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Databases
Use the links below to access OhioLINK, Ritter Library, and free databases that are appropriate for conducting research on Health and Physical Education topics. These databases allow precise searching of periodical articles on specific topics. Many of the cited articles will be available for viewing, downloading, or printing from within the citation. If the article is not available in the database that you're in, use 'Full Text Finder' to find the article in another database, on a periodical website, or to see if Ritter Library owns a print copy of the periodical. If the article is not available electronically or owned by Ritter Library in print, you can request a copy using the Interlibrary Loan Request Form.
Off-campus access: When selecting a database you will be prompted to enter your BW username and password.
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Access Medicine This link opens in a new window
Information necessary for completing evaluations, diagnoses, and case management decisions, as well as for pursuing research, medical education, or self-assessment and board review.
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Alt HealthWatch This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text covering complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
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Biological Abstracts (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Index and abstracts to international journal articles in biological and medical research.
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BIOSIS Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Index and abstracts to international books and meeting in biological and medical research.
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Case Files Collection This link opens in a new window
Each of the 23 Case Files is interactive, including a description of the case with opportunity to record impressions and ideas, relevant diagnostic pearls, and a summary of treatment. Each case provides a self-review quiz. Topics include : Anatomy, Anesthesiology, Biochemistry, Cardiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gynecologic Surgery, High-Risk Obstetrics, Internal Medicine, Medical Ethics & Professionalism,, Microbiology, Neurology, Neurosciences, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychiatry, and Surgery.
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CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text of the literature of nursing and allied health.
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Cochrane Library This link opens in a new windowThe Cochrane Library is a collection of seven databases focused on providing high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews includes all reviews prepared by groups in The Cochrane Collaboration. The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects contains abstracts of systematic reviews that have been quality-assessed. The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials includes details of published articles taken from bibliographic sources. The Cochrane Methodology Register is a bibliography of publications that report on methods used in the conduct of controlled trials. The Health Technology Assessment Database brings together details of completed and ongoing health technology assessments. The NHS Economic Evaluation Database assists decision-makers by systematically identifying economic evaluations. The Cochrane Collaboration database contains information on the 81 groups that make up The Cochrane Collaboration.
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Consumer Health Complete This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content; the resource is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Provided content covers all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. The Clinical Reference System and Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs are included. Updated weekly.
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Food Science Source This link opens in a new windowThis collection offers full-text coverage of information relevant to many areas that are integral to the food industry. This database offers cover-to-cover full-text coverage for more than 1,400 publications, including journals, monographs, magazines, and trade publications, all directly dealing with food industry-related issues. More than 1,000 key food industry and market reports are available.
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Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new windowInformation on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new windowIndex, abstracts, and full text focusing on many medical disciplines, particularly nursing and allied health.
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MedicLatina This link opens in a new windowMedicLatina is a unique collection of medical research and investigatory journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. This Spanish language database contains full text for 130 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish.
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MEDLINE (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive index for medical journals and provides full text for more than 1,370 journals. MEDLINE is the official library version of PUBMED.
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MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive index for medical journals and provides full text for more than 1,370 journals. MEDLINE is the official library version of PUBMED
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Includes access to over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical and reference publications (most full-text, the rest abstracted), primarily newspapers, magazines and journals. Covers local, regional and international newspapers (in English and non-English languages). Includes broadcast transcripts, case law, legal codes, regulations, Shepard's Citations to Supreme Court cases (back to 1789), company financial information, and SEC filings and reports.
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PubMed This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive index for medical journals and provides full text for more than 1,000 journals. This link to PubMed provides full-text links to articles owned by Ritter Library.
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Sage Business Cases This link opens in a new window
SAGE Business Cases is a robust digital collection of business cases providing faculty, students and researchers with unlimited access to thousands of authoritative cases from over 100 countries. Featuring both SAGE Original Cases and cases from twenty global content partners, the collection spans a wide range business and management disciplines from leadership and entrepreneurship, to family business and women in leadership. The platform allows for easy browsing, downloads, and sharing, and most cases include teaching notes and discussion questions to ensure effective classroom use.
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SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new windowIndex, abstracts and full text of articles and other publications on sport, fitness and related disciplines.
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UpToDate This link opens in a new windowUpToDate® is an evidence-based, physician-authored clinical decision support resource which clinicians trust to make the right point-of-care decisions. More than 5,100 world-renowned physician authors, editors and peer reviewers use a rigorous editorial process to synthesize the most recent medical information into trusted, evidence-based recommendations that are proven to improve patient care and quality.
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete , designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most comprehensive scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.
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All Databases A-ZComplete listings of all OhioLINK and Ritter Library databases, in alphabetical order.
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