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Defining Moment...The Discovery of the Molecular Structure of DNA“This structure has novel features which are of considerable biologicalinterest.” One of science’s most famous understatements appeared in April1953 as James Watson and Francis Crick presented the DNA-helix, themolecule that carries genetic information from one generation to the other.

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ProQuest HospitalCollectionThe ultimate full-text health resourcefrom ProQuest with over 5.6 milliondeep-indexed records

Access to the latest health care informationis always essential, whether it's for medicalprofessionals, hospital administrators, oreven for patients and their families.ProQuest Hospital Collection addressesthese diverse needs by offering a centralaccess point to a variety of essentialcontent.

ProQuest Hospital Collection is comprisedof five top health databases which havebeen recently enhanced by the deep-indexing of millions of images, graphs andtables to help quickly reveal relevant searchresults. Users are given a wealth of healthcare journals, evidence-based resources,and full-text dissertations to suit theirdiverse research and health informationneeds.

ProQuest Hospital Collection includes:

• ProQuest Health and Medical Complete™

– offers in-depth coverage from leadingbiomedical journals.

• ProQuest Nursing & Allied HealthSource™ – covers nursing and alliedhealth resources.

• ProQuest Psychology Journals™ –delivers full text from leading psychologyand psychosomatic publications.

• ProQuest Health Management™ –delivers resources for professionalhealthcare administrators and thosemanaging the business of healthcare.

• ProQuest Family Health – covers a vastarray of subjects of interest to thehospital patient, including sports injuries,women's health, food and nutrition, eyecare and dentistry.

Current resources include:

• Thousands of full-text health sciencesjournals.

• 20,000+ full-text dissertations.• Evidence-based nursing resources fromthe Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI):– Systematic Reviews– Best Practice Information Sheets– Evidence Summaries– RAPid – online evidence training tool– SUMARI – online software for groupsto develop systematic reviews.

• Cultural competency reports fromCultureVision – enabling health serviceprofessionals to provide culturally-competent patient care.

• Nursing procedure video content (splitinto short, easy-to-view clips).

• Nursing reference ebooks.• Study Paths – recommended reading bya board of experienced nurse educators.

• Evidence-based medicine search engine– Medical Evidence Matters*.

Upgrade available: ProQuest Central.

Not available to pharmaceutical companies –please go to ProQuest Pharma Collection.

Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: Full text, multimedia,evidence-based search engine* and ebooksSuitable for: Academic, healthcare and otherspecialist libraries

*Dependent on your subscription package.

ProQuest Public HealthPublic health full-text resources

Provides access to global full-text journalsin public health from a variety of publishers.Specific public health terminology has beenadded to help find relevant public healthinformation quickly and easily.

Students, researchers and professionals ofpreventative healthcare can find keyresearch information through a variety ofresources including:

• Hundreds of full-text public healthjournals.

• Thousands of full-text dissertations in:– Biostatistics– Environmental health sciences– Epidemiology– Health services administration– International public health– Maternal and child health– Occupational health and safety.

Subject coverage includes:

• Blood and organ donations• Emergency services• Environmental health• Epidemiology• Food containment and poisoning• Health facilities• Healthcare access• Mental healthcare• Pandemics• Quarantine


Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: Full textSuitable for: Academic, healthcare and otherspecialist libraries

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ProQuest Medical Library™Vital clinical and biomedical contentcoverage

NEW! Deep-indexing of over4 million records

This database provides a strong and stablefoundation for any library wishing to build orexpand its clinical and biomedical journalcollection. With deep-indexing of recordsnow included, researchers are not only ableto search more efficiently, they are able todiscover previously hard-to-find informationin graphs, charts and images.

Users in practice, academic and researchsettings can find definitive informationfrom:

• Hundreds of full-text clinical andbiomedical journals.



• Anesthesiology• Cardiovascular diseases• Communicable diseases• Dentistry• Dermatology• Endocrinology• Gerontology• Immunology• Neurology• Obstetrics and gynecology• Oncology• Orthopedics• Pediatrics• Psychiatry• Public health• Radiology• Respiratory diseases• Surgery• Traumatology• Venereology

Upgrade available: ProQuest MEDLINE™

with Full Text, ProQuest Health andMedical Complete™ and ProQuest HospitalCollection.


Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: Full text, evidence-based search engine*Suitable for: Academic, healthcare and otherspecialist libraries


“ProQuest Medical Library gives usaccess to a core collection of health-related journals used extensively bystaff and students in a large Faculty ofLife and Health Sciences, whichincludes increasing numbers ofdistance learners.

