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Health Sciences Databases

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  • R2 Digital Library
    Medicine, nursing & allied health books.
  • Read by QxMD
    Requires individual account creation; select UW as institution in profile settings. Browse medical & scientific articles by specialty area. Follow individual journals or search PubMed. Also available as IOS or Android mobile app.
  • ResearchWorks at the University of Washington
    Articles, dissertations and theses, technical reports, datasets, images and other file types produced by UW faculty and researchers.

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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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