Subject Resources

Good Starting Points

CINAHL Plus with Full-Text
Cumulative index to nursing and allied health literature (limited to 12 concurrent users).  more info

Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and other evidence-based databases.  more info

PubMed
Provides access to over 18 million citations in 5,246 medical, nursing, dental, and research journals back to the 1950s.  more info

Dynamed
Evidence-based point of care resource  more info

Natural Standard
Natural Standard is an international research collaboration that aggregates and synthesizes data on complementary and alternative therapies.  more info

More Databases

TRIP: Turning Research Into Practice
Search enging for evidence-based sources on the web.  more info

Medline (Ebsco)
References to articles in 5,246 medical, nursing, dental, and research biomedical journals.  more info

Arctic Health Literature Database
An index of a variety of Arctic health related articles  more info

Blackwell Science Synergy
Electronic journals primarily in the sciences from Blackwell Publishing.  more info

HaPI (Ebsco)
Health and psychosocial instruments  more info

Nutrition Care Manual (ADA)
Full-text research-based nutrition information, patient education materials, and clinical tools for all the major human diseases, updated annually.  more info

Proquest Nursing
Full text articles in nursing and allied health from ProQuest.  more info

PsycArticles
Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology from 1985 to present.  more info

Well Connected Consumer Health Topics
Each report is an in-depth discussion of the latest information on treatments, risk factors, causes, diagnostic tests, and preventative measures.  more info

PsycInfo via Ebsco
Psychology and related fields since 1887.  more info

BIOSIS Previews
Examine life sciences and biomedical research from journals, meetings, patents, and books  more info

Consumer Health Complete
Comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content.  more info

Health and Safety Science (CSA)
Survey of recent work relating to public health, safety, and industrial hygiene.  more info

MedicLatina
Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals.  more info

NTIS
The DARTS System is a product of the collaborative efforts of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and the Government Printing Office.  more info

Nursing Journals
Resource is actually called Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Source  more info

Oxford Reference Collection - Medicine
Search reference books by subject area.  more info

Recommended Web Sites

MEDLINEplus
A goldmine of good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine.  more info

Health Related Internet Sites For Healthcare Providers
Compiled by Health Sciences Information Service (HSIS)  more info

Assessing the Impact of Research
This model represents a practical, do-it-yourself tool for tracking the impact of biomedical research. lt includes guidance for quantifying and documenting research impact as well as resources for locating evidence of research impact.  more info

Dietary Supplements Labels Database
Labels of more than 2,000 selected brands of dietary supplements.  more info

Digital Librarian: Health and Medicine
A librarian's choice of the best of the Web.  more info

Directory of America's Hospitals
American Hospital Association data searchable by the hospital's location (by region, state, or distance from any ZIP code), type, specialization, and services offered.  more info

Get Body Smart
Provides a fully animated and interactive eBook about human anatomy and physiology.  more info

Health Related Internet Sites For Consumers
Compiled by Health Sciences Information Service (HSIS)  more info

HSTAT
Searchable collection of full-text clinical practice guidelines, technology assessments and health information.  more info

Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
Provides instructions to authors for over 3,500 journals in the health and life sciences.  more info

LifeWorks - Health and Medical Science Careers
Health and medical science career information  more info

National Human Genome Research Institute
Advancing human health through genetic research.  more info

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
OMIM is a database catalog of human genes and genetic disorders.  more info

Science.gov
Gateway to the best science information from government sources.  more info

Test Prep Review
Free practice tests.  more info

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts for Biomedical Journals
The Uniform Requirements are instructions to authors on how to prepare manuscripts.  more info

Vadlo
An academic, open-access, free search engine created by two biologists in Chicago for the Life Sciences and biomedical researchers, educators, students, clinicians and librarians.  more info

Selected Print and CD-ROM

Cumulative index to nursing & allied health literature
From 1977 -  more info

Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy
17th edition  more info

Red book : report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases
From the American Academy on Pediatrics  more info