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Print Indexes (not available online)
Biological
& Agricultural Index: 1964 - 1986
Cumulative subject index to English-language
periodicals in the following disciplines: agriculture,
biochemistry, biology, botany, ecology, entomology,
environmental science, forestry, genetics, horticulture,
marine biology, microbiology, nutrition, physiology,
veterinary medicine and zoology.
General
Science Index: 1978 - Present
An index to the English-language periodical
literature in astronomy, biology, chemistry,
environmental science, genetics, mathematics,
medicine, physics, physiology and zoology.
Anatomy / Physiology
Gray's
Anatomy of the Human Body
This is an online edition of the standard reference
text, including over 1200 engravings. Select
Gray's Anatomy in the pull-down menu at the
top of the page.
Gross
Physiology of the Cardiovascular System
This is an online textbook of cardiovascular
physiology.
Ethical & Legal Issues in Nursing
Bioethics
Resources on the Web
Provided by the National Institutes of Health.
American
Society for Bioethics and Humanities
Provides links to online resources including
texts for the study of bioethical issues.
National Reference
Center for Bioethics Literature
From Georgetown University and the Kennedy Institute
of Ethics, this is an excellent resource guide
to web resources in bioethics.
Human Nutrition
Food
and Nutrition Information Center
From the USDA, this site contains links to government-sponsored
sites devoted to nutrition.
Center
for Human Nutrition
Nutrition news and information from the University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Nursing & the Elderly
The
Gerontological Society of America
Research, educational resources, publications
and links to web resources in gerontology.
NurseScribe:
Gerontological Nursing
This site links to articles and web resources
for nurses and nursing students of gerontology.
Geriatric
Video Productions
Online resources for geriatric nurses, including
practical tips, a searchable article abstract
database and links to online resources.
Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory
International
Orem Society for Nursing Science and Scholarship
Sponsored by the School of Nursing at the University
of Missouri-Columbia, this site contains a discussion
list and full text newsletters devoted to the
Orem theory.
Self-Care:
A Bibliography
From the Oakland University School of Nursing,
this is a bibliography designed to lead students
to printed resources on Orem's theory of self-care.
Pain Management
Sites
Related to Pain Management
From the American Academy of Pain Management,
this site contains links to information sites,
journals, pain management resources, institutions
and associations dealing with pain management.
Pain.com:
A World of Information on Pain
This site provides links to a multitude of resources
on pain management. Includes links to articles,
newsletters, associations, educational sites,
and much more.
The
National Pain Foundation
This is an online education and support community
for those dealing with pain and pain management.
Pathophysiology
Internet
Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education
From the Florida State University College of
Medicine, this is a resource containing over
1900 images, tutorials, lab exercises and more
related to human disease.
PathWeb
Sponsored by the Pathology Department of the
University of Connecticut Health Center, PathWeb
is dubbed the "virtual pathology museum".
Search for images and information by organ,
process or system.
Virtual
Hospital: Pathology
From the University of Iowa, images and information
about pathology of the liver, central nervous
system, kidney and gynecologic oncology.
Hemepath
Tutorial
This site from the University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey is designed to teach
medical professionals and students about the
biology and diagnosis of lymphoma.
Pharmacology
FDA
Drug Approvals
FDA approved drugs, updated weekly.
Drugs@FDA
A catalog of FDA approved drug products. Includes FDA approval history and label information.
Drugs.com
This site uses information from a variety of authoritative sources, including the PDR.
PDRhealth
This is a free version of the PDR from Thomson Gale.
Virtual
Pharmacy Center
Sponsored by the University of California-Irvine,
this site contains links to hundreds of resources
in pharmacology, including pharmaceutical databases,
dose calculators, courses, journals and more.
Open
Directory Project: Pharmacy
Links to almost 2000 web sites containing pharmaceutical
information. Brief annotations are provided.
Medi-Lexicon
Use this dictionary to find definitions for
over 70,000 medical and pharmaceutical acronyms
and abbreviations.
Evidence-based medicine articles may be found in the following databases:
PubMed
(Click
here for more information.)
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
(Click
here for more information.)
