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Relevant Library Databases
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Dynamic Health CDS and Skills This link opens in a new windowUse Patient Handouts link in the blue bar near the top of the page to find plain language descriptions of diseases and conditions. You can also download the descriptions as a PDF in English and Spanish.
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DynaMed This link opens in a new windowA clinical reference tool for physicians and healthcare professionals for use at the point-of-care. (NVCC)
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CINAHL Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive resource for nursing and allied health literature. Search options include peer-reviewed journal articles, evidence-based care plans, case studies, and more. (VCCS)
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PubMed This link opens in a new windowA free resource that allows you to search millions of journal citations and abstracts across the health sciences.
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Health and Medicine (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowOffers full text peer-reviewed nursing and allied health journals, magazines, and newsletters, and multimedia resources such as audio files and videos of medical procedures and live surgeries. (NVCC)
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowPeer-reviewed, full text journals representing many medical disciplines. Includes Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary and Lexi-PALS Drug Guide, a collection of drug patient education sheets. (VIVA)
Selection of Relevant Journals
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American Journal of Epidemiologyfrom 1996 to present
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Centers for Disease Control & Prevention [CDC] Documentsfrom 09/30/2005 to present
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COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseasefrom 05/01/2004 to present
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Emerging infectious diseases (CDC, NCID)from 1995 to present
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HIV Medicinefrom 1999 to present. For most recent issues, select Wiley Online Library.
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Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report [MMWR]from 1984 to present
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Primary Care Diabetesfrom 2007 to present
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Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseasefrom 2003 to present