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General Health Databases

CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO)
Provides full text to more than 770 journals in the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and allied health disciplines.
MEDLINE (EBSCOhost)
Key database for medicine and health research produced by the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM).
PubMed
Open access medical database with links to many free online sources. Includes MEDLINE records.
Health & Medical Collection (Proquest Central)
This database offers reliable, comprehensive journal coverage of clinical and biomedical topics, consumer health, health administration and more.
Informit Health Collection (Informit)
Australian research articles, reports and case studies in therapeutic, diagnostic and preventative health. Coverage: 1977 - present
ScienceDirect
Includes over 2000 peer-reviewed journals and a range of ebooks.

ACT Health: Data and research publications.
Australian Bureau of Statistics - Health
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: Government agency for health and welfare statistics and information.
Department of Health: Research & Statistics: Links to funding, grants, research, statistics and relevant publications that are funded or developed by the Department.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC): Research funding statistics and data.

Scopus
Citation index. Covers scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature including arts & humanities.
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Web of Science
Includes: ISI Web of Science Core Collection (Science Citation Index Expanded 1974+, Social Sciences Citation Index 1974+ and Arts and Humanities Citation Index 1975+); ISI Current Contents Connect; ISI Journal Citation Reports; MEDLINE
Google Scholar
Web search engine for multidisciplinary scholarly literature.
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SAGE Research Methods
Covers all aspects of the design, selection and application of research methodology, with over 100,000 pages from ebooks and journal articles.

World Health Organization: Leading authority on health information and research within the United Nations system.
Global Health Observatory: The World Health Organization's gateway to health-related statistics.
OECD iLibrary: Theme: Social Issues/Migration/Health
The World Bank: Health: Data covering health systems, disease prevention, reproductive health, nutrition, and population dynamics.