LibGuides: Resources by Subject: Nursing and Medicine

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Nursing and Medicine Resources

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CINAHL Complete
CINAHL Complete is the world’s most comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL.
Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

Included databases: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessment Database, and NHS Economic Evaluation Database.
MEDLINE with Full Text
MEDLINE with Full Text provides the authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences found on MEDLINE, plus the database provides full text for more than 1,470 journals indexed in MEDLINE.
PubMed
PubMed comprises more than 27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
PubMed Central
PubMed Central is a free digital database of full-text scientific literature in biomedical and life sciences.

Academic Search Premier
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles.

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
Access Medicine
AccessMedicine® provides access to more than 65 medical titles in medicine, with images and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, diagnostic and point-of-care tools and more.

AccessMedicine® provides access to more than 65 medical titles in medicine, with images and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, diagnostic and point-of-care tools and more.
AccessSurgery
Access to more than 15 ebooks, including Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery and Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Surgery. AccessSurgery is an integrated online resource that includes: surgical videos, surgical animations, surgical atlas, board review, and quick reference.
AHFS Consumer Medication Information
AHFS Consumer Medication Information is a trusted source and recognized standard for patient drug information, available in both English and Spanish.
AIDSinfo
Provides current federally approved treatment guidelines for HIV infection and AIDS-related illnesses.
Alt-HealthWatch
This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
Annual Review of Public Health
The Annual Review of Public Health covers significant developments in the field of Public Health, including epidemiology and biostatistics, social environment and behavior, health services, and public health practice.
Bioline International
Bioline International provides open access to peer reviewed bioscience journals published in developing countries, with research on public health, international development, tropical medicine, food and nutritional security, and biodiversity.
Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic
Designed for doctors, research scientist, students and clinical specialists, this database provides full text for over 100 journals in a variety of areas pertaining to medical study.
CAS SciFinder
First-time users need to create a User ID using your IUN e-mail address. SciFinder is a research discovery tool that allows users to explore the CAS databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more.
CINAHL Complete
CINAHL Complete is the world’s most comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL.
ClinicalTrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world.
Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

Included databases: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessment Database, and NHS Economic Evaluation Database.
Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete (CHC) is a resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.
Consumer Health Information in Many Languages Resources
Provides links to useful multilingual online health resources. Organized by specific languages.
Credo Academic Core
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Formerly Credo General Reference. Credo Reference is an online,cross searchable, full text suite of of encyclopedias, dictionaries, guides, companions, atlases, chronologies, Who's whos, and other reference resources.
Free Medical Journals
The Free Medical Journals Site was created to promote the free availability of full text medical journals on the Internet.
Gale Science In Context
Science in Context covers scientific subjects through topic overviews, biographies, detailed experiments, periodical articles and more.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Virtual Reference Library electronically provides complete encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs and more in many areas of study. Categories include arts, biography, business, education, environment, general reference, history, information and publishing, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nation and world, religion, science, social science, and technology.

Virtual Reference Library electronically provides complete encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs and more in many areas of study.
Genetics Home Reference
Genetics Home Reference provides consumer-friendly information about the effects of genetic variations on human health.
Global Health and Human Rights Database
A free online database of global health and human rights law.

Hastings Center Report
The Hastings Center Report explores the ethical, legal, and social issues in medicine, health care, public health, and the life sciences.

Haz-Map
Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases.
Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module)
Health & Wellness Resource Center offers access to full-text medical journals, magazines, newspapers, reference works, multimedia and much more.

Health & Wellness Resource Center offers access to full-text medical journals, magazines, newspapers, reference works, multimedia and much more.

Sections include Diseases & Conditions, Alternative Medicine, Drugs & Herbal Remedies, Directories, a Dictionary, Trusted Sites, and Health Assessment.
Health and Society in Video
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Documentaries, profiles, reports, and interviews on medical progress in health and wellness issues and their impact on society.
Health Business FullTEXT
This database provides full text coverage for more than 130 well-known administrative journals. Critical for hospital administrators and managers, this database includes publications covering the business of health care administration and much more.
Health Reference Center Academic
Health Reference Center Academic provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
This database provides a collection of consumer health information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.

