Online Resources In Nursing
  

Link to STAT!Ref

STAT!Ref online is a cross-searchable, healthcare reference that integrates core titles with evidence-based resources and innovative tools in one site.

  

Access Science

Full text: Yes

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AccessScience  is a good place to look for background information topics in the area of science and medicine. It provides you with full-text access to the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, plus current news, recent developments in research, and links to related Web sites.

CINAHL

Coverage: 1982 --
Full text: Yes (if you select CINAHL Plus with Full Text)

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CINAHL is your most comprehensive source of information published in nursing and allied health journals. You will be linked to 3 CINAHL products. Be sure to select CINAHL Plus with Full Text for the most comprehensive source of full text articles. This database provides full text for more than 620 journals indexed in CINAHL as well as full text for 218 books/monographs. With full text coverage dating back to 1937, CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.

Encyclopedia of Bioethics

Full text: Yes

The Encyclopedia of Bioethics covers a wealth of topics on the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control and the environment, the set helps researchers to consider the impact of new scientific knowledge and its potential to harm or benefit present and future generations. Provides entries and bibliographies on a variety of contemporary topics such as cloning, cell-stem research, privatization of water access, animal rights and more.
Health Source: Nursing/
Academic Edition

Coverage: 1984 -- (indexing & abstracting), 1990 -- (full text)
Full text: Yes

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Health Source: Nursing/ Academic Edition provides access to nearly 550 full text journals in the health sciences, with an emphasis on nursing and allied health. It also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals.
Liebert Online 

Coverage: varies by journal
Full text: Yes

Liebert Online provides electronic access to over 50 peer-reviewed journals in a variety of medical and health sciences fields

MEDLINE (FirstSearch interface) 

Coverage: 1965 -
Full text: Yes

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Over 12 million abstracted articles from medical journals worldwide, including the fields of clinical medicine, dentistry, education, experimental medicine, health services administration, nursing, nutrition, pathology, psychiatry, toxicology, and veterinary medicine.

Link to MedlinePlus

Full text: Some
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM ), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus also contains extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news. The Go Local feature for Illinois (a service for finding local resources for health-related issues) is scheduled to be completed by November, 2007.
NLM GatewayThe NLM Gateway provides healthcare providers with "one-stop searching" for many of the National Library of Medicine's information resources or databases. Contains links to a Bookshelf of full-text biomedical books, ClinicalTrials.gov , and more.

Link to Science Direct

Coverage: 1993 -- (in general; some individual titles vary)
Full text: Yes

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ScienceDirect contains more than a quarter of the world's scientific, medical and technical information. We do not subscribe to all of the journals in this database, so be sure to limit your search to "Subscribed Journals" if you want online access to full-text articles.

Web of Science link

Coverage: 1991 -
Full text: No but contains links to full text

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Web of Science provides access to MEDLINE (1950-), Science Citation Index Expanded, and access to bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references from approximately 5,900 of the world’s leading scholarly science and technology journals covering more than 150 disciplines.

Link to Wiley InterScience

Full text: Yes

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The Wiley InterScience electronic journal collection expands the Library's online holdings in the areas of medicine, basic sciences, public health, pharmacology, psychiatry and psychology.

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Updated by J. Hopkins, September 8, 2008