Cochrane Collection (including DARE, Cochrane Register, CCTR)
USF's Fast Facts about Evidence-Based Medicine
Best
Treatments
Based on the journal Clinical Evidence,
from the BMJ (British Medical Journal) Group,
this web site helps patients and doctors work
together by bringing you the best research evidence
about treatments for many medical conditions.
Centre
for Evidence-Based Medicine
This English centre aims to promote evidence-based
health care and provide support and resources
to those practicing it.
Evidence-Based
Medicine
From the University of Hertfordshire, this is
a substantial resource guide to finding information
about evidence-based medicine. Included are
web sites, databases, filters for limiting searches,
listservs and much more.
Evidence-Based
Medicine Resource Center
From the New York Academy of Medicine and the
Evidence-based Medicine Committee of the American
College of Physicians, New York Chapter. This
resource "contains references, bibliographies,
tutorials, glossaries, and on-line databases
to guide those embarking on teaching and practicing
evidence-based medicine".
HealthLinks:
Evidence-Based Practice and Guidelines
Provides information and links to guidelines,
summaries, calculators and more. From the University
of Washington.
National
Guideline Clearinghouse
This is a "public resource for evidence-based
clinical practice guidelines."
eCam
An open access journal of evidence based complementary
and alternative medicine from Oxford University
Press.
Nursing Associations & Organizations
- Illinois Nurses Association
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses
- American Nurses Association
- American Nursing Informatics Association
- National Student Nurses' Association
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
- National League for Nursing
- Yahoo! Directory of Nursing Organizations
- Boards of Nursing Contact Information
Medical Search Engines
- MDchoice.com - The Web's Medical Librarian
- Healthfinder - A health web site from the U.S. government
- MEDLINEplus
- Virtual Hospital - a digital library of health information
Cancer.gov
Find information about cancer, clinical trials,
statistics, and cancer research from the National
Cancer Institute.
American
Cancer Society
The ACS provides information for patients, family,
survivors, professionals and general information
seekers.
HIV/InSite
Gateway to HIV and AIDS Knowledge
"Comprehensive, up-to-date information
on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and policy
from the University of California San Francisco."
Health
Privacy Project
"The Health Privacy Project is dedicated
to raising public awareness of the importance
of ensuring health privacy in order to improve
health care access and quality, both on an individual
and a community level."
HHS
- Office for Civil Rights - HIPAA
The Department of Health and Human Services
provides the text of HIPAA and much more, including
compliance information, and enforcement procedures,
educational materials, and a list of HIPAA-related
web sites.
HIPAAdvisory
News, regulation, white papers and much more
relating to HIPAA.
HIPAA
Administrative Simplification
News and information about the Administrative
Simplification provisions of HIPAA: Electronic
Transactions and Code Sets, Security, Unique
Identifiers and Privacy.
Kids
Health
Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for
Children's Health Media, this site provides
doctor-approved health information about children
from before birth through adolescence.
Virtual
Children's Hospital
Virtual Children's Hospital is a digital health
sciences library created in 1992 at the University
of Iowa to help meet the information needs of
health care providers and patients.
Pediatric
OnCall
This portal to child health information has
information specifically for medical professionals,
parents and children.
- Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
- National
Institutes of Health
- U.S. Department
of Health & Human Services
- NursingCenter.com
- Medscape
from WebMD - Requires
free registration. Allows searching of Cochrane
Review Abstracts.
- University
of New Mexico Health Sciences Library
(USF
students may not access UNM's library databases
remotely.)
- NOAH:
New York Online Access to Health
NOAH's mission is to provide "access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased."
- MEDEM
Medical Library
This site provides health care information from a variety of introductory and advanced medical text books.
- American Hospital Directory
- Merck
Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- WebWatch
A joint project of Consumer Reports and the Health Improvement Institute. Rates health web sites. Top 20 are listed.
- Familydoctor.org
Search for health information from the American Academy of Family Physicians by condition, age group / gender, or body system.
- WebMD
- Merck
Manual-Home Edition
- MayoClinic.com
- Dr. Koop
Formatting a paper in APA Style
Last updated: March 12, 2008