College of Health Professions: Recommended Databases by Academic Major

CINAHL, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, draws information from more than 3000 journals. Some CLLS journals included in CINAHL are: American Laboratory; Clinical Laboratory Science; Clinical Laboratory Reference; Laboratory Medicine; MLO; and more.

This is the largest biomedical database, made freely available by the National Library of Medicine, that cross-searches over 5000 biomedical journals, including: American Journal of Clinical Pathology; Applied and Environmental Microbiology; Blood; Clinical Laboratory Science; Hematology; Infection and Immunity; Journal of Clinical Microbiology; Journal of Virology; Laboratory Medicine and more.

This database cross-searches the very large databases Academic Onefile and General Onefile, as well as other Gale Databases. Give this database a try when you have a challenging topic.

STAT!Ref is an online library of core reference books with broad coverage in the areas of medicine and allied health. Search for condition/treatment overviews, clinical information, drug information, consumer health information, medical acronyms/definitions, and more may be found in this database. Key CLLS books include: Clinical Laboratory Hematology, Guide to Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, and Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases

Over 1 million full text articles from medical journals and general interest health magazines, as well as reference sources, streaming video, audio, and images on health-related issues. Also includes topic portals on diseases and conditions, drugs, diagnostics and tests, and therapies, treatments, and surgeries.

Full text articles from over 3,800 journals on scientific and technical subjects from 1995 to present.