Health Science Indexes Related to the Field of Health

Academic Universe-Lexis Nexis
Location: MSU-Billings Library and most campus computers.
Content: Full-text
An index for selected newspapers, magazines, and journals. Academic Universe is especially useful for finding current news articles relating to health, health policy, and research. The Medical Abstracts section points to Medline (see below); the General Medical and Health Topics section covers selected magazines and journals; and the Industry and Market News section is an excellent starting point for health administration news.

ArticleFirst (1990-present)
Location: MSU-Billings Library computers and most campus computers
Content: Abstracts
An index to over 12,000 newsletter, magazine and journal articles in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture.

AskERIC (1966-present)
Location: Any computer with Web access.
Content: Abstracts
Index to education-related newsletters, magazines, journals, and ERIC Document microfiche.

CINAHL (1982-present)
Location: MSU-Billings Library and most campus computers.
Content: Abstracts with some full-text
Index to research and professional articles in nursing, allied health, biomedicine, and consumer health.

ERIC FirstSearch (1966-present)
Location: MSU-Billings Library computers and most campus computers.
Content: Abstracts, Resources in Education is full-text from 1996 to present.
Index to education-related newsletters, magazines, journals, and ERIC Document microfiche. Includes the ERIC thesaurus (a standardized list of subject terms)

GPO Catalog of Publications (1976-present)
Location: MSU-Billings Library and most campus computers.
Content: Citations
Index to US government publications, including publications about health, US government policy, and statistics.

Health Reference Center
Location: MSU-Billings Library and most campus computers.
Content: Abstracts with a lot full-text
Index to popular and research articles dealing with fitness, nursing, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health & safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, and other health topics.

Medline (1965-present)
Location: Any computer with Web access.
Content: Abstracts with some full-text
Index to research and professional articles covering medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care administration, and the pre-clinical sciences.

PsycInfo (1887-present)
Location: MSU-Billings Library and most campus computers.
Content: Abstracts
Index to research and professional articles in psychology, psychiatry, sociology, pharmacology, and linguistics.

SPORT Discus (1975-present)
Location: MSU-Billings Library and most campus computers.
Content: Citations
Index to the research and professional articles covering sports management, sports and rehabilitation, and athletics in schools.

SPORTQuest
Location: Any computer with Web access.
Content: Lots of full-text
Information about individual and team sports.

U.S. Internet Government Periodicals
Location: Any computer with Web access.
Content: Full-text
A full-text search engine for many of the U.S. Internet Government Periodicals. A work in progress with new periodicals still being added. Searchable by title, subject, or Sudoc number.