Optometry: Database Recommendations

3D interactive models of human anatomy as well as media, x-rays, MRIs, animations, and live-action movies. Video clips can be downloaded for use in presentations.

Over 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and ebooks that may link to full text content. Some articles, journals, and books are Open Access.

Citations for over 335,000 articles from 1984 to present on subjects such as optometry, ophthalmology, medical sciences, contact lenses, reading, learning disabilities, aging, perception, and practice management.
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Citations for over 3,000 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health from 1981 to present on nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Also includes health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals, and book chapters.

Contains different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making and provides information about Cochrane groups.

Cross-searches numerous Gale databases, including health/medical databases, as well as other databases with a variety of subject-area coverage.

Over 26 million full text articles and citations from over 2500 publications such as journals, references books, and pamphlets. Also includes hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries, as well as Topic Finder to visualize which words and subjects are found most frequently in the text of your search results.

Comparative charts and drug information for on-label and off-label use, affect on pregnancy and lactation, and risk mitigation. Also includes herbal information, boxed warnings, manufacturer index, medication guides, and immunization schedules. Drug reports searchable by adverse reaction, indication, and contraindication.

Information with links to citations and full text articles on over 90,000 commercial natural products including product data, effectiveness, safety, drug interactions, and adverse effects.

This database has the AAO Basic and Clinical Science Course Ebooks, so may be a best bet to search optometry topics.

Over 3 million full text articles from 1,000 reference titles such as subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also includes over 1,100 short reference videos and over 450,000 high-resolution art images, photographs and maps. Depicts relationships between topics with its Mind Map tool and offers Topic Pages as a good starting point for further research.

Ebooks from general and scholarly sources, including University Presses and other top publishers, on subjects such as agriculture, architecture, biology, business, chemistry, computer science, fine arts, education, engineering, environmental studies, geography, geology, history, hospitality, law, literature, manufacturing, nursing, pharmacy, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, and social science. Each ebook includes tools for creating citations, note-taking, highlighting, and bookmarking.

Searchable medical and allied health reference ebooks.

Freely available! Another database made available through the National Library of Medicine, this database has health information on over 1000 topics with information oriented toward patients.

Full text of and citations for over 500 publications on health and wellness topics from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine.

Detailed answers to the 200 most-commonly-asked health questions. Available in 17 languages. Answers are provided in evidence-based reports that feature graphics, illustrations, easy-to-read text and links to additional information.

Full text articles from over 190 journals and citations for over 200 general health publications on topics such as nutrition, medicine, and sports medicine. Also includes full-text searching of current health pamphlets.

**Note: To find patient-oriented information, first run your search, and then use the top filter to the left of the results that defaults to All Titles and change that filter to Patient Information.

Over 26,000 streaming videos including thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films, and theatrical releases. Highlights include: the Criterion Collection, PBS, Kino Lorber, New Day Films, The Great Courses, and California Newsreel.

Searches journals, books, and multimedia in scientific, medical, and healthcare disciplines including a large collection of videos available under the multimedia tab.