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Nursing Subject Guide Contents
Scope and Introduction
Getting Started
Reference Resources
Electronic Databases & Indexes
Journal Titles
Related Subject Guides at Chesnutt
Library
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Online Research Guides
Related Web Sites
Electronic
Databases & Indexes
Selected Electronic Databases & Indexes
Cinahl
Consumer Health Resources
Health Sources: Nursing/Academic
Edition
Medline
Medline Plus
NC Health Info Website
ProQuest Nursing Journals
PubMed
Database Finder
Off-Campus Access
Selected
Electronic Databases & Indexes
Cinahl
Cumulative Index to Nursing and
Allied Health. (index 1982+; abstracts 1986-current).
CINAHL,
provides indexing for over 1,700 journals from the fields of nursing and
allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating
back to 1982. Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing
journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the
American Nurses' Association, CINAHL
covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative
complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.
Examples of titles offered in CINAHL
include: AANA Journal, California Hospitals,
Gastroenterology Nursing, Maternal and Child Health Journal, Paediatric
Nursing, Parents, etc. In addition, this database offers
access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference
proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and
book chapters. Full text material includes 60 journals plus legal cases,
clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments
and clinical trials. [EbscoHost description]
Consumer Health Resources
Accessed through NC Live. NC LIVE provides
North Carolina residents and students with access to high quality
information - searchable collections of magazine, newspaper, and journal
articles, electronic books, historical materials, maps, and much more -
covering a wide range of topics. [NC Live website]
A few of the Consumer Health Resources
available through NC Live include:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CINAHL via EBSCOhost
Clinical Pharmacology via EBSCOhost
CQ Researcher Online via CQ Press
Health Source: Consumer Edition via EBSCOhost
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition via EBSCOhost
Healthfinder
HealthLink Plus
HealthWeb
HIV InSite
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
Medem
MEDLINEplus
National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC)
NC Health Info
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
Oncolink : A University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource
PsycINFO (Psychology) via Ovid/SilverPlatter
PubMed
State Center for Health Statistics
The Division of Public Health of the NC Dept. of Health and Human
Services
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides more than 400 scholarly
full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are
abstracts and indexing for over 500 journals.
Health Source:
Nursing/Academic Edition provides more than 550 scholarly full
text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on
many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for
more than 800 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is
particularly strong, including full text from
Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive
Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced
Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of
Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing
Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry,
and many more. In addition, this database includes
Clinical Pharmacology, which
provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug
monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and
nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new drugs. The
majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or
scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back
as 1975. [EbscoHost description]
Medline
(1965-current). Indexes and abstracts
biomedical literature.
Medline corresponds to the print indexes Index
Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index.
There are over 12,000,000 records covering 1965 to present. Medline is a
registered trademark of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Medline Plus
Contains full text quality resources on common
diseases and conditions arranged under "Health Topics" as well as drug
information, directories of health care providers, medical dictionaries
and more.
One of the most comprehensive web resources
for quality consumer health information. Developed by the National Library
of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, the site contains
extensive, high quality information on common diseases and conditions,
health promotion and wellness, prescription and non-prescription drugs,
medical dictionaries and more. There are also interactive health tutorials
and information on clinical trials. A Spanish version is also available at
the vendor's site. [NC Live description]
NC
Health Info Website
NC Health Info offers access to web sites of
local health services, providers, and programs serving residents of North
Carolina.
NC Health Info allows people to search for web
sites of local health services across the state of North Carolina.
Covering topics from Alzheimer's Disease to yoga, NC Health Info serves to
connect people to health services (health care providers, support groups,
wellness programs, etc.) in their local community. Through integrated
links with MedlinePlus, a comprehensive consumer health web site from the
National Library of Medicine, users can also access quality, up to date
information on over 600 health conditions and diseases as well as wellness
topics, drug information, and more. Visitors to NC Health Info may suggest
additional health resources to add to the site. [NC Live description]
ProQuest Nursing Journals
250+ leading full-text journals in nursing and
allied health.
Offering complete information
from leading nursing and related publications, 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. All 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. Covers 1986 – present. [Proquest description]
PubMed
Includes MEDline and more medical resources.
PubMed, available
via the NCBI
Entrez retrieval system, 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).
Entrez is the text-based search and retrieval system used at NCBI for
services including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein
Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, OMIM, and many others. PubMed was
designed to provide access to citations from biomedical literature.
LinkOut provides access to
full-text articles at journal Web sites and other related Web resources.
PubMed also provides access and links to the other Entrez molecular
biology resources. [NLM description]
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Database
Finder
Use Database Finder to search
for a list of databases recommended for Nursing.
1. On the Library's home page
select Databases
2. Click the drop-down menu
Select a Subject located under Browse the Subject List of Databases
3. Scroll down to Nursing, click
Go
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Off Campus Access
Students,
faculty, and staff can access the majority of electronic databases and
indexes available at Chesnutt Library from computers located off-campus.
1. On the
Library's home page select
Off-Campus Access
(located under Services near the bottom of the page).
2. Read the
information and click
Create a PIN now
3.
Enter the requested information, including a new pin at least 4 digits
long.
4. A similar
screen will pop up prompting you to enter the PIN two more times.
5. If
successful you be in My Library Record. If you receive an error or invalid
PIN message contact the Circulation desk at 910-672-1231 for help.
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