Nursing: Online Pathfinder

Reference Sources

Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary

R121 .M89 1998 C.1

Nursing Drug Guide

RM125 .N78 2001

Materials from the General Collection
When browsing the collection, try the following area for books and audiovisual materials on the subject of Nursing:

Also, use the library's online catalog (WebCat) and search by keyword.  If you get too many results, try a subject search. See How to Use the Online Catalog (iLink) for more detailed information.

SPECIAL NOTE: The Nursing Collection is located in the LRC towards the rear on the left-hand side. These materials are indicated in the online catalog by the prefix of NUR.

Magazine and Journal Articles
For online magazine and journal indexes, abstracts, and full-text articles, browse the following databases:

AHEC Digital Library
CINAHL w/Full Text
Clinical Pharmacology
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
ProQuest Biology Journals
ProQuest Nursing Journals

These resources may be searched from any campus computer, and each contains dozens of searchable databases with articles from thousands of magazines, journals, and newspapers.  To access these databases from home, contact Ernest Avery at the LRC.

For more information -- other magazine and journal databases available through NCLIVE, see How to Find Articles from Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers.

Current calendar year issues are available in the current periodicals shelving area, and issues published in previous years may be requested at the circulation desk. 

Internet Resources
Please note that while the information presented on these sites may appear to be reliable, it is important to evaluate all information carefully.  See Evaluation Criteria for Web Sites for more information.

National Library of Medicine on the Internet -- Contains comprehensive indexing and abstracting (no full-text) of medical and allied health journals.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

Medicine Net -- Contains comprehensive indexing and abstracting (no full-text) of medical and allied health journals.
http://ww.medterms.com/

American Nurse's Association: Nursing World -- Covers issues in the nursing profession, and online journal, and useful links to other sites.
http://www.nursingworld.org/index.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Offers a vast amount of information about specific diseases and other health risks, as well as data and statistics.
http://www.cdc.gov/

Healthweb Nursing Pages -- Covers a variety of topics including career information, professional organizations, clinical nursing, and research resources; maintained at the medical library at the University of Michigan.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/hw/nursing.html

Student Nurse Information Center -- Maintained by a former nursing student who created it to help with his own studies; contains links to other useful sites.
http://glass.toledolink.com/~ornrsg/

Worldwide Nurse -- Extensive nursing resources including a calendar of professional events, links to related resources, nursing employment, medical specialties, medical resources, a free electronic newsletter, and information about nursing boards in the US, Canada, and the UK.
http://allnurses.com/