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CINAHL
Guide:
Available in pdf
Content Type: Citations and abstracts of journal articles
with links to some full-text
Database Description: The CINAHL database is the only compact
disc designed specifically to meet the information needs of nurses
and allied health professions. It is the database equivalent to the
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL).
CINAHL provides access to virtually all English-language nursing
journals, publications from the American Nurses' Association and the
National League for Nursing, and primary journals from 13 allied
health disciplines.
Dates of Coverage: 1982 to present
Cochrane Library
Guide:
Introductory Guide / Quick Reference
Guide (PDF) / User Guide (PDF)
/
Online Help Manual /
Cochrane Library WuTorial
Content Type: Reviews, abstracts, and trials in the health
sciences.
Database Description: The Cochrane Library is a collection of
databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform
healthcare decision-making Cochrane reviews represent the highest
level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions. In
addition to Cochrane reviews, The Cochrane Library provides other
sources of reliable information, from other systematic review
abstracts technology assessments, economic evaluations, and
individual clinical trials - all the current evidence in one single
environment. Databases included: Cochrane Database of Systematic
Reviews (Cochrane Reviews), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of
Effects, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Clinical
Trials), Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (Method Reviews),
Cochrane Methodology Register (Methods Studies), Health Technology
Assessment Database (Technology Assessments), NHS Economic
Evaluation Database (Economic Evaluations), and About The Cochrane
Collaboration (Cochrane Groups)
Dates of Coverage: Varies
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Use this Resource Center to find full-text magazines,
journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: fitness,
pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, alcohol and drug abuse,
prescription drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health
assessment sites as well as government databases. The material contained in this
Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only. Dates of Coverage:
1980 to present
MEDLINE
(CSA)
Guide:
CSA Full Guide /
CSA Quick Guide /
CSA Online
Tutorial- Quick Search /
CSA Online
tutorial - Advanced Search
Content Type: Citations, abstracts, and some links to
full-text articles
Database Description: MEDLINE is the bibliographic database
of the National Library of Medicine. MEDLINE is the primary source
in the United States for information from the biomedical literature,
containing references to articles from more than 3700 journals.
MEDLINE is the computerized counterpart of Index Medicus, the Index
to Dental Literature, and the International Nursing Index. MEDLINE
EXPRESS contains the complete MEDLINE database, including such
topics as microbiology, delivery of health care, nutrition,
pharmacology, and environmental health. The categories covered in
the database include anatomy, organisms, diseases, chemicals and
drugs, techniques and equipment, psychiatry and psychology,
biological sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and
education, technology, agriculture, food, industry, humanities,
information science and communications, and health care. Each
reference to an article or bibliographic citation in MEDLINE EXPRESS
is called a record. The full text of the articles is not provided,
but approximately half of the records contain abstracts written by
the article's author. The database is international in scope;
approximately 75% of the citations are published in English.
Dates of Coverage: 1994 to present
MEDLINE
(FirstSearch)
Guide: General guide on FirstSearch available in
pdf
Database Description: MEDLINE is the bibliographic database
of the National Library of Medicine. MEDLINE is the primary source
in the United States for information from the biomedical literature,
containing references to articles from more than 3700 journals.
MEDLINE is the computerized counterpart of Index Medicus, the Index
to Dental Literature, and the International Nursing Index. MEDLINE
EXPRESS contains the complete MEDLINE database, including such
topics as microbiology, delivery of health care, nutrition,
pharmacology, and environmental health. The categories covered in
the database include anatomy, organisms, diseases, chemicals and
drugs, techniques and equipment, psychiatry and psychology,
biological sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and
education, technology, agriculture, food, industry, humanities,
information science and communications, and health care. Each
reference to an article or bibliographic citation in MEDLINE EXPRESS
is called a record. The full text of the articles is not provided,
but approximately half of the records contain abstracts written by
the article's author. The database is international in scope;
approximately 75% of the citations are published in English.
Dates of Coverage: 1966 to present
MEDLINE (PubMed)
Guide:
Online tutorial
Database Description: PudMed was developed by
the national Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the
National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National
Institutes of Health (NIH). PubMed was designed to provide access to
citation from biomedical resources, i.e. Medline. PubMed also
provides access to additional life sciences journals as well as
links to many sites providing full-text articles and other related
sources. MEDLINE is the premier bibliographic database covering
fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health
care system, and preclinical sciences, and contains citations and
abstracts from more than 4,600 biomedical journals published in the
United States and 70 other countries.
Dates of Coverage: 1966 to present
ProQuest Nursing
Guide: pdf /
ProQuest Nursing WSU Wutorial
Content Type: Full-text electronic journals.
Database Description:
This database is designed to meet the needs of
researchers at health-care facilities as well as students enrolled
in nursing programs at academic institutions. This database offers
complete text and images from such journals as Nursing, Nursing
Management, Nursing Economics, Nursing Forum, RN, Journal of Nursing
Education, Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Researcher and Nursing
Diagnosis. All of the source publications are available in the
ASCII full-text format. Nearly all of them also offer articles in
the full-image and Text+Graphics formats.
Dates of Coverage: For several publications
coverage from 1992 is available. For some, full-image articles go
back to 1988; Text+Graphics, to 1996.
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