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Beginning your research:
To find journal and newspaper articles:
(Please note: These resources provide full text items and citations. Full text furnishes the entire article; citations direct you to where you may find the actual article in a printed resource or another database.)
    Journal databases:
  • EBSCOhost consumer health-oriented databases - Select one of the following databases from the list displayed
    • Alt-HealthWatch
    • Clinical Reference Systems
    • Health Source: Consumer Edition
    • USP DI Volume II Advice for Patients (drug information)
  • MEDLINEplus (for quality literature written for the consumer)
  • PubMed (for quality professional health and medical literature)


  • Newspapers:
  • ProQuest - searches a variety of newspapers including the following titles:
    • Deseret News (through Eccles Library)
    • Salt Lake Tribune (through Eccles Library)
    • New York Times (through Marriott Library)
    • USA Today (through Marriott Library)
    • Wall Street Journal (through Marriott Library)
    • Washington Post (through Marriott Library)

To find statistics:
A few good websites to start your research:

Helpful tutorials and evaluation Guides:
  
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Class Evaluation Link 
Be sure to click Submit when done, then click Exit this survey link in the upper right corner.

PubMed Tutorial Reviews process for searching PubMed to find the evidence to support clinical decision making. Produced by an Interdisciplinary Team of faculty at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center.

Who Named It? is a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms.

Use Skype to Connect with Colleagues 

LibraryThing.com Tag and keep track of your favorite books.

DynaMed is an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use at the 'point-of-care'. Available in PDA.




 
 
 
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