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Health Article Databases
- CINAHL Complete (EBSCO) – Definitive database for nursing and allied health research. Contains full text access to more than 1,300 indexed journals.
- MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO) – Biomedical database that indexes more than 5,600 biomedical journals and provides full-text for more than 1,400 journals. Contains many unique titles not contained in our other subscription databases.
- 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.
- UpToDate (Wolters Kluwer) – This resource is a point-of-care clinical decision tool that gives both researchers and practitioners access to a wealth of evidence-based information in the form of topic reviews from 24 medical specialties.
- Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module (Gale) Access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. For informational purposes only.
- Health Reference Center Academic (Gale)
- Health Management (ProQuest) Coverage for around 800 key journals with over 4,500 Doctoral Dissertations and Theses.
- MedlinePlus (NIH) This database, compiled by the National Institutes of Health, provides resources on a number of health topics as well as information on drugs and supplements. For informational purposes only.
- Nursing and Allied Health Collection (Gale)
- Nursing Resource Center (Gale) Designed for nursing students, the Nursing Resource Center brings together in an easy-to-use interface disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the core encyclopedia texts. The information is written in accessible language for students completing class assignments and preparing for clinicals as they learn how to care for and treat patients. Search results are returned in tabs that correspond to steps in the nursing process.
- PMC (PubMed Central) (NIH)- 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 a current subscription to the Journal of Christian Nursing, as well as some back issues of Nurse Educator, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Research, Nursing Administration Quarterly, Home Healthcare Nurse, and JONA’s Healthcare Law, Ethics, & Regulation.
- Psychotherapy.net Streaming video database to support education, nursing, social work, and counseling.
Professional Organizations:
- Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
- American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
- American College of Nurse-Midwives
- American Holistic Nurses Association
- American Nurses Association
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association
- Emergency Nurses Association
- National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
- Oncology Nursing Society
- Sigma Theta Tau International
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
- 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
- WebMD
- 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
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