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  • Academic Search Complete
    Scholarly and general interest sources in business, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and science and technology.
  • AccessGUDID
    The Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID) contains key device identification information submitted to the FDA about medical devices that have Unique Device Identifiers (UDI).
  • AccessMedicine
    Textbooks, images and illustrations, self-assessment, case files, and diagnostic tools.
  • AccessPharmacy
    Select a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, or search pharmacy references.
  • AccessPhysiotherapy (including F.A. Davis Physical Therapy Collection)
    Textbooks, procedures and exercise videos, and images for physical therapy education. Note: this resource is managed by a non-UW Library department and is included here as a courtesy. Access may be subject to change at any time.
  • ACCESSSS
    Federated search of clinical evidence-based medicine resources, from McMaster University. Free registration required.
  • AccessSurgery
    Textbooks, multimedia, images, drug information, quick answers sources.
  • Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
    Educational anatomy videos known for their realism, simple language, and three-dimensional quality.
  • ACM Digital Library
    Association of Computing Machinery journals, magazines, and conference proceedings.
  • AGRICOLA
    Food, nutrition, agricultural economics, veterinary medicine and parasitology.
  • Agricultural & Environmental Science Database
    (Proquest) Scholarly articles and other material covering environmental sciences. Formerly Environmental Science Collection.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Policy Search
    AAP Gateway search of publications and policies.
  • American Sociological Society (ASA) Conference Archive
    Search abstracts of ASA annual meetings from 2003 forward.
  • Animal Testing Alternatives (ALTBIB)
    Resources on alternatives to the use of live vertebrates in biomedical research and testing.
  • AP Images
    Millions of news photographs dating back to 1826, and more than one million audio sound bytes dating from the 1920's, among other digital resources.
  • ASTM Compass
    Engineering standards, technical reports, articles and books. Biomedical, chemical, environmental, health and safety, and industrial disciplines.
  • ATSDR ToxProfiles
    Toxicological profiles for hazardous chemicals.
  • AVON - Academic Video Online
    Over 70,000 documentaries and films spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music & more.

Select Databases

PubMed
(MEDLINE) Major index to articles covering all aspects of medicine.
Embase
(Elsevier) Biomedical international database with strong focus on drugs and pharmacology, medical devices, clinical medicine, and basic science relevant to clinical medicine. Saving, exporting, and emailing your results and searches requires a personal Embase account. This account is free, but it is a separate step from accessing Embase with your UW NetID.
Web of Science
Multidisciplinary database covering journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, with searchable cited references.
CINAHL Complete
(Ebsco) Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
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