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Articles (from journals)
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
Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO)
 Consumer Health Complete (CHC)  is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. [more info]
Campus/Remote
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
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Best Bets
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
Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO)
 Consumer Health Complete (CHC)  is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. [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
Diagnosis
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
DSM-IV-TRĀ® Library (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
A set of searchable, full-text reference works for psychiatric diagnosis... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (Merck & Co., Inc.)
The goal of The Merck Manual is to provide useful clinical information to practicing physicians, medical students, interns, residents, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals in a concise, complete, and accurate manner. [more info]
Micromedex (Thomson Healthcare)
A wide range of clinical databases to support evidence based care... [more info]
Campus/Remote/Handheld
Diseases
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
Micromedex (Thomson Healthcare)
A wide range of clinical databases to support evidence based care... [more info]
Campus/Remote/Handheld
Images
HEAL Library (Health Education Assets Library) (UCLA and National Science Foundation)
The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a digital library that provides freely... [more info]
Internet
Interactive Functional Anatomy (Anatomy.tv)
Online interactive 3-d human anatomy. [more info]
Campus/Remote
New England Journal of Medicine Image File
[more info]
Campus/Remote
Practice Tools
Micromedex (Thomson Healthcare)
A wide range of clinical databases to support evidence based care... [more info]
Campus/Remote/Handheld
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
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
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]
Honor Code Test
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Tests and Test Information
ConsultGeriRN
GeroNurseOnline, developed through the Nurse Competence in Aging initiative, is the official geriatric nursing website of the American Nurses Association (ANA) and of the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing at the New York University College of Nursing.  It includes a collection of 30 assessment tools for use with older adults. [more info]
HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) (Ovid)
Descriptions of behavioral tests and measurements in health fields, psychosocial sciences... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Honor Code Test
  [more info]
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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Articles (from journals)
Best Bets
Diagnosis
Diseases
Images
Practice Tools
Statistics & Datasets
Style Manuals & Citation Management Tools
Tests and Test Information
Nursing Librarian's Lists of Resources:
Alternative & Complementary Health
Evidence Based Practice
General Interest Full Text
History of Nursing
Nursing Policy
Contact the Nursing Librarian:
Jennifer McCabe