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
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Health Sciences section provides the following coverage: medicine & dentistry; nursing & allied health professions; pharmacology, toxicology & pharmaceutical science; veterinary science & medicine.