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| Indexes and Full-Text Databases |
Clinical
Pharmacology (via Proxy
Server or On TUC Campus)  |
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General Science Full-Text (Choose
OMNIFile On TUC Campus)
"H.W. Wilson's General Science databases cover 168 popular & professional English-language science periodicals as well as the Science section of the New York Times. General Science Abstracts includes abstracting of periodicals from March 1993 & indexing from May 1984. General Science Abstracts Full Text includes coverage of 40 periodicals back to January 1995." |
| Health Reference Center:
Academic (via Proxy Server or On TUC Campus)
"A full service resource for people needing health related research. It provides an integrated collection of general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets. Records are available in a combination of indexing, abstracts or full text formats." |
| Health
Source: Nursing / Academic Edition (via Proxy Server or On TUC
Campus)
"Provides more than 400 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, with particular emphasis on nursing and allied health professions. Full text is included from such journals as Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Holistic Nursing, Nursing Forum, and many others. Also included is searchable text for over 450 journals, indexing and abstracts for over 500 journals, and the reference volumes USP Pharmacopoeia DI: Volume II Advice for the Lay Patient, and Stedman's Medical Dictionary." |
| Health
Source: Consumer Edition (via
Proxy Server or On TUC Campus)
Authoritative information on health related matters. Find information on remedies, nutritional guidelines, and treatments. Search for information on health topics such as food, childcare, general health, and sports medicine. The database includes searchable full text for more than 150 popular health magazines including Better Nutrition, Consumer Reports on Health, Harvard Health Letter, Men's Health, Prevention, Women's Health Weekly and many others. Also included are indexing and abstracts for over 170 general health journals, 20 reference books, and thousands of essays covering eight major health related subjects, Stedman's Medical Dictionary, and much more. |
| Health
& Wellness Resource Center (via Proxy Server or On TUC Campus)
"Instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference resources such as Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence, and PDR Family Guide to Health and Nutrition. Key health web sites are also listed here, as well as 2, 200 general interest health publications, and over 400 health and medical journals." |
| netLibrary
(via Proxy Server or On TUC Campus)
Search through thousands of books on-line and then download one of them and read it on your computer! Eighteen thousand titles available by the beginning of 2002. Set up a login for access from work or home. Ask librarian for assistance! |
| ProQuest
Periodical Abstracts (via Proxy Server or On TUC Campus)
General reference resource that contains indexing & abstracting to articles appearing in general & academic periodicals from 1986 to current, includes full-text for over 600 publications from 1994. |
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Science Direct (via Proxy Server or On TUC Campus)
"First launched in 1997 as an online host facility for Elsevier Science's full text journals, ScienceDirect has grown to become the largest online full text platform for scientific, technical and medical information. It is based on the World Wide Web, and now offers the full text of over 1,100 journals." |
| STAT!Ref
(via Proxy Server or On TUC Campus)
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| Alcohol & Alcohol Problems Science Database
(Free Online Access)
"The Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database, commonly referred to as ETOH, is the most comprehensive online resource covering all aspects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), ETOH contains approximately 100,000 records and is accessed by both researchers and clinicians worldwide. Included in ETOH are abstracts and bibliographic references to journal articles, books, dissertation abstracts, conference papers and proceedings, reports and studies, and chapters in edited works. Updated monthly, ETOH contains research findings from the late 1960s to the present, as well as historical research literature." |
| BioMed
Central (Free Online Access) "BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. All the original research articles in journals published by BioMed Central are immediately and permanently available online without charge or any other barriers to access. This commitment is based on the view that open access to research is central to rapid and efficient progress in science and that subscription-based access to research is hindering rather than helping scientific communication." |
| Internet Grateful Med
(Free Online Access) "Provides an easy way to search the 11 million references and abstracts in the MEDLINE database. Use PubMed's retrieval engine to link to over 700 journals for full text of articles (some publishers may require a subscription) and provide pre-computed sets of relevant MEDLINE articles. Offers NLM's Medical Subject Headings for searching and uses Loansome Doc for document delivery services (there may be local charges)." |
| MEDLINE (Free Online Access) "Provides an easy way to search the 11 million references and abstracts in the MEDLINE database. Use PubMed's retrieval engine to link to over 700 journals for full text of articles (some publishers may require a subscription) and provide pre-computed sets of relevant MEDLINE articles. Offers NLM's Medical Subject Headings for searching and uses Loansome Doc for document delivery services (there may be local charges)." |
| PUBMED (Free Online Access) "Provides an easy way to search the 11 million references and abstracts in the MEDLINE database. Use PubMed's retrieval engine to link to over 700 journals for full text of articles (some publishers may require a subscription) and provide pre-computed sets of relevant MEDLINE articles. Offers NLM's Medical Subject Headings for searching and uses Loansome Doc for document delivery services (there may be local charges)." |
| Information & Clearinghouses |
| The
National Academies "Advisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine." Includes National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council. Use the Subject Index to link to Health & Medicine. |
