Expert Searching for Nursing and Allied Health
Web Links in order discussed (updated October 26, 2006)
Evidence-based practice & information needs (includes emailed assignments and follow-up resources))
- National Library of Medicine (NLM) www.nlm.nih.gov/
- National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) www.nnlm.gov/
- Cinahl Information Systems www.cinahl.com/
Journal information
- CINAHL and CINAHL Plus title lists http://www.epnet.com/
- Nurse Author & Editor Journal Directory http://www.nurseauthor.com/library.asp
- Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences http://mulford.mco.edu/instr/
- Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (OJIN) http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/
- NurseLinx Newsletter www.nurselinx.com
- Critical appraisal in journals - example
- Evidence-Based Nursing http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/
More EBP databases
- DARE – Database of Reviews of Effectiveness (includes Cochrane) http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/
- TRIP database http://www.tripdatabase.com/
- SUMsearch http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/
- ICIRN http://icirn.org/ Essential Nursing References http://www.nln.org/nlnjournal/nursingreferences.htm
Health News & Conferences
Nursing Research
- Health and Medicine in the News http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/hmed/
- Health News Review http://www.healthnewsreview.org/index.php
- Newspaper databases – check with your library
- Medscape conference coverage http://www.medscape.com/home
- Organization websites – see HