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Index to professional literature in nursing and allied health fields including veterinary technology, dentistry, nutrition, occupational health, biomedicine, medical imaging and therapies. Limited to 20 simultaneous users shared with CSU and UNC.
A database interface that searches for biomedical books, literature, technical reports, and consumer handouts in Allied and Complementary Health (AMED), PubMed, APA PsycArticles, Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI), and the Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence-Based Practice.
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Index of scholarly materials with comprehensive coverage of the sciences and socials sciences with some coverage of the arts and humanities. Includes citations and citation tracking for articles, journals, proceedings, conference papers, and more and is pulled from various collections. Includes links to Journal Citation Reports (JCR).
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