| National Guideline Clearinghouse: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans. |
| National Library of
Medicine Includes MEDLINE and other NLM databases also online medical dictionaries and other publications, medical news sites, and directories of hospitals, doctors, clearinghouses, and organizations. |
| Center for Disease Control This search page retrieves health and disease data from the Center for Disease Control and the National Center for Health Statistics. |
| National Institutes of Health "...serves as the principal Web site and home page for the National Institutes of Health. The site was established in 1993 and has grown to serve as an important resource in helping NIH accomplish its mission." Includes the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI); National Institute on Aging (NIA); National Cancer Institute (NCI); National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS); National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR); National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). |
| Journals & Publications |
| Beyond
DiscoveryTM:
The Path from Research to Human Benefit "Published four to six times per year by the National Academy of Sciences. Each issue of Beyond Discovery is based on first-person accounts from scientists involved in important technological and medical advances, revealing the crucial role played by basic science, the applications of which could not have been anticipated at the time the original research was conducted." |
| HighWire Press (Stanford University) "HighWire Press at Stanford University develops and maintains the Web versions of important journals in biomedicine and other disciplines. As of 9/16/00, we are assisting in the online publication of 172,789 free full-text articles and 748,449 total articles." |
| Issues
in Science and Technology "The quarterly policy journal published by the Cecil and Ida Green Center for the Study of Science and Society at the University of Texas at Dallas in cooperation with the National Academy of Sciences. Issues features articles that analyze current topics in science, technology, and health policy and recommend actions by government, industry, academia, and individuals to solve pressing problems. View selections from recent issues or subscribe online." |
| Journal of the American Medical
Association "The Journal of the American Medical Association maintains a series of easy-to-use, peer-reviewed collections of resources on specific conditions. Sites are produced by JAMA editors under the direction of a medical editor and expert editorial review panels and following the Principles Governing AMA Web Sites." |
| National
Center for Health Statistics - Publications and Information Products Includes Conference Proceedings, Published Reports, Working Papers and Journal Articles. |
| Online Journal of Issues in Nursing "A peer-reviewed electronic journal providing a free forum for discussion of issues in nursing." Published by Kent State University College of Nursing. |
| Proceedings
of the National Academy of Science "A multidisciplinary journal that covers the physical, biological and social sciences. Published bi-weekly, Proceedings disseminates the work done by leading researchers and reaches more than 25,000 readers worldwide. Proceedings is ranked as the second most-cited scientific serial in the world by the Institute for Scientific Information. Browse abstracts from the latest scientific research papers, or view full articles from selected back issues for free in the online edition. Subscriptions also are available." |
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| Medical & Healthcare Mega-Sites |
| Achoo,
Gateway to Healthcare "One of the greatest hurdles for the healthcare sector is the sheer volume of information available through the Internet. Achoo acts as a jump point and information resource for the medical community and all other Internet users interested in healthcare information." |
| allnurses "Extensive resources for anyone in the nursing profession: a calendar of professional events, lots of links to related resources, information about US, CA and UK Nursing Boards, nursing education and employment, medical specialties, medical resources (including medical search tools), medical software downloads and reviews, a discussion board, and a free electronic newsletter, Nurse-zine, available either by e-mail or on the Web site. Searchable." |
| HeathWeb- Nursing "Covering a variety of topics including career information, professional organizations, clinical nursing and research resources, this site, maintained at the Taubman Medical Library at the University of Michigan, has recently added Nursing Education Online. This section includes Distance Education, Continuing Education and Virtual Nursing Education. It also links to Nursing Schools in 46 states and nine foreign countries and has addresses of International and U.S. Doctoral programs in nursing." |
| HELIX: Healthcare Education Learning & Information Exchange (GlaxoWellcome) "Developed by GlaxoWellcome especially for healthcare practioners, HELIX is a premier source of on-line education and professional resources on a range of therapeutic and practice-management issues." |
| MEDWEB@Emory University "MedWeb is a catalog of biomedical and health related web sites maintained by the staff of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University. MedWeb's primary audience is the academic and research community at Emory. We are emphasizing Emory's educational and research programs as well as developing a carefully selected collection of sites of interest to the general public." |
| NursesPortal "The NursesPortal was developed by the innovators behind VirtualNurse, Ron Phelps BS RN, Regina Phelps RN MSN, and Teri Sulewski LPN. Our Vision is for nurses to become part of a network of health care visionaries who are connecting physicians, nurses, students, nursing schools, and patients. The result is a powerful voice for nurses that can influence and improve the Health Care industry at large." |
| NursingCenter.com "Good selection of articles from AJN, American Journal of Nursing as well as a dozen others, including MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing. Full contents of the AJN Career Guide in the Career Center and many full-text articles in Continuing Edutcation" |
