browse by medical condition, therapeutic area, or location.
The Centre for Evidence-based Dentistry, established in 1995, is an independent body whose aim is to promote the teaching, learning, practice and evaluation of evidence-based dentistry world-wide.
This free chemical database collates structure and property information from both experiments and predictions. Also includes curated list of literature and datasets relating to a chemical.
Most comprehensive database of full-text for nursing & allied health journals from 1937 to present. Includes access to scholarly journal articles, dissertations, magazines, pamphlets, evidence-based care sheets, books, and research instruments.
Only includes research conducted outside of the United States.
International listing of clinical trials registers compiled by the York Health Economics Consortium, University of York, UK.
Online collection of ebooks, journals, guidelines, patient education handouts, drug monographs, images, and videos focusing on clinical health care. Includes MEDLINE full-text.
Registry and results database; includes information about publicly & privately funded studies including; completed & ongoing trials, research design, results, and contact information.
Collection of databases aimed at gathering and summarizing health research.
Constructed as a snapshot to identify health issues at the county level.
An integrated search environment for obtaining analysis on Congressional issues in the news and coverage of the status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering.
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is a consortium of North American universities, colleges and independent research libraries.
Part of Web of Science, Current Contents is a multidisciplinary current awareness Web resource providing access to complete bibliographic information from over 8,000 of the world's leading scholarly journals and more than 2,000 books.
The IARC Monographs identify environmental factors that can increase the risk of human cancer. These include chemicals, complex mixtures, occupational exposures, physical agents, biological agents, and lifestyle factors.
The Institute of Health Economics in Alberta Canada provides free access to web-based statistics generated by national and global agencies and research groups. Focus on Canadian and American statistics, with some international coverage.
Access 70,000+ digitized images from the U.S. National Library of Medicines (NLM) Prints and Photographs collection.
Online Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, an index of medical and scientific publications from 1880-1961; eTK, covering medieval Latin; eVK2, covering medieval English texts; and other selected historical resources.
Consumer-focused research evidence on safety of using medication while pregnant or breastfeeding.
The international standard diagnostic classification for epidemiological and many health management purposes.
Worldwide coverage of pharmaceutical science and practice literature. Includes coverage of drug development, pharmacoeconomics, toxicity, regulation, and technology.
Access the world's leading scholarly literature in the sciences and examine proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.
The ISRCTN (International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) registers all clinical research studies (proposed, ongoing or completed) and provides each one with a unique identifying number. All study records in the database are searchable and freely accessible.
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.