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This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. Consumer Health Complete User’s Guide Consumer Health Complete™ (CHC) is the singlemost comprehensive resource for consumeroriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of healthrelated topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This fulltext database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc. CHC offers a unique search interface designed to call attention to the full text content available from many important sourcetypes, and to provide an intuitive means for searching this specific information. Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for selfdiagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. – from EBSCO website

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Page 1: Consumer Health Complete User’s Guideprairie.oklibshare.org/pdf/ebsco/chcguide.pdf · Consumer Health Complete™ (CHC) is the single‐most comprehensive resource for consumer‐oriented

This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ConsumerHealthComplete

User’sGuide 

 

 

Consumer Health Complete™ (CHC) is the single‐most comprehensive resource for consumer‐oriented 

health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall 

understanding of health‐related topics. 

CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many 

perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full‐text database covers topics 

such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & 

women's health, etc. 

CHC offers a unique search interface designed to call attention to the full text content available from 

many important source‐types, and to provide an intuitive means for searching this specific information. 

Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self‐diagnosis or a substitute 

for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. – from EBSCO website 

 

 

 

 

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This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

 

BasicSearch

 

Refineresults

 

Chooseanarticle

 

Not all articles are available in both formats. Most are either HTML or PDF. 

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This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

 

PrintingandEmailingArticles

HTMLThe HTML format is best for printing. Saving an HTML article is not recommended. 

 

PDFThe PDF format is best for emailing or saving.  

 

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This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

 

AdvancedSearchWhile the advanced search builder might take more time, it produces more relative results. 

 

Includewhensearching 

Limiters

 

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This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

 

BrowsePopularSourcesConsumer Health Complete contains a number of full‐text reference books. On a rotating basis, the 

most popular of these books is highlighted on the homepage, encouraging users to ‘open’ a book to find 

the information they need.