| Texas Medical Center "Think of this site as a doorway that opens to a virtual med-tropolis. From this page you can visit the Texas Medical Center's more than 40 member institutions, including two medical schools, four schools of nursing, 13 renowned hospitals and two specialty institutions." |
| Virtual Hospital "The Virtual Hospital is a digital health sciences library created in 1992 at the University of Iowa to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients. The goal of the Virtual Hospital digital library is to make the Internet a useful medical reference and health promotion tool for health care providers and patients. The Virtual Hospital digital library contains hundreds of books and brochures for health care providers and patients." |
| Virtual
Nursing Center This extensive web site provides links to many different nursing related references. The topics covered include nursing schools, courses and education resources, graduate and undergraduate health science related courses, the reference desk, time and weather, what's new, browse, and search. There are also links to other virtual centers including medical, pharmacy, veterinary, dental, public health, allied health and nutrition virtual centers. |
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| Consumer Health Web Sites |
| Health AtoZ "HealthAtoZ is a comprehensive, well-integrated health and medical resource developed by healthcare professionals. HealthAtoZ's aim is to partner with consumers so that every individual and family can better manage their health." |
| InteliHealth "InteliHealth is a group of creative, energetic, quality-driven people who are passionate about their mission to promote good health. We accomplish this goal by providing credible information and useful products from the most trusted sources, including Harvard Medical School and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. InteliHealth's expert editors "consumerize" health information to make it accessible to the widest possible audience. To ensure the highest quality, information provided by InteliHealth is reviewed and approved by the nation's leading medical experts. More than 150 top health care organizations contribute to InteliHealth's online and offline ventures, including the National Institutes of Health, other government agencies, major non-profits, other publishers and news media. InteliHealth is a subsidiary of Aetna U.S. Healthcare." |
| Mayo
Clinic Health Oasis "This site is directed by a team of Mayo physicians, scientists, writers and educators. We update Mayo Clinic Health Oasis each weekday to bring you the most relevant health information." Includes Glossary and Library. |
| MedicineNet.com "Since 1996, our network of U.S. board-certified physician writers and scientists have provided relevant, easy-to-read, in-depth medical information for consumers via our robust, user-friendly, interactive web site. We are working very hard to continue offering the very best doctor-produced health information on the internet." |
| onHealth "For all aspects of your health - from the daily effort to keep your life in balance, to those crucial times when you're making decisions about medical care for yourself and your family - we hope you'll make this your first stop on the Web." |
| WebMD Another excellent online health information site with several separate areas of focus including WebRN. |
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| Associations & Organizations |
| American Association for the History of Nursing
(AAHN)
"The American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN) is a professional organization open to everyone interested in the history of nursing. Originally founded in 1978 as a historical methodology group, the association was briefly named the International History of Nursing Society. The purpose of the Association shall be to foster the importance of history as relevant to understanding the past, defining the present, and influencing the future of nursing." |
| American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
(AACN)
"AACN is dedicated to creating a healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and families where critical care nurses make their optimal contribution." |
| American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
(AANN)
"Founded in 1968, the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses is a national organization of 3,400 registered nurses and other health care professionals dedicated to improving the care of the neuroscience patient and to furthering the interests of health professionals in the neurosciences." |
| American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
(AANA)
"Established in the late 1800's as the first clinical nursing specialty, nurse anesthesia developed in response to the growing need surgeons had for anesthetists. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), and the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA), have played significant roles in developing the practice of anesthesia. Today, more than 27,000 CRNAs provide cost-effective, quality patient care that is essential to America's health care system." |
| American College of Nurse-Midwives
(ACNM) "With roots dating to 1929, the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is the oldest women's health care organization in the U.S. ACNM provides research, accredits midwifery education programs, administers and promotes continuing education programs, establishes clinical practice standards, creates liaisons with state and federal agencies and members of Congress." Includes ACNM Calendar; ACNM Bookstore, CNM Survival in Managed Care, and Employment Opportunities. |
| American Medical Association "Physicians dedicated to the health of America." |
| American Medical Informatics Association Nursing Informatics Working Group
"To promote the advancement of nursing informatics within the larger multidisciplinary context of health informatics. The organization and its members pursue this goal in many arenas: professional practice, education, research, governmental and other service, professional organizations, and industry. The working group represents the interests of nursing informatics for members in the working group and AMIA, and provides member services and outreach functions." |
| American Nurses' Association (ANA)
