Databases About 'Health, Medicine, and Nursing'


Academic OneFile (Gale) - Full Text

Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. Covers the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN and the CBC plus full-text New York Times content from 1995 to present. Updated daily.

Resource Types: Journal and Magazine Articles


Academic Search Elite (EBSCOhost) - Full Text

Multidisciplinary with full text for more than 2,100 journals, including over 1,700 peer-reviewed titles covering virtually every area of academic study with backfiles as far back as 1985.

Resource Types: Journal and Magazine Articles


Alt HealthWatch (McGraw-Hill) - Full Text

Alternative health database with full text for more than 180 complementary and alternative medicine journals, reports, proceedings and newsletters plus hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, etc. Full text coverage dates back to 1990.


Consumer Health Complete (EBSCOhost) - Full Text

Provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books and magazine articles.


eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) - Full Text

Access to RFK library's collection of over 36,100 electronic books on EBSCOhost (formerly NetLibrary eBooks).

Resource Types: Books; Reference


ERIC (EBSCOhost)

Abstracting/indexing to education journals included in Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index - with linked access to more than 317,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966. ALL ED# articles up through June 2006 are available on microfiche in the RFK library.


ERIC (U.S. Dept of Education)

Bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text.


FirstSearch Databases

A collection of online databases, providing coverage of much of the journal literature for academic disciplines. Databases included are described on the database selection page

Resource Types: Database Gateway


General OneFile (Gale) - Full Text

News and periodical articles covering business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images.

Resource Types: Journal and Magazine Articles; News and Newspapers


General Science Full Text (EBSCOhost) - Full Text

Wilson's full text database - Select 'General Science (GS)' from the pull-down menu under 'Subject Area' - Nearly 100 journals designed for students and non-specialists.


Health & Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module

Contains nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles.


Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCOhost) - Full Text

Provides consumer health information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Accesses nearly 80 full text consumer health magazines.


Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost) - Full Text

Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.


JSTOR (Jstor) - Full Text

GSC's four JSTOR collections provide access to 471 full text journals. Our JSTOR collections are: Arts and Sciences II; Arts and Sciences III; Ecology & Botany; and Language & Literature. These collections cover a large number disciplines.

Resource Types: Journal and Magazine Articles


MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost) - Full Text

Multidisciplinary with full text for over 1,750 periodicals. Also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, over 164,474 primary source documents and an Image collection of over 453,000 photos, maps and flags.

Resource Types: Reference


Points of View Reference Center (EBSCOhost) - Full Text

Multidisciplinary - provides essays that present multiple sides of 200 controversial topics. Also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers.

Resource Types: Journal and Magazine Articles; Reference


Pubmed Central (US National Institutes of Health) - Full Text

PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.


West Virginia Encyclopedia Online

The West Virginia Encyclopedia is the comprehensive reference resource for the Mountain State of West Virginia. Based on the best-selling West Virginia Encyclopedia, e-WV offers thousands of articles on West Virginia’s people and places, history, arts, science and culture.

Resource Types: Reference


WVDeli (Overdrive) - Full Text

West Virginia Digital Entertainment Library Initiative. Download audiobooks, eBooks, music and video from a rapidly growing library collection of digital materials. Sign in by selecting Glenville State College from the library drop down list and using your ten digit college ID number. Call 304-462-4109 if you need help.

Resource Types: Books; Reference; Video and Music