LibGuides: HLTH 120G: Information Literacy for Health Professions: Home

Getting Started

Monarch OneSearch, the main search box on the library homepage is a great place to start with research for most topics! You can access it from our homepage, or by entering a few keywords into the search box below.

Databases

The databases linked below are the most common databases used in the Health Sciences. For a more comprehensive list, see the "Find Journal Articles" page of this guide.

Consumer Health Complete
Current (Restricted to VIVA/ODU)
Designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Current (Restricted to VIVA/ODU)
Provides full-text consumer health magazines, health-related pamphlets and health reference books. Also contains Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish) and generic drug patient education sheets from Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.
CINAHL Complete

Coverage varies (Restricted to VIVA/ODU)
Premier database for nursing and allied health literature along with evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons, and more. Try the PICOT search feature.