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Nursing Research Guide

 

  

EDITH (Online Library Catalog)-Search EDITH for books, videos, and Reserve materials in the library collection.

 

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Electronic Databases

 

·          Find Journal Articles (Electronic Databases)

 

 

CD-ROM Programs for Nursing

 

·          View CD-ROM Programs Available for Use in the Library

 

 

Periodical Holdings List

 

·          View Periodical Holdings List for Nursing

 

   

Internet Resources

 

Associations & Organizations

Infection Control

Calculators

Job Listings

Case Studies

Medical Ethics

Discussion Boards

Medical Testing

Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

NCLEX Review Sites

Environment & Health

Nursing One-Stop Sites

Evidence-Based Nursing

Nursing for Students

Government Health Organizations

Nursing Procedures

Grand Rounds

Patient Information

Healthcare Administration

Privacy Rules

 

 

 

Online Journals

 

 

Electronic Databases

 

Electronic databases are available on all Library computers.  Please see a Librarian or contact us for a password to access these electronic databases from home.

 

 

CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature

Select "CINAHL" to search this database.

 

 

 

InfoTrac Health & Wellness  Resource Center

Searches medical journals and includes some full-text articles.

 

 

PubMed / MEDLINE

Government compilation of medical journal articles.

 

ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health

Searches nursing and allied health journals and, in many cases, includes the full-text of the article.

 

 

 

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CD-ROM Programs Available for Use in the Library

 

 

General Medical Programs

 

·          Antihuman Globulin Test

·          Applied Microbiology: Holiday Mystery

·          The Art and Science of Cytopathology

·          CardioViewer 3D

·          Cell Structure & Function

·          Chemistry Profiles

·          Clinical Pharmacology

·          DNA: The Molecule of Life

·          Enzymes

·          Essentials of Medical Transcription

·          Explorations in Cell Biology and Genetics

·          From DNA to Protein

·          Hematography I & II

·          Human Experimentation

·          Inside the Cell

·          Microbes in Motion

·          Microbiology Lab Simulation I

·          Mosby's NutriTrac

·          The New Mycobacteria

·          Nuffield Council on Bioethics

·          The Plasma Membrane and Cellular Transport

·          Roche Genetics Education Program

·          Saunders Medical Assisting Exam Review

·          Stedman's Concise Electronic Medical Dictionary

·          Shall I Report This Test?

·          Stedman's Concise Electronic Medical Dictionary

·          Urinalysis

·          Virtual Medical Office Challenge

·          Viruses and Bacteria

 

Nursing Specific Programs

 

·          ADAM: Human Anatomy

·          Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical Surgery

·          Clinical Experiences

·          Maternal & Child Health Nursing

·          Maternity Nursing

·          MedPrep

·          Mosby's Comprehensive Review of Nursing for NCLEX-RN

·          Plumer's Principles and Practices of Intravenous Therapy

·          Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children

 

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Periodical Holdings List for Nursing

 

For more periodicals, please see the Library's completePeriodical Holdings List.

 

 

Alternative Medicine Alert

Dec 1999-

Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine

Mar 1996; Sep 1997-

American Journal of Nursing

1985-1998; Jan 2000-Mar 2000; Jul 2000-Aug 2000; Jul 2001- Nov 2001; May 2003-

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Nov 1981-

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Feb 2003-

Child Development

Dec 1969-

Clinical Laboratory Science

Spr 2001-

Death Studies

1977-1989

Focus on Healthy Aging

Oct 2003-Jun 2004

FDA Consumer

Mar 1996-

Food & Fitness Advisor

Feb 2001-

Geriatric Nursing

Jan/Feb 2003-

Gerontologist

Feb 2000-

Harvard Mental Health Letter

Jul 2006-

Harvard Women's Health Watch

Jun 1996-

Health

Sep 1981-

Home Healthcare Nurse

Sep 2003-

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

v. 17, no. 1, v. 18-v.20, no. 4, 2001

Johns Hopkins Medical Letter

Sep 1997-May 2001

(JAMA) Journal of the American Medical Association

Nov 24, 1989-

Microfiche: 1984-1989

Journal of Nursing Education

Sep 2003-

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Feb 2003-

Journal of American Physicians & Surgeons (was Medical Sentinel)

