CINAHL (1982 - present) Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature: indexes books, journals and dissertations in nursing, physical therapy, medical technology and allied health areas.
MEDLINE via OVID (1950-present) Includes Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, & Index to Dental Literature. Covers over 3500 journals in medicine, clinical science and allied health. Includes Health Sciences Libraries journal holdings information and links to full-text articles available through Journals@OVID.
MEDLINE via PubMed (1950-present) NLM's search service to access MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases.
NursingConsult (Current) Mosby's Nursing Consult brings together several leading nursing resources to help nurses efficiently find answers to pressing clinical questions. It includes the Latest Drug Information, Patient Education Information, Professional Journals, Reference Books, Current News, Clinical Practice Information, Evidence-based Content, and Care Planning Tools. NursingConsult also includes the database, Mosby's Nursing Index, which has journal titles that CINAHL does not own.
Primal Pictures (Current) Includes Interactive Functional Anatomy and Complete Human Anatomy -- both are 3D interactive human models. Enable pop-ups for optimal viewing.
RefWorks allows users to format their citations and papers into a particular format, export or manually add references into RefWorks, and share their references or entire database. Users must create a RefWorks account. Write-N-Cite, an application that must be downloaded, enables users to insert in text citations from their references into their papers. When using Write-N-Cite from off-campus, enter RWDrexelU as the Group Code, in addition to the RefWorks account login.
Dissertations & Theses (1861-current) With more than 1.5 million entries, ProQuest's Dissertations & Theses is the one central, authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses.
HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) (1985-present) Provides information on measurement instruments (questionnaires, etc.) for the health and psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science.
Health Sciences: a SAGE Full-Text Collection (1982-present) Contains 24 journals published by SAGE and various societies. This database also covers additional subjects like aging and gerontology, public health, and research methods. Full text available from 1982 to present.
Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Source (1986-present) Contains articles from over 500 journals which cover nursing and allied health. Full text available from 1986 to present.
PsycINFO (1806-present) Covers books, dissertations, and journals in the psychological and behavioral sciences, including the creative arts therapies. Uses the OVID interface and the Thesaurus of Psychological Indexing Terms.
Journals
Check catalog for electronic and print journals; for a comprehensive list, search "Nursing-periodicals" as a Subject. Also see the alphabetic listings of Electronic Journals for Nursing.
Lippincott's NursingCenter.com-This online learning center offers continuing education courses online, recommended readings, and free newsletters.
Medscape for Nurses-This Medscape webite features free CME courses and conference coverage.
National League for Nursing (NLN)-The NLN website offers online courses related to teaching, links to workshops and conferences, and a Professional Development Bulletin.
Nursing Spectrum-This website specializes in career management information.
NurseScribe-This website provides links to websites for lifelong learning. It also has a page of Nursing Theorist links.
RN Central- Its offerings include care plans, chat, and free software.
Founded in 1978, this association serves as a nursing history resource. The website includes a student primer on nursing history, nursing theory information, pictures of gravesites of prominent nurses, and a nursing history calendar.
NINR seeks to improve the health of individuals, families, communities, and populations through supporting research in a number of areas such as caregiving, chronic and acute disease, and the end of life.
NANDA is the premier international nursing diagnosis association. The website has information on NANDA-I Committees and NLinks, "a network for language in nursing knowledge systems."
This honor society of nursing has a career advisor, links to nursing schools, and a leadership institute. Sigma Theta Tau also has a link to the Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library, which provides resources for advancing nursing and patient care. The library's free database, Registry of Nursing Research, allows users to search study and conference abstracts.
NANAINA is founded upon its predecessor organization, the American Indian Nurses Association and later, the American Indian Alaska Native Nurses Association.
AANN has links to certification, continuing education, and the Neuroscience Nursing Foundation, which provides grants for those interested in neuroscience nursing research.
Over ninty percent of CRNAs belong to the AANA. The website offers information on careers, practice documents, professional development, and a section for patients.
Started in 1942, this association has grown to over a hundred chapters in almost every state. It provides links to continuing education, code of ethics, standards of practice, and public policy.
ACNM is the oldest women's health care organization in the United States. Its website includes links to career center, continuing education and practice resources, and consumer information.
AHNA serves as "the definitive voice for holistic nursing, and promotes the education of nurses, other healthcare professionals, and the public in all aspects of holistic caring and healing."
This association believes that nephrology nurses must "assess the real or threatened impact of renal disease on the individual as well as to diagnose and treat his/her responses to this problem.
" The website includes sections on education, health policy, and practice.
ASORN's mission is "to foster excellence in ophthalmic patient care while supporting the ophthalmic team through individual development, education, and evidence based practice."
AORN is the national association committed to improving patient safety in the surgical setting. The website includes discussion boards, professional development, and a perioperative nursing suggested reading list.
"AWHONN is an organization of nurses committed to the health of women and newborns." The website includes information on childbearing, newborns and neonates, standards and guidelines, and patient handouts.
DNA promotes excellence in dermatologic care. In addition to sections on certification and jobs, the website also has a section about a dermatologic nurse practitioner society.
HPNA has become the "nationally recognized organization providing resources and support" for the nursing profession. The website has links to e-Newsletters, educational services for both professionals and patients, and quality resources.
Orthopaedic nursing advances musculoskeletal health care by promoting excellence in orthopaedic research, education, and nursing practice. The association's website includes links to continuing education & conferences, research and practice, and certification.
"SPN is the only broad-based pediatric nursing organization founded for all nurses involved in the care of children and families." The website includes an event calendar and online documents.
One of the leading worldwide centers for evidence based medicine; contains articles about the philosophy and practice of EBM as well as some useful analytical tools.
One of the leading worldwide centers for evidence based medicine; contains articles about the philosophy and practice of EBM as well as some useful analytical tools.
Contains the TRIP Database, a directory of medical links to high-quality sources of medical information on the web. Links to hundreds of other medical databases on the Web through a search engine, including those sites listed above. Search tips are listed on the search page, and click on "For more extensive search tips click here" at the bottom of the page for more advanced techniques.
Expanded Filters for PubMed-This website from the Yale University School of Medicine's library offers several ways to find evidence based information in PubMed.
Finding and Using Health Statistics -
This course describes the range of available health statistics, identifies their sources, and helps the user understand how to use information about their structure while searching.
