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These databases can be used by students and faculty in any subject area. They contain information on a wide variety of topics! Hover your cursor over the links below for more information.

Includes:
Full-text content,
Scholarly / Peer-Reviewed Publications,
Magazine / Popular Publications,
Trade Publications
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The library offers access to a variety of eBook platforms, each providing a wide range of digital titles across different subjects and formats. Hover your cursor over the links below for more information.
These library subscription databases contain academic and professional journals used by practitioners in the field.

Nursing and Allied Health research reference database with books/monographs and journals.
EBSCOhost database collection
Up-to-date information on health care topics. Resources include nursing and allied health journals, magazines, newsletters, consumer health information sources, reference books, and multimedia resources.
NOTE: Access limited by IP to users located in Tennessee. Resource provided by Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL).
Reference materials, journal and magazine articles, pamphlets, and videos on health issues from authoritative medical sources
NOTE: Access limited by IP to users located in Tennessee. Resource provided by Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL).

Journals and reference resources on all aspects of the nursing profession, from direct patient care to health care administration. Suitable for both professionals and students in a nursing-focused program.
NOTE: Access limited by IP to users located in Tennessee. Resource provided by Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL).

Journals and magazines focusing on physical therapy and sports medicine.
NOTE: Access limited by IP to users located in Tennessee. Resource provided by Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL).
PubMed is a free, U.S. government-created database of scholarly research in the medical and allied health sciences fields.
Thigpen Library's streaming video databases supplement article databases by providing visual material for teaching and learning. The following databases are identified as providing the most relevant content to the Physical Therapy Assistant program.

A multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos. AVON includes films from Sony Picture Classics, A&E Television Network programs, and thousands more videos from reputable and well known publishers. Alexander Street's products are curated, discipline-focused, primary-source collections, websites, and streaming media for learning and research.
Streaming video collection. Master Academic Video Collection includes Ken Burns' documentaries, newsreels, TED talks, and programs from BBC, PBS, History Education, HBO, and many more producers of quality programs. Closed-captioned with transcripts