Consumer Health Complete ™ Now Available from EBSCO Publishing
Comprehensive Suite of Consumer Health Resources Provides Diverse Range of Full Text Content 

IPSWICH, Mass. — January 20, 2006 — In continuing with the company’s goal of providing the most comprehensive collection of online health and wellness resources, EBSCO Publishing is excited to announce the release of Consumer Health Complete ™ (CHC). This full text database is designed to support consumer and patients’ information needs as well as foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.

Consumer Health Complete is the single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. 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, men’s & women's health, and children's health.

Consumer Health Complete offers a unique search interface designed to call attention to the full text content available from many important source-types as well as provide an intuitive means for searching this specific information. CHC includes the world’s most comprehensive collection of high-quality consumer health encyclopedias & reference books (many available only through CHC). In addition, this database offers access to 4,100 evidenced-based full text health reports written for the lay person covering diseases, conditions, injuries, and procedures. CHC also includes full text for more than one thousand consumer health pamphlets & leaflets from trusted organizations. Cover-to-cover full text is provided for nearly one thousand health-related periodicals as well as selected articles from thousands more. Many consumer-friendly drug information resources including Clinical Pharmacology are included in CHC. This database also serves as the most comprehensive collection of full text alternative health resources designed for the lay person. In addition, 5,000 Spanish-language health reports and a Spanish-language health newswire are provided. Soon, CHC will also offer an impressive and educational collection of consumer health images, diagrams, animations, and streaming videos.

EBSCO Publishing is part of the EBSCO Information Services group. EBSCO Information Services provides libraries and research centers with online and print journal subscription services, e-resource access and management services, full-text and secondary database development and access, an OpenURL-compliant link resolver, online book purchasing and related information services. EBSCO maintains a title database of more than 300,000 title listings and upholds relationships with more than 78,000 publishers around the world. EBSCO’s 32 Regional Offices worldwide are staffed with personnel who speak the local language and understand the particular challenges faced by librarians in their areas, offering a uniquely personal level of service. Specialized divisions serve academic, biomedical, government, public, school and special libraries as well as corporations. For more information, visit www.ebsco.com.