In addition to being able to search thedatabase directly, we provide a linkingservice from databases such asMEDLINE™ to articles in ProQuestMedical Library and this greatlyincreases usage of the journals.”

Kay Ballantine, University of Ulster,Northern Ireland

Examples ofdeep-indexedrecords fromProQuestMedical Library.

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ProQuest Health andMedical Complete™The complete healthcare package

NEW! Deep-indexing of over4.5 million records

Combines the clinical research contentfrom ProQuest Medical Library™ withadditional health titles in full text. It alsooffers an access point to vital open-accesspublications. This database is newlyenhanced by the deep indexing of tablesand figures, helping researchers findinformation that was previously notretrievable in searches.


• Over 1,600 full-text clinical, biomedicaland health journals.



• Dermatology• Drug abuse and alcoholism• Gerontology• Gynecology• Immunology• Industrial health• Medical Informatics

• Medical sciences• Nursing• Oncology• Pediatrics• Pharmacy and pharmacology• Physical fitness and hygiene• Psychiatry• Public health• Radiology• Orthopedics• Surgery• Women’s health

Upgrade available: ProQuest HospitalCollection.


Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: Full text, full image, evidence-basedsearch engine*Suitable for: Academic, healthcare and otherspecialist libraries


ProQuest MEDLINE™Full access to Medical Subject Headings(MeSH™)

MEDLINE, the US National Library ofMedicine’s index database, contains over18 million references to articles published inmore than 5,500 current biomedical journalsproviding unparalleled access to worldwidebiomedical literature. The database containsa broad range of medical topics relating toresearch, clinical practice, administration,policy issues, and health care services. Itgives full access to the controlledvocabulary – Medical Subject Headings(MeSH).

Upgrade available: ProQuest MEDLINE™

with Full Text.

Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: IndexSuitable for: Academic, healthcare and otherspecialist libraries

ProQuest MEDLINE™ withFull TextCombines the MEDLINE index with full-text content from ProQuest MedicalLibrary™.

• MEDLINE index• Hundreds of full-text clinical andbiomedical journals

• Evidence-based medicine search engine– Medical Evidence Matters*


Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: Index, full text, evidence-based searchengine*Suitable for: Academic, healthcare and otherspecialist libraries


Examples of deep-indexedrecords from ProQuest Healthand Medical Complete.

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Medical Evidence MattersA leading evidence-based search engine

With Medical Evidence Matters, users cancompare the effectiveness of differenttreatments for diagnosed conditions – foreasier, faster, evidence-based decisions.

• Designed to help select the best therapyoptions for a specific patient with aconfirmed diagnosis.

• Simple ‘ask-a-question’ interface.• Genuinely evidence-based, with resultsfrom all types of study clearly defined.

• At-a-glance results overviews save hoursof reading time.

NB – Dependent on your subscription, MedicalEvidence Matters can be available as part ofProQuest MEDLINE™ with Full Text, ProQuestMedical Library™, ProQuest Health and MedicalComplete™, ProQuest Hospital Collection,ProQuest Pharma Collection or ProQuest Central.

Not available for standalone subscription.

Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: Evidence-based search engineSuitable for: Academic, healthcare and otherspecialist libraries

NEW to ProQuest!British Nursing IndexProviding easy access to literaturerelevant to the nursing and midwiferycommunity

The British Nursing Index (BNI) is thepremier bibliographic database for the mostup to date indexing of important nursingjournals published in the UK, with a smallselection of titles from the US andAustralia. The index currently includesaround 230 titles covering all aspects ofnursing, midwifery and communityhealthcare from 1994 to the present.

Also of interest: ProQuest Nursing andAllied Health Source

Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: Abstract and IndexSuitable for: Academic and medical libraries

ProQuest Nursing & AlliedHealth Source™Outstanding collection of resources topromote professional development

This database offers reliable healthcareinformation covering nursing, allied health,alternative and complementary medicine,and much more. It is a versatile resourcedesigned to meet the needs of researchersat healthcare facilities as well as nursingand allied health programs at academicinstitutions. In addition to full-text titles,ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Sourceincludes thousands of full text dissertationsrepresenting the most rigorous scholarshipin nursing and related fields.

Find coverage for over 100 wide-rangingtopics including:

• Cytology• Nursing• Nutrition• Oncology• Pediatric Care• Pharmacology• Public Health• Radiology


• Over 860 full-text nursing and alliedhealth journals.