Spr 2003-

 

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services

Sep 2003-

Massage Magazine

May/Jun 2002-May 2006

Massage Therapy Journal

Sum 2002-Sum 2006

MCN
(was The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing)

Jul/Aug 2003-

Medical Sentinel
(now Journal of American Physicians & Surgeons)

Spr 1996-Win 2002

 

New England Journal of Medicine

1994-
Microfiche: 1990-1995

Nursing

Jun 2003-

Nursing Made Incredibly Easy

May/Jun 2004-

Nursing Outlook

Jan/Feb 2003-

Nursing Spectrum

Oct 2003-

Nutrition Action Health Letter

Jul/Aug 1997-

Prevention

Jan 1996-

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Mar 1998-

Psychology Today

1968-Dec 1989, 1993-
Microfiche: June 1975-1989, 1992-1993

Today's Therapeutic Trends: the Journal of New Developments in Clinical Medicine

1995-2004

 

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

v. 1, no. 1, Oct 1985-

Topics in Spinal Cord Rehabilitation

Fall 1997-

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Win 1995-

Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter

Oct 2000-Apr 2004


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Internet Resources

 

Associations & Organizations

 

·          American Academy of Nursing

·          American Assembly for Men in Nursing

·          American Association for the History of Nursing

·          American Association of Critical Care Nurses Online

·          American Holistic Nurses' Association

·          American Nurses Association

·          American Nursing Informatics Association

·          Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses

·          HOMECARE Online: the National Association for Home Care and Hospices

·          National Association of Catholic Nurses USA

·          National Association of Hispanic Nurses

·          National Black Nurses Association

·          National Council of State Boards of Nursing

·          National Institute of Nursing Research

·          National League for Nursing

·          National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing

·          National Student Nurses' Association

·          National Council of State Boards of Nursing

·          Pennsylvania State Nurses Association

 

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Calculators

 

Blood Calculators

 

·          Allowable Blood Loss

·          Blood Calculator: Supermagnus Software

·          Maximum Allowable Blood Loss Calculator

 

Clinical Calculators

 

·          New York Emergency Room RN: Medical Algorithms Calculators Tools

·          Nursing Calculators

·          Online Clinical Calculator

 

 

Drug Calculators

 

·          Basic Drug Calculations Review

·          Drug Calculations Quiz Page

·          Intravenous Dilution Standards

 

 

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Case Studies

 

·          Creighton University School of Medicine: Case Presentation Module

·          Implantable.com: Pacemaker and Defibrillator Case Studies

·          Soap Notes EKG Fileroom

·          Soap Notes: Medical Case Study Section

·          Sudden Death Trauma Scenarios

·          Trauma.org: trauma moulage scenarios

·          Trauma Scenarios

·          Virtual Health Care Team

·          Virtual Pediatric Patients

·          University of Washington Women's Health Case-based Modules

 

 

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Discussion Boards

 

·          Careplans.com: Nursing Care Plans

·          Virtual Nurse: First in Nursing Communication on the Web

 

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Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

 

·          Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

·          CenterWatch: Drugs approved by the FDA

·          Drug InfoNet

·          HealthTouch Online: Medication Guide

·          Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide

·          Medical College of Wisconsin: Online Drug Information

·          Nurse's PDR Resource Center

·          RXList: Drug Information

·          United States Pharmacopeia

·          WebMD Health Drug Index

 

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Environment & Health

 

·          American Water Resources Association

·          CHEM-TOX

·          Children's Environmental Health Network

·          Environmental Health Watch

·          Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute

·          National Environmental Health Association

·          National Resources Defense Council

·          National Safety Council's Environment and Health Center

·          Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine

·          Scorecard

·          Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

·          World Resources Institute

 

