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CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health openURL Some full text available
Contains indexing and abstracts for over over 3000 current nursing and health journals.  
Health & Wellness Resource Center
This rich online resource is unparalleled in the industry, offering 24/7 access to thousands of full-text medical journals, periodicals, reference works, multimedia, and much more. Perfect for researchers at all levels, this comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.
Health Reference Center Academic
Discover periodicals and reference book content designed for both nursing and allied health students as well as consumer health researchers.
JSTOR Resource contains images Some full text available
An archive of more than 1200 core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Fulltext back to their date of first publication to within the current 2-5 years.
MedLine, 1950+ openURL
Abstracted articles from 19,000 medical journals. Free to the public from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed.    Medline is also available on FirstSearch.
Nursing & Allied Health Collection
Provide access to authoritative content supporting nursing professionals already working in the field, as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.
PsycINFO
Citations and abstracts of articles from journals in Psychology and other social science disciplines including Anthropology, Education, Medicine, Nursing, and Psychiatry, from mid-19th century to present.  Also includes citations to books and book chapters from 1987 to present.
PubMed
Abstracted articles from 19,000 medical journals. Also available as MedLine.  GoPubMed searches the same databases as MedLine and PubMed but adds a neat index for concept searching.

Pictures & Images

MedPix
from the National Library of Medicine, 50,000 medical images organized into patient case scenarios.  The database is browsable by diagnosis, the American College or Radiology coding system, and body location.

Biographical Information

American Nursing: a Biographical Dictionary.
Print Location: Reference RT 34 A44 1988 Some full text available


Dictionary of American Nursing Biography.
Print Location: Reference RT 34 D53 1988 Some full text available


Dictionary of Medical Biography.
Print Location: Reference R 134 D57 2007 Resource contains images Some full text available



Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Abbreviations.com Some full text available
An extensive collection of hundreds of thousands of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms. 
Black's Medical Dictionary Resource contains images Resource contains audio Some full text available
Electronic version of a very famous medical dictionary and encyclopedia.
Credo Reference Resource contains images Some full text available
Over 600 online reference titles in all subject areas.  Allows cross-referencing between titles and expanding searches into the Truman catalog and other library resources.
Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses Some full text available

Merck Manuals Online Medical Library Resource contains images Resource contains audio Some full text available
Detailed discussion of condition or disease with etiology and pathophysiology; sympomes and signs; diagnosis; prognosis and treatment. This version also has audio and video.  Available in print at:  Ref RC 55 M4 2006
Physicians Desk Reference.
Print Location: Reference RS 75 P5 Resource contains images Some full text available
Contatns labeling for drugs as well as prescription information provided by the manufacturers of the Drugs. Also has pictures of the drugs.

Government Information

Centers for Disease Control Some full text available
Provides information on diseases and conditions; emergency preparedness and response; healthy living; travelers health information; environmental health; injury,  violence and safety
Global Health Observatory Some full text available
From World Health Organization.  This is a centralized and comprehensive source of information and analyses on global health R & D activities.  It includes: communicable diseases; non-communicable disease and mental health; maternal and newborn health; mortality from environmental pollution; child malnutrition; drinking water; sanitation and hygiene; clean household energy; clean cities; substance abuse; road traffic injuries; sexual health; universal health coverage.
MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Some full text available
Gives reports on scientific research on health topics; publishes the notifiable diseases that have occurred in the past week; has statistics on diseases; has a tutorial series. Produced by the Centers for Disease Control.
National Institutes of Health Some full text available
Articles on important health topics; clinical trials; applications for research.

Online Book Collection

eBook Clinical Collection (EBSCO) Some full text available
Designed for use in clinical settings, biomedical libraries and academic-medical institutions, this subscription collection features over 1,700 hand-selected, quality titles that focus on medical specialties, nursing, allied health and general practice areas.

Style & Citation Guides

Citation and Writing Guides Some full text available
Guides for how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style; the Modern Language Association (MLA) citation style; and the Chicago/Turabian citation style.  This page also has information on how to use tools that automatically format bibliographic information for you such as: Zotero, and EasyBib.com.

Web Sites

MedlinePlus Resource contains images Some full text available
Authoritative explanations of 750 medical topics; drug information; directories for finding local doctors and hospitals; news; tutorials; medical information in 40 languages. Produced by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
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