Secondary Resources
- Scopus This link opens in a new window
Citation data, journal impact metrics, and journal indexing. Includes all of MEDLINE and Embase. - CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) Complete This link opens in a new window
Nursing and allied health database - SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
Engineering, materials, biochemistry, synthesis & reactions, journal articles, patents, dissertations, chemical sources.
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