Subject Guides: Public Health: Background Info

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ScienceDaily
Popular scientific news source that reviews current primary research studies. Includes citations and links to primary research articles.
National Science Foundation - News
View news releases for research sponsored by the National Science Foundation
Scientific American
Look here for recent news stories of interest.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)
A collection of sources on current events and social issues.

Access Science
AccessScience is an authoritative and dynamic online resource that contains incisively written, high-quality reference material covering all major scientific disciplines. An award-winning gateway to scientific knowledge, it offers links to primary research material, videos and exclusive animations, plus specially designed curriculum maps for teachers.

National Science Digital Library
NSDL is the National Science Foundation's online library of resources and collections for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and research.

PubMed Central
PubMed Central is an open access digital archive of life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
National Library of Medicine
The National Library of Medicine is the world's largest biomedical library. Includes access to MEDLINE, PREMEDLINE, and molecular biology databases from the Entrez retrieval system.

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (eLS)
eLS features over 4,900 peer-reviewed and citable articles in the life sciences. eLS is updated by approximately 400 articles per year, with new articles publishing on a monthly basis.

MedlinePlus
This website, created and maintained by the National Library of Medicine, provides information on over 600 health related topics, including medicinal plants and veterinary medicine.

UpToDate
An evidence-based, peer reviewed database of clinical information, covering more than 7,700 topics in 15 medical specialties and includes more than 80,000 pages of text, graphics, links to Medline abstracts, more than 260,000 references, and a drug database.

For educational use only.
Trip Database
Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care. As well as research evidence we also allow clinicians to search across other content types including images, videos, patient information leaflets, educational courses and news.
Cochrane Library (Wiley)
Designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care. Consists of a regularly updated collection of eight evidence-based medicine databases.

ECRI Guidelines Trust
ECRI Guidelines Trust™ is a publicly available web-based repository of objective, evidence-based clinical practice guideline content. Its purpose is to provide physicians, nurses, other clinical specialties, and members of the healthcare community with up-to-date clinical practices to advance safe and effective patient care. This centralized repository includes evidence-based guidance developed by nationally and internationally recognized medical organizations and medical specialty societies.
GuidelineCentral
Guideline Central is dedicated to providing healthcare professionals with evidence-based clinical decision-support tools that are current, practical, and easily accessible. We partner with over thirty-five medical societies and government agencies to provide quick-reference tools that physicians can rely on for credible guidance in the management of a medical condition.

Micromedex Healthcare Series
Provides a comprehensive knowledge base for use in clinical practice.

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Cold Spring Harbor Protocols (CSH)
Up-to-date and easy to follow protocols on research methods in genetics, bioinformatics, computational biology, immunology, and other laboratory biological sciences.
Springer Protocols
Large compilation of reproducible laboratory protocols and handbooks in life and biomedical sciences.
Testing & Education Reference Center (Gale)
Provides practice tests and study materials for graduate school entrance exams. Includes information on building resumes, applying for scholarships, career choices, and over 4,000 accredited colleges and universities.