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Guide Overview

Provides access to information on the healthcare industry (local, national, international) - as well as related technology (medical devices/instruments). Includes resources with a focus on health and medicine.

Searching for Articles in Health & Medical Databases by Audience

ProQuest
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Place mouse on Health & Medicine icon to see the following broad categories, each of which can be searched individually: U.S. & Canadian health & medicine, health management, pharmaceutical news, psychology, clinical & biomedical topics, family health, nursing & allied health, career information on health & medicine, traumatic stress and mental health abstracts.

STAT News - Boston Globe Media
A national publication with stories about health, medicine, and scientific discovery. Written by health, biotechnology, and science journalists.

Boston Business Journal + More
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39 regional business journals are available for 23 states. Each business journal has a separate Book of Lists, which is a ranking of the largest businesses with comparative data. Health content varies by geographic location, reflecting the business climate. Example: The BBJ Book of Lists covers health plan providers, hospitals, life science companies and medical device companies.
Factiva
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Click on INDUSTRY (left-hand column) to reveal industry categories. Expand on Health Care/Life Sciences industry category to see topics covered. For geographic coverage, click on REGION and repeat the above procedure.

Medline - EBSCOhost
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For authoritative medical information using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) to search 5,600+ biomedical journals. Covers medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences and more. Created by the National Library of Medicine.
Science Direct
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The Health Sciences section provides the following coverage: medicine & dentistry; nursing & allied health professions; pharmacology, toxicology & pharmaceutical science; veterinary science & medicine.