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CONTENT: ERIC indexes education journals on topics in education including: adult, career, and vocational education, information and technology, assessment and evaluation, language and linguistics, disabilities and gifted education, reading and communication, educational management, teachers and teacher education, elementary and early childhood education, urban education, higher education and many more.
RESOURCE TYPES: Journal articles, research papers and books.
COVERAGE: Updated monthly. It contains more than 1,000 journals and other materials dating from 1966 to the present. Compiled by the U.S. Department of Education.
CONTENT: Citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from thousands of news magazines, professional journals, leading newspapers, and popular publications. Subject specific database portions include: business, education, humanities, interdisciplinary, medical, news, psychology, biology, science, social science, and technology and more.
RESOURCE TYPES: Scholarly and popular articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals. Books are full-text in the fields of health and business.
COVERAGE: Covers over 13,000 periodicals/publications, divided by subject areas/databases to allow focus of searching. Dates differ for every periodical, most cover the current three years.
CONTENT: Citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from thousands of news magazines, professional journals, leading newspapers, and popular publications. Subject specific database portions include: business, education, humanities, interdisciplinary, medical, news, psychology, biology, science, social science, and technology and more.
RESOURCE TYPES: Scholarly and popular articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals. Books are full-text in the fields of health and business.
COVERAGE: Covers over 13,000 periodicals/publications, divided by subject areas/databases to allow focus of searching. Dates differ for every periodical, most cover the current three years.
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Private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, and industry reports/profiles. Search by Company (Name or Ticker), People, or Industry. The database provides access to contact information for over 250 million U.S. consumers using White Pages Pro data; a Job Search; and Nielsen Demographic Reports in PDF on a specific geographic area; and Key Business Ratios on the Web. Mergent is powered by D&B's Hoover's.
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Data, reports and news.
COVERAGE:
The North American Database covers over 70 million U.S. and 3.5 million Canadian private businesses, over 6500 U.S. public companies, and over 12 million home base businesses. The Job Search Solution Database covers over 20 million U.S. employers and 400,000 employers in Canada, as well as a Veterans Job Search Database. The Global Database covers over 245 million global private businesses, while the Industry Database gives access to over 900 industry segments via First Research.
Health science/medical textbooks in all major medical specialties. Some of the titles included are Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine, and LANGE Basic Science and Clinical Libraries. Drug Information that users can search by the drug’s generic name, trade name, or class is also part of this database.
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Full text medical reference textbooks, with images; a differential diagnosis tool called ‘Diagnosaurus’ which allows users to browse more than 1,000 differential diagnoses; QMDT (Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment), an outline of the most common medical conditions with a quick, concise answer; Diagnostic test section from Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests; Video/Audio on bedside and office-based procedures, diagnostic tests, treatments and conditions; Case Files; Self-Assessment Tools such as practice tests and flashcards; and Patient Education Handouts.
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Most recent editions of more than 85 medical reference textbooks.
CONTENT: Nursing, allied health disciplines, cardiopulmonary technology, emergency services, health education, med/lab technology, medical assistance, medical records, occupational therapy, physical therapy, radiologic technology, respiratory therapy, surgical technology, and physician's assistant.
RESOURCE TYPES: Journal articles, medical text books, nursing dissertations, educational software, legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, audiovisuals and book chapters.
COVERAGE: Indexes more than 3,000 journals in the field of nursing and allied health, dating back to 1981.
