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CINAHL Complete
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Selected full text articles from nursing and allied health journals; includes Evidence-Based Care Sheets and Quick Lessons (concise overviews of diseases and conditions and their treatment options)
Nursing Full Text Plus
OVID; selected full text articles from nursing, medical, and allied health journals
MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO)
Selected full text articles from biomedical and related journals, with clinical guidelines and more from the National Library of Medicine
Nursing Resource Center
Selected full text articles from nursing/medical journals plus overviews of diseases, drug information, care plans, and more; a resource for students preparing to take the NCLEX-PN or the NCLEX-RN exam
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Selected full text articles from scholarly journals focusing on nursing and allied health professions; also includes drug information sheets from the American Society of Health System Pharmacists
Health and Society in Video
Streaming documentaries focused on health issues and their impact on society, including pediatric AIDS, the Obama administration’s healthcare plan, addiction, hospice care, Alzheimer’s disease, organ donation, malnutrition, and more
Health Reference Center - Academic
Selected full text articles from medical and professional journals, health and fitness magazines, and reference materials in support of nursing education and consumer health
Westlaw
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Full text statutes, codes, regulations, and case law, plus secondary sources including Black's Law Dictionary, law review journals, and more
Nexis Uni
Primarily full text for news sources from around the world, including broadcast transcripts, plus law review journals, statutory, case law, and other legal resources, company and industry information, current biographies, and more

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