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Assigned Course Articles
Library Instructional Session Handouts
Research:
Health Article Databases
- CINAHL Complete (Nursing) – Definitive database for nursing and allied health research. Contains full text access to more than 1,300 indexed journals.
- Nursing & Allied Health Source (ProQuest) Find complete, full-text information from leading nursing, allied health, and related publications. Designed to meet the needs of researchers at health-care facilities as well as students enrolled in nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions. This database includes Evidence-Based Resources from the Joanna Briggs Institute — Systematic Reviews, Evidence Summaries, and Best Practice Information Sheets for nursing and the allied health professions.
- Health Reference Center Academic (Gale InfoTrac)
- Health Management (ProQuest) Coverage for around 800 key journals with over 4,500 Doctoral Dissertations and Theses.
- Nursing and Allied Health Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
- PMC (PubMed Central) – A free archive of life science journals from the National Institues of Health (NIH)
- Ovid– A small set of full-text nursing journals. It includes the Journal of Christian Nursing, Nurse Educator, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Research, Nursing Administration Quarterly, Home Healthcare Nurse, and JONA’s Healthcare Law, Ethics, & Regulation.
- Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
Health Subject Directories
Government Resources: Local, State & Federal
- CDC (Centers for Disease Control)
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
- CDC- Food Safety
- CDC- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Dietary Supplements Label Database
- Influencing State Policy
- Michigan Legislative Website (including Michigan Complied Laws)
- Michigan Votes
- State of Ohio Government Resources
- Thomas-Federal Legislation on the Web
- USA.gov
- White House
Nursing, Medicine & Health Related Websites
- American Enterprise Institute
- American Indian Health
- American Nurses Association
- Benton Foundation
- Center for Native American Health– while largely about the organization itself, there are several sections that may be helpful to researchers looking for Native American resources; i.e. Media and Downloads.
- Children’s Defense Fund
- Focus on the Family
- Gero Nurse Online
- HandsNet
- Heritage Foundation
- Human Body Maps
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- Mental Health America
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- University of Michigan Research Guides
- Urban Institute
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Publications, Open Access
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR):
- The First 30 Years– open access to MMWR publications from January 1952 – early 1982
- Current
Statistical Sites
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
- Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
- FedStats
- Kids Count Data Center
- National Center for Health Statistics
- U.S. Census Bureau
Additional Resources