• Over 12,300 full-text nursingdissertations and theses.

• Evidence-based nursing resources fromthe Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI):– Systematic Reviews– Best Practice Information Sheets– Evidence Summaries– RAPid – online evidence training tool– SUMARI – online software for groupsto develop systematic reviews.

• Cultural competency reports fromCultureVision – enabling health serviceprofessionals to provide culturallycompetent patient care.

• Nursing procedure video content, splitinto short, easy-to-view clips.

• Nursing reference ebooks.• Study Paths – recommended reading bya board of experienced nurse educators.


Also of interest: British Nursing Index


Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: Full text, multimedia and ebooksSuitable for: Academic, healthcare and otherspecialist libraries

ProQuest HealthManagement™Created specifically with students,researchers and professionals in healthadministration in mind

Combines hundreds of full-text journalswith over 4,500 specialist doctoraldissertations and theses. It is an invaluableresource for professional healthcaremanagers as well as researchers studyinghealth administration.


• Ethics• Health facilities and administration• Legal issues• Industrial health and safety• Insurance• Business management• Public administration• Public health and safety• Statistics



Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: Full textSuitable for: Corporate and healthcare libraries

“This resource is invaluable for mystudents, ...[they] find it particularlyuseful as they can easily gain accessto full-text articles...[and] it meansthey don’t have to wade throughprinted journals to find the informationthey need.

It is a very easy resource to use, andlittle training is required to be able toaccess useful information... Theacademics in the School of HealthStudies also use this resource, andare happy to recommend it totheir students.”

Shirley Ward, Subject Librarian for HealthStudies, Bolton University, England, 2008

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ProQuest Family HealthHelpful consumer health and medicaljournals and magazines

Of interest to health professionals andanyone wishing to research aspects of theirown health or that of their friends andrelatives.

Covers in full text a range of subjects ofvalue in the public library context – fromsports injuries to women’s health, food andnutrition to midwifery, and from eye care todentistry.

It includes important general medicaljournals as well as a strong selection ofconsumer and news magazines.

Upgrade available: ProQuest MedicalLibrary™, ProQuest Health and MedicalComplete™, or ProQuest HospitalCollection.

Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: Full textSuitable for: Public and specialist libraries

ProQuest PhysicalEducation IndexInternational coverage of scholarly andtrade physical education literature

Features over 500 indexed titles covering awide variety of content, from physicaleducation curricula to sports medicine anddance. Established in 1970, records areindexed and classified from peer-reviewedjournals, report literature, conferenceproceedings, trade magazines, patents,articles from the popular press, and manyother publications.

Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: Abstract and indexSuitable for: Academic and public libraries

ProQuest PharmaCollectionLeading titles for pharmaceutical andbiotechnology research

Designed for pharmaceutical andbiotechnology company employees, thisdatabase covers many subject areas, frombiology to business, and chemistry toconsumer education and protection. Otherareas include law, management, marketing,packaging, patents, trademarks andcopyrights.

Benefits of the collection include:

• Access to scholarly full-text journalsproviding the latest information across awide range of clinical disciplines.

• Hundreds of biomedical, bioscience,psychology and science journals.

• Business journals allowing managers torefresh business strategy and keep up todate with market trends and competitiveintelligence.

• Marketing and communications journalssupporting professional development,research of trends and brand positioning,and study of legal issues in marketing.

• Evidence-based search engine – MedicalEvidence Matters*.

Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: Full text, evidence-based search engine*Suitable for: Corporate, public and specialistlibraries


Pharmaceutical NewsIndex™The insider’s guide to healthcareresearch, development and regulatoryissues

As public scrutiny of the healthcare industryintensifies, this resource gives researchersaccess to the latest information on medicaltechnology, research and legislativedevelopments. Updated daily, it containsbibliographic information and indexing for allarticles published in key internationalpharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology,medical device and cosmetic industrynewsletters.

Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: Abstract and indexSuitable for: Academic, corporate, healthcareand other specialist libraries

InternationalPharmaceutical AbstractsKey information on drug use anddevelopment

As a primary source of drug-related healthliterature, this database providespharmacists, poison information specialists,drug information centres, thepharmaceutical industry, healthpractitioners, pharmacologists, medicallibrarians, cosmetic companies,environmentalists, educators, toxicologistsand litigators with information from healthjournals throughout the world.

Available on: All-New ProQuest® platformDelivery:WebFormat: Abstract and indexSuitable for: Academic, corporate, healthcareand other specialist libraries

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