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Evidence-Based Nursing

 

·          Evidence-based Practice

·          Joanna Briggs Institute

·          Norris Medical Library: Evidence Based Medicine Web Tutorial

·          University of Illinois at Chicago: Evidence Based Medicine

 

 

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Government Health Organizations

 

·          Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry

·          CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

·          Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

·          Environmental Protection Agency

·          National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

·          United States Dept. of Health & Human Services

·          WHO: World Health Organization

 

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Grand Rounds

 

·          Grand Rounds Online (Univ. of Florida)

·          Grand Round Videos: Yale Psychiatry

·          Mental Health Education Web (Tufts)

·          Public Health Grand Rounds

·          VA VISN 21 Mental Illness Research Educational and Clinical Center

·          Video Archives Medicine Grand Rounds (Univ. of Arizona)

·          Virtual Grand Rounds (Drexel)

 

 

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Healthcare Administration

 

·          Health Management Technology

·          Internet Journal of Healthcare Administration

·          Internet Journal of Law, Healthcare & Ethics

·          Materials Management in Health Care

 

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Infection Control

 

·          Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

·          Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education

·          Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide

·          Johns Hopkins Healthcare Epidemiology & Infection Control

·          Johns Hopkins @Infections.com: Internet & Medline Search for Infectious Diseases

·          Needlestick Prevention

·          World Health Organization

 

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Job Listings

 

·          Nurse Recruiter

·          Nursing Jobs Bulletin

·          Nursing Jobs Online

 

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Medical Ethics

 

·          Kennedy Institute of Ethics

·          National Institutes of Health: Bioethics Resources on the Web

 

 

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Medical Testing

 

·          ARUP's Guide to Clinical Laboratory Testing

·          Disease Management Project

·          Lab Tests Online

·          Medical Tests: UCSF Children's Hospital

·          Medical Tests: Yale New Haven Health

·          U.S. Preventative Services Task Force [Reviews Medical Tests]

 

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NCLEX Resources

 

·          NCLEX Practice Tests

 

 

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Nursing for Students

 

·          Evaluating Web Resources: a Bibliography

NursingCenter

·          Nursing Theory

·          The Student Nurse Information Center

·          Virtual Nursing College

 

 

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Nursing One-Stop Sites

 

·          Allnurses.com

·          Martindale's Health Science Guide: Nursing Center

·          Nurseweek.com

·          Nursewise: a site by nurses, for nurses

·          Nursing Center

·          Nursing Hands

·          NursingNet

·          Nursing Network

·          Nursing Standard (UK site)

·          RN Central

·          Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links

·          University at Buffalo: Selected Nursing Sites

 

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Nursing Procedures

 

·          Needlestick Prevention

·          PDAs for Health Care Providers

·          Protocols and Procedures--Nursing

·          The Use of Injections

·          Virtual Stethoscope

 

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Patient Information

 

·          Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Consumers & Patients

·          Cochrane Consumer Network

·          Complete Home Medical Guide (electronic text)

·          FDA's Easy-to-Read Publications

·          Medem's Medical Library (electronic text)

·          MEL: Health Information Resources

 

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Privacy Rules

 

·          HIPAA Privacy Rule and Research

 

 

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Online Journals

 

Individual Journals

 

·          American Nurse: the Official Publication of the American Nurses Association

·          Annals of Family Medicine

·          CA: a Cancer Journal for Clinicians

·          Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership

·          Caring for the Ages

·          Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice

NursingCenter

·          Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

·          OJNI: Online Journal of Nursing Informatics

·          Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care

·          RNWeb: From RN, the Professional Journal with the Personal Touch

 

Journal Aggregators

 

·          BioMed Central: the Open Access Publisher

·          DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals

·          Free Medical Journals

·          Martindale's Nursing Center: Journals and CE Credit

·          New Jour Electronic Journals & Newsletters

 

 

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