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Articles (from journals)

 
Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO)
  [more info]
Campus/Remote
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) (EBSCO)
Indexing and abstracts for articles, books and other publications in nursing and allied health... [more info]
Campus/Remote
PubMed (NLM)
 PubMed has undergone a significant interface change. For more information please see:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/.

A medical and health database developed at the National Library of Medicine (NLM).  [tutorial]
[more info]
Unrestricted
Cochrane Library (Wiley)
The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of treatment interventions in... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Google Scholar
Search the Internet for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research... [more info]
Unrestricted
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
An index with abstracts to journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines (sociology, linguistics, anthropology, education, medicine, law, physiology, business, psychiatry, nursing, pharmacology). [more info]
Campus/Remote
AgeLine (AARP) (Cancelled)
This resource has been cancelled, effective 11/15/2009.  Please note that this product is no longer free. It is available as a trial until mid-November.
AgeLine abstracts the literature of social gerontology as well as aging-related research...
[more info]
Unrestricted
Genetics Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles and papers on genetics as a whole, from microbes... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Health & Safety Sciences Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, government reports, conference proceedings... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
Indexing, abstracts, and full text for scholarly journals focusing on nursing and allied health. [more info]
Campus/Remote
Human Genome Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles about developments and applications emerging from international... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Immunology Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles about all aspects of immune systems in man and animals... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles worldwide in which biotechnology, molecular biology... [more info]
Campus/Remote

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Citation Searching

 
Journal Citation Reports (ISI)
Provides data that helps with evaluation and comparison of scholarly journals. [more info]
Campus / Remote
PubMed Single Citation Matcher
Use this tool to find complete citations in PubMed when you only have partial information. [more info]
Scopus (Elsevier)
Indexing, abstracts, and citation searching for science and social science scholarly literature... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Web of Science (ISI)
This resource will cease as of 1/1/2010. Please begin using other resources, such as Scopus. Citation index for science and social sciences... [more info]
Campus/Remote

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News Articles

 
Access World News (Readex)
Provides full-text for over 600 U.S. and over 700 international news sources. [more info]
Campus/Remote
Dow Jones Factiva
Gateway to business resources including full text of periodicals, news photographs, company reports... [more info]
Campus/Remote
LexisNexis Academic
This resource's interface will be updated in late December. To view the changes, please click here. Contains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information and more... [more info]
Campus/Remote

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Statistics & Datasets

 
FedStats (Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy)
Provides access to statistics and information produced by more than 70 U.S. government agencies ... [more info]
Internet
National Center for Health Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics' Web site, a rich source of information about America’s health. [more info]
Internet
Quick Health Data Online
  [more info]
STAT-USA (U.S. Dept. of Commerce)
An online service of recent international trade information... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Statistical Abstracts (U.S. Census Bureau)
The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. [more info]
Internet
Virginia Center for Health Statistics
The Division of Health Statistics collects and disseminates vital records data, conducts research and produces reports which help guide health policy issues affecting the Commonwealth of Virginia. [more info]
Internet

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Style Manuals & Citation Management Tools

 
APA Style Citation Examples
Created by JMU Libraries, this document contains examples for the most frequently cited material in APA (American Psychological Association) format; includes examples of citing Internet resources. (MS Word document) [more info]
CheckCite
Check your citation style for papers and speeches [more info]
Go for the Gold module 7
This section of Go for the Gold covers information ethics, plagiarism. citing sources, and fair use. [more info]
RefWorks
RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database of bibliographic... [more info]
Campus/Remote

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Tests and Test Information

 
HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) (Ovid)
Descriptions of behavioral tests and measurements in health fields, psychosocial sciences... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCO)
Descriptive information and critical reviews of more than 2,000 commercially-available standardized tests. [more info]
Campus/Remote

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