Cultural Competencies: Databases

Consumer health information for patients.

A web-based video streaming platform of high-quality health and medicine academic or archival videos (5000+). Sources include TED, PBS, BBC, National Geographic and others. The videos are organized into multiple broad subjects, then further divided into narrower subjects. Individual segments subdivide each video into discrete shorter units to target watching. Each video includes a transcript and a citation for attribution.

PsycINFO supplies access to international literature in psychology, mental health, and the behavioral sciences. The database is enriched with literature from related disciplines such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. All records from 1967 to the present are indexed using the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. Coverage 1800s to present.

CINAHL, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature database, is the core research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health.  Over 5,500 nursing and allied health journals, evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons, CEs, books, dissertations, conference proceedings, standards of practice, software, and more are components of this resource. Full text coverage dates from 1937 to present.

PubMed comprises more than 36 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Point of Care research tool. 40+ titles in medicine, nursing, and public health Browse by title or search/topic cross-search across all titles. Good for: students in all CDU programs Download citation to Endnote or create bibliography entry. Mobile-optimized version available.

AccessMedicine (McGraw-Hill Medical) is a comprehensive online resource that provides access to 200+ medical ebooks, in addition to videos and self-assessment tools.  Medical students have access to basic sciemce and placement resources. This platform assists residents, nurse practitioners, physician assitants, and physicians with quick access to authoritative information and the ability to brush up on their medical knowledge. Includes access to diagnosaurus, which provides differential diagnoses (DDx) of symptoms, signs, and diseases for over 1000+ differential diagnoses by symptoms, diseases, & organ systems.