Databases: Health Sciences: Consumer Health

CHEMnetBASE VCU

A collection of chemical and chemical related dictionaries. It includes Handbook of Physics and Chemistry. The dictionaries are renowned for quick search for chemical and physical properties of compounds.

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry of clinical trials in the U.S. and around the world. Provides information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations and contacts for more details.

Consumer Health Complete VCU

Coverage: 2000 - present

Patient information covering all areas of health and wellness. Includes full-text books, journals, reports, pamphlets and drug information sheets. Videos, images, diagrams and animations are also included.

CRCnetBASE VCU

CRCnetBASE is a collection of over 6,000 electronic books that span over 40 disciplines in 34 separate collections. VCU Libraries does not subscribe to all the collections, but abstracts are available for all entries.

DIRLINE (Directory of Health Organizations)

Directory of over 8,500 organizations concerned with health and biomedicine.

Dissertations and Theses Full Text (ProQuest) VCU

Coverage: 1637 - present

Full text for most dissertations from 1997 to the present. Includes full text for some earlier dissertations, along with over 2.4 million dissertations and theses citations from around the world.

Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences VCU

Full text reference guide for those working in quality control, economics, probability and statistics as well as for those applying statistical methods in any discipline. Updated annually, with revisions and new articles added quarterly.

GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) VCU

Coverage: 1990s - present

Covers emerging green technologies, the environment, sustainability, energy systems, agriculture, climate change, population, and more.

Health Source: Consumer Edition VCU

Coverage: 1990 - present

Consumer health information from 80 full-text magazines, 130 health reference books and health-related pamphlets. Also includes drug patient education sheets from Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.

LactMed

Database containing over 450 drug records with information such as maternal levels in breast milk, infant levels in blood, potential effects in breastfeeding infants and on lactation itself, and alternate drugs to consider.

Medical Letter, The VCU

Coverage: 1988 - present

Searchable database of articles from The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics from 1988 - present. Also includes a drug interactions program, patient education brochures and two electronic handbooks.

MEDLINEplus

Extensive guide to health information resources. Includes common diseases and conditions, dictionaries, organizations, clearinghouses, publications, directories, consumer health libraries, MEDLINE and other medical databases.

Natural Standard VCU

Evidence-based, peer-reviewed information on complementary and alternative medicine treatments. Includes evaluation of therapies for specific conditions, herbs and supplements, and diet therapies.

New York Times VCU

Coverage: 1851 - 2006

More than a newspaper for an American city, the New York Times is an international record of national and world news, as well as personal stories of how events affect individuals.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context VCU

Coverage: 1980 - present

Full text access to differing points of view on current social issues. Includes essays, overviews, primary source documents, biographies, articles, tables, charts, graphs, podcasts, and images.

SpringerLink VCU

Coverage: 1990-present

Collection of world's leading interactive databases of high quality Science, Technology and Medicine journals, book series, books and reference works.

www.health.gov

Portal to the websites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other federal departments and agencies.