(The "Nursing World" Web Site) "The American Nurses Association is a full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.6 million Registered Nurses through its 54 constituent state associations and 13 organizational affiliate members. ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public." |
| American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
(ASPAN)
"Serving Nurses Practicing in Ambulatory Surgery, Preanesthesia, and Postanesthesia Care." |
| Association
of American Medical Colleges The AAMC is a nonprofit association comprising the 125 accredited U.S. medical schools; the 16 accredited Canadian medical schools; more than 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, including 70 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; nearly 90 academic and professional societies representing 75,000 faculty members; and the nation's medical students and residents. |
| Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
(ANACNet) "The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care is a nonprofit professional nursing organization committed to fostering the individual and collective professional development of nurses involved in the delivery of health care to persons infected or affected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and to promoting the health, welfare, and rights of all HIV infected persons." |
| Association of Operating Room Nurses
(AORN) "AORN is the professional organization of perioperative registered nurses whose mission is to promote quality patient care by providing its members with education, standards, services, and representation. AORN represents more than 43,000 registered nurses who facilitate the management, teaching, and practice of perioperative nursing, or who are enrolled in nursing education or engaged in perioperative research. AORN's members come from over 340 chapters across the US and in Puerto Rico." |
| Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses
(APON)
"The Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses (APON) is the leading professional organization for registered nurses caring for children and adolescents with cancer and their families. The highest standards of nursing practice are achieved through education, research, certification, advocacy and affiliation." |
| Emergency Nurses Association
(ENA) "Whatever it is that makes emergency nurses and other emergency care professionals work smarter—information, education, networking, or representation—they get it by joining ENA. We are a international, action-orientated organization ready to support the profession with access to important scientific information and the latest research; networking opportunities with key governmental, academic, and professional contacts; and monitoring of government activities affecting the profession. Our members are staff nurses; ED nurse managers; administrators; clinical nurse specialists; pediatric, trauma, or flight nurses; pre-hospital coordinators; nurse practitioners; educators; and student nurses." |
| International Transplant Nurses Society (TransWeb) "The International Transplant Nurses Society is committed to the promotion of excellence in transplant clinical nursing through the provision of educational and professional growth opportunities, interdisciplinary networking and collaborative activities, and transplant nursing research." |
| National Association of Neonatal Nurses "The mission of this Association is to support and promote neonatal nursing." |
| National Institute of Nursing Research
(NIH)
"The National Institute of Nursing Research was established as a Center at the NIH on April 16, 1986, and as an Institute on June 10, 1993. This placement among the 25 Institutes and Centers within the NIH has added a new scientific perspective — a clinical and nursing perspective — to enrich the mainstream of the nation's biomedical and behavioral research endeavors." |
| Oncology Nursing Society
(ONS) "ONS Online is a cancer information service of the Oncology Nursing Society developed for ONS members, other healthcare providers, people with cancer, and their families and friends." |
| Sigma Theta Tau
International (Honor Society of Nursing) "Committed to Scholarship, Leadership and Excellence in the Nursing Profession." |
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| Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Manuals & Directories |
| BioTech's Life Science Dictionary Located at The University of Texas, "BioTech is a hybrid biology/chemistry educational resource and research tool on the World Wide Web...8300+ terms deal with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics." |
| Dictionary of Science and Technology "Harcourt and Academic Press are proud to bring the largest scientific dictionary ever compiled in the English language to the Web. Search from over 130,000 terms defined in 130 fields of science." |
| The ADAM Medical Encyclopedia (WebMD Health) "The ADAM Medical Encyclopedia covers more than 4000 topics, including disease conditions, treatments, medical terms, procedures and anatomy. Use it to translate "doctor-speak" into everyday language and to answer your questions on health and the body. Want to know the difference between good and bad cholesterol? Want to find your optic nerve? The information is in there. Each entry includes a brief definition, and often a longer article with common questions and answers about the subject." |
| The American Hospital
Directory Listings include statistics on a hospitals' beds, length of stay, charges by DRG and APG, and more. Other sources are the Hospital Directory and Canadian Hospitals on the Web, Hospital Web includes hospitals worldwide, and Hospital Link finds hospitals' web sites. |
| Complete Home
Medical Guide From the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. |
| MedSpeak: The Dictionary of the ER Here you will find a lot of the medical slang not found in standard medical dictionaries. This is the language used in ERs. Click on a letter, or simply scroll. |
| Medical Dictionary An excellent dictionary, includes explanations of Latin origins, from MedicineNet.com |
| Merck Publications Includes the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy and the Merck Manual of Medical Information (Home Edition) |
| Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary "The latest word on medical terms." |
| The On-line Medical Dictionary (OMD) Contains cross-referenced definitions of more than 65,000 words related to medicine, biology, chemistry and other branches of science. |
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