Good for: Researching published news, legal, medical, patents, and business information.
Contains: News, legal, medical, and business information.
Good for: Conducting academic research on all subjects.
Contains: Journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
Good for: Finding regional news articles and broadcast television transcripts.
Contains: Regional newspapers and transcripts.
Good for: Defining health and medical terms.
Contains: Health and medical dictionaries.
Good for: Finding medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, health care, and preclinical sciences articles.
Contains: Indexed citations and abstracts to journal articles.
Good for: Researching complementary, integrative health and alternative medicine.
Contains: Articles.
Good for: Researching consumer health information.
Contains: Articles.
Dates covered: 1985-present.
Good for: Accessing medical information.
Contains: Expert, peer-reviewed, physician-written health information.
Good for: Finding evidence-based information about natural therapies and medicines.
Contains: Information on herbs, dietary supplements, sports supplements, minerals, and vitamins.
Good for: Researching nursing and allied health topics.
Contains: Index of nursing and allied health literature.
Dates covered: 1982-present.
**Below are some great health-related statistical sources--but there's an easy way through Google to search for official health (and other) statistics.
After you type in your keywords, then type in: site.gov
Example: lung cancer statistics site:.gov
This will limit your search to only government (mostly Federal, but also state & local sources). Government sources are one of the top authoritative sources for health statistics.
CDC Women's Health Topics offers the latest news, research reports, statistics, and A to Z health topics about women’s health issues.
womenshealth.gov is published by the Department of Health and Human Services Office and provides articles as well as information on topics, such as pregnancy, women with disabilities, and body image.
National Women's Health Resource Center offers information about a variety of women’s health topics, the latest news, apps, blogs, and health management tools.
World Health Organization, Department of Gender, Women and Health addresses disparities in women’s health around the world.
GirlsHealth.gov gives adolescent girls reliable, current health information and motivates girls to choose healthy behaviors. Created by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS)
Food and Drug Administration Information for Women's Health offers tools, videos, safe medication programs, and other educational resources in English and Spanish.
Healthfinder.gov Women's Health offers A to Z health topics, National Health Observances, health news, conferences, and health care reform updates.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: CAM and Women's Health provides resources and clinical trial information about alternative therapies used to treat women’s health issues, such as menopause, osteoarthritis, and urinary tract infections.