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National Institutes of Health

NIH - Full Listing of Institute Websites
Find the Institute that focuses on your topic of interest, then visit that website.

Enter your topic in the search box for the latest news and articles.

Center for Disease Control
The nation's premier health-protection agency. The CDC tracks, analyzes, and mobilizes the health care response to disease.

REFSEEK is a special search engine designed by librarians. Find CREDIBLE websites here.

MedlinePlus
National Institutes of Health: Articles are written for patients, their families, and friends. Find facts, symptoms, methods of diagnoses, treatment options and more about diseases, conditions, and wellness topics.
MedLine Plus ENCYCLOPEDIA
Step by step walk through symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, and more.
PubMed Central
Articles are written BY scholars/doctors and FOR scholars/doctors. Good place to find solid research and new thinking on trends, causes, and treatments.
Tox Town
Consumer Friendly articles and links to other great websites on your topic.
Opiate Addition and Treatment
Overview of opioid addiction with links to many sites. Data, trends and statistics.

Using Google, enter your search term followed by this phrase: statistics site:.gov

Health Source Nursing / Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.
CINAHL This link opens in a new window
Nursing and allied health academic journals articles, popular magazine articles, and dissertations.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Articles on all topics, in all subjects, from journals, magazines, and more.
News & Newspapers - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
ProQuest’s collection of digitized news content, from the latest headlines and developments in contemporary politics, culture, health and technology, to historical coverage dating back to the 1700s.