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| Books and Print Resources |
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SEARCH EXAMPLES |
| Resources for locating books from other
libraries. (If you find a title you would like, request that the
library Interlibrary Loan the item for you). WorldCat (Catalog of materials owned by libraries in the United States). James Madison University University of Virginia Area Hospital Libraries: (They do
not have online catalogs, but will have books and journals you can use.
We have copies of their Periodical Listings at the Circulation Desk.) |
| Periodical Indexes (Magazines, Journals & Newspapers) |
| Be sure and follow all the steps on our Remote Access Directions page to be able to access these databases from your home computer |
| Online Reference Sources |
| General AEGIS - AIDS Education Global Information System allnurses.com - this commercial portal includes nursing care plans, material tailored to students, nursing magazines and online journals, discussion groups, career opportunities, e-mail updates, and links to nursing schools, hospitals, state boards, nursing organizations, and shopping. American Nurses Association - information on current issues in nursing, career center with searchable jobs database, space for posting resumes, and advice for job seekers. Centers for Disease Control Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body Healthfinder - A government site containing links to health care information from government agencies. HealthGate - Includes: New England Journal of Medicine Weekly Briefings and Medline Search. Healthline Healthweb - well-organized collection of evaluated, noncommercial resources is a collaborative project of health sciences libraries at more than 20 leading academic medical centers. Human Anatomy Online Interactive Patient Internet Stroke Center Land of Medical Links MayoClinic.com McGill University Virtual Stethoscope (RealPlayer needed) MedHist: The Guide to History of Medicine Medical Images on the Web Medical Reference - An annotated collection of links to Web sites. In addition to diseases, drugs, and general guides, topics include multilingual sites, information on evaluating online health sites, and much more. MedlinePlus - For consumer health information. MerckSource National Foundation for Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine - includes PubMed NMAP (Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied Health Professions) - NMAP is a gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources in Nursing, Midwifery and Allied health Professions, aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners. Nursing on the Net NursingCenter.com - offers search services, continuing education articles, career center, e-mail, a personal file drawer and forums for nurses. Also contains the full text of 10 journals and tables of contents for more than 20 other publications. Nursing World Physical Exam Study Guides PubMed Central - free access to more than 160 high-quality life science journals. RN Central Stanford Health Library Student Nurse Information Center University of Michigan - specialized directory service includes links to nursing journals and newsletters that provide full-text articles online free of charge. The Virtual Nurse The Virtual Nursing Center WebMD Health World Wide Web Virtual Library:Biosciences-Nursing Specific Dictionaries BioTech's Life Science Dictionary| Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary Medical Dictionary Merck Manual Drugs Drug Information Database RxList - Information on the 200 most frequently prescribed drugs in America. Statistics Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research - A searchable web site covering research and statistics in the general field of health care. National Center for Health Statistics - NCHS is the primary Federal organization responsible for the collection, analyses, and dissemination of health statistics. |
| Web Directories and Search Engines |
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Web Directories World Wide Web Virtual Library:Biosciences-Nursing www.about.com www.looksmart.com Search Engines www.altavista.com www.hotbot.com |
| Style Guides |
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Slate Citation Machine
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in boxes and it will make your citations for you Citation Style for Research Papers (includes APA, AMA and MLA) Online Writers Workshop (Includes APA & MLA Guides) University of Illinois APA Guide from Purdue's On-line Writing Lab |
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