Subject Guides
Key Databases
CINAHL with Full Text
Search nearly 3,000 journals in nursing and allied health. Contains full text for
approximately 600 journals, though additional full text may be available in other
databases
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Database designed for researchers, allied health professionals, nurses and medical
educators with access to 330 full-text journals, focusing on wide range of medical
topics
Journals @ Ovid
Full text access to peer-reviewed journals covering nursing administration, nursing
education, and nursing research
BioMed Central (BMC)
A large collection of open access journals in biology, health science, and medicine
ProQuest Research Library: Health & Medicine
This subset of the ProQuest Research Library database includes journals that cover
nursing, allied health, medicine, and pharmacology.
National Library of Medicine
Published by the National Institute of Health, NLM is the world’s largest biomedical library. It also supports and conducts research, development, and training in biomedical informatics and health information technology. There are four databases available to the public:
- MEDLINE, which uses Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) to index citations
- Medline Plus, which provides easy-to-understand information on various medial topics
- PubMed, which contains both full-text and paywalled articles (use ILL to request paywalled articles)
- PubMed Central (PMC), which only contains articles with full text available for free
For a complete understanding of these three databases go to the MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central): How are they different? Fact Sheet.
Websites
Other Resources
Science Direct
Full text access to hundreds of scholarly nursing and medical journals
National Academies Press
Publishes books and workshop proceedings for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
and Medicine
Access Medicine
Large collection of books, review questions, videos, podcasts, graphics, and 3-D models
across medicine, public health, and biology
Nursing in Digital Commons
Free articles and research from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide.
Streaming Videos
Films on Demand: Health and Medicine Videos
Over 3100 videos on health, medicine and related fields
Books
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Prescription Drugs (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Features entries on the most commonly prescribed drugs. It describes potential side
effects, drug and food interactions, recommended dosages, and warnings/precautions
The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Provides more than 1,230 entries covering topics in body systems and functions, conditions
and common diseases, contemporary health care issues and theories, techniques and
practices, and devices and equipment
Human Diseases and Conditions (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Presents information on numerous diseases and conditions. Articles include a definition
of the disease or condition, an explanation of how it works in the body, information
on causes, symptoms and diagnosis, treatment or cure, and lifestyles
Citing Sources
AMA Citation Guide
APA Citation Guide
Zotero
A citation generator and management tool, Zotero can help you keep all of your citation
information together and generate a bibliography for you