Full text is available for close to 550 of the sources. Cumulative quarterly updates keep the content current while the initial seven years of back issues provide critical depth and perspective. Free text searching and complete indexing make Alt-HealthWatch easy to use. It includes an integrated collection of general interest health and fitness magazines and newsletters, medical and professional periodicals, selected newspaper articles, reference books, and pamphlets.
Most records are available in full-text format with image sources.
The database is designed for nursing and allied health students, as well as consumer health researchers. News sources include the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and more. Business sources include Commerce Business Daily, Eventline and information on the biotechnology and health care markets. Legal information includes patents and New Jersey codes and regulations. Reference sources include biographical information, quotatons, state and country profiles, the World Almanac, and Roper polls and surveys.