This database provides a collection of consumer health information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
This database provides scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines as well as the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
Household Products Database
This database links over 12,000 consumer brands to health effects, and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients. Includes safety information.
IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans
The IARC Monographs identify environmental factors that can increase the risk of human cancer. These include chemicals, complex mixtures, occupational exposures, physical agents, biological agents, and lifestyle factors.
JamaEvidence
JAMAevidence helps decision makers identify the best available evidence by providing guides to the systematic consideration of the validity, importance, and applicability of claims about the assessment of health problems and the outcomes of health care. JAMAevidence includes: Users' Guides, Calculators, Podcasts, Education Guides and Learning Tools.
Journals@Ovid LWW Legacy Archive
This database is an aggregate of hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals from over 50 publishers and societies. Contains subscriptions through IU Northwest.
Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text
This database is an aggregate of hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals from over 50 publishers and societies. Contains subscriptions through the IUPUI Medical Library.
Kids Count Data Center
Access hundreds of measures of child well-being, including all those regularly used in The Annie E. Casey Foundation's popular Data Book and The Right Start of America's Newborns, and local data from 53 grantees.
Kids Health
As part of The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, KidsHealth provides families with perspective, advice, and comfort about a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues that affect children and teens.
Lab Tests Online
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Lab Tests Online is an award-winning health information web resource designed to help patients and caregivers understand the many lab tests that are a vital part of medical care. The site is produced by AACC, a not-for-profit organization; proceeds from health-related advertising help support the website's mission.
Medline Plus
Authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other health-related organizations to provide consumer health information.
MEDLINE with Full Text
MEDLINE with Full Text provides the authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences found on MEDLINE, plus the database provides full text for more than 1,470 journals indexed in MEDLINE.
Merck Manual - Professional Version
The Merck Manual is a complete medical reference books for doctors, medical students and health care professionals. It addresses the mechanism and cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of over 2000 diseases and disorders. This is the 18th edition, one edition behind the current edition.
NCBI Bookshelf
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The National Center for Biotechnology Information provides free access of books and other non-articles about life sciences and healthcare through the NCBI Bookshelf.
Neonatal Network
Neonatal Network is a peer-reviewed journal which is dedicated to assisting neonatal nurses and related healthcare professionals to remain current in their fields.
New England Journal of Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine brings physicians research and key information at the intersection of biomedical science and clinical practice, presenting information in a clinically useful format.
NIHSeniorHealth
Health and wellness information for older adults from the National Institutes of Health.
Nursing & Allied Health Collection
Nursing & Allied Health Collection covers all aspects of the nursing profession -- from direct patient care to health care administration.
Nursing Resource Center
The Nursing Resource Center brings together in an easy-to-use interface disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the core encyclopedia texts.
Ovid Medical Databases
A collection of medical databases for articles from scientific, technical, and medical journals. Provided through the IUPUI Medical Library.
Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900
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This database showcases the development of 'popular' medicine in America during the nineteenth century, through an extensive range of material that was aimed at the general public rather than medical professionals.
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
PLOS publishes seven peer-reviewed open-access journals. The journals vary in their selectivity and contain differing amounts of commentary articles from opinion leaders in a variety of scientific disciplines. The journals are editorially independent.
PubMed Central
PubMed Central is a free digital database of full-text scientific literature in biomedical and life sciences.
Rehabilitation Therapy in Video
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Rehabilitation Therapy in Video provides videos on the study of occupational therapy, physical/physiotherapy, and speech-language pathology. The collection includes explanations of anatomical and neurological issues, while demonstrating effective techniques and methods for their treatment.

Rehabilitation Therapy in Video provides videos on the study of occupational therapy, physical/physiotherapy, and speech-language pathology. The collection includes footage of top clinicians and academics explaining the underlying anatomical and neurological issues in specific patient populations, while demonstrating effective techniques and methods for their treatment. All of the video has been thoroughly indexed to allow users to search and filter content by patient details, therapist specialization, treatment method, presenting problem, and more.
ScienceDirect Social & Behavioral Sciences College Edition
ScienceDirect is a leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books.
Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video
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Covers areas of fitness and health assessment, disease management, injury treatment, nutrition, medical fitness, sport science, work-site wellness, exercise adherence, and much more.
Studs Terkel Radio Archive
The Studs Terkel Radio Archive provides the audio of Studs' radio interviews during his career at WFMT in Chicago between 1952 and 1997. His program covered music, health care, labor studies, diversity issues including history and culture, and a wide range of additional topics.
TOXNET
Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
Tox Town
An Interactive guide to common toxic substances encountered in everyday places. Links to TOXMAP.

The library has created a special list of Reserve books for nursing that are available for IU Northwest students, faculty and staff to use within the library.

Nursing Reserve Books (IUCAT)

The library has created a special list of serials for the nursing subject.

Nursing Serials (IUCAT)

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IUCAT
Online catalog of library materials held by Indiana University.
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Online catalog of library materials held worldwide.
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Resources by Subject: Nursing and Medicine

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