Library Guides: Cancer: Websites, Databases & Journals

Websites

American Cancer Society
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Cancer.Net
Patient information from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
Kinds of Cancer (CDC)
Mayo Clinic -- Cancer
MedlinePlus -- Cancer
MyHealthfinder -- Cancer
Tips regarding when to get tested and what questions to ask the doctor. Covers several types of cancer. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Cancer Institute
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
National Foundation for Cancer Research
OncoLink
Learn about cancer, diagnosis, treatment, coping and survivorship. Also discover information about different types of cancer, and find resources and tools for oncology healthcare professionals.
Our World in Data: Cancer Statistics
PearlPoint
Nutrition information and more.
ScienceDaily -- Cancer News
World Health Organization (WHO) -- Cancer
World Health Rankings -- Cancer Death Rate by Country

Statistics

Cancer Stat Facts (SEER)
A collection of statistical summaries for a number of common cancer types from the National Cancer Institute.
Cancer Statistics, 2020 -- American Cancer Society
National Center for Health Statistics - FastStats for Cancer
SEER Cancer Statistics Review (CSR) 1975-2018
From the National Cancer Institute.
State Cancer Profiles -- National Cancer Institute
United States Cancer Statistics (CDC)

Open Access Peer-Reviewed Journals

Databases

Academic Search Complete
Provides access to full-text journal articles on animal science, criminal justice, education, social sciences, science, and veterinary nursing topics.
BioMed Central
Provides access to journal articles from 250 peer-reviewed journals in science, technology, engineering and medicine.
BioOne Complete
Explore more than 350 journals and eBooks in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
CINAHL with Full Text
Covers a wide range of topics including nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and many allied health disciplines.
Clinicaltrials.gov
Includes a database of nearly 400,000 privately and publicly funded clinical studies conducted in all 50 states and 220 countries.
Consumer Health Complete
Comprehensive database for consumer-oriented health content, Consumer Health Complete is designed to help users gain an overall understanding of key topics across the health and wellness spectrum — from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
Credo Reference
Provides access to encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and other reference books. Subjects covered include art, biography, history, literature, music, religion, and science and technology.
DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books
Provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books and helps users to find trusted open access book publishers.
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
Contains an online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
eBooks Academic Collection
This multidisciplinary collection includes thousands of e-books covering a large selection of academic subjects and features e-books from leading publishers and university presses.
Free Medical Journals
Provides free access to medical journals covering numerous research topics.
Full Text Finder
Provides a list of the Library’s print & full-text electronic journal holdings.
Kanopy
Kanopy offers over 30,000 independent and documentary films, including titles of unique social and cultural significance from renowned collections such as The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Media Education Foundation, and many independent filmmakers.
Lexicomp for Dentistry
Provides reference information and screening tools to help answer prescribing, diagnosis and treatment questions, with dental-specific pharmacology information on over 8,000 prescription drugs, OTCs and natural products, plus tools like a state-of-the-art lesion diagnosis aid and a drug interactions/drug allergy screener.
MedPix
An open-access database from the National Library of Medicine containing medical images, teaching cases, and clinical topics, integrating images and textual metadata including over 12,000 patient case scenarios, 9,000 topics, and nearly 59,000 images.
NewsBank
Includes full text articles from more than 8,000 news publications from nearly 200 countries worldwide. Publications include major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles.
The New York Times
Access full-text articles and more from The New York Times.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Access full-text articles from both current and archived issues of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
PLOS One
Includes open-access journals in science, technology, and medicine.
PubMed
Comprises more than 36 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Science.gov
Searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide users with access to more than 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information, including research and development results.
SIRS Issues Researcher
Provides valuable perspectives on contemporary social issues, offering credible information and tools to help students think critically about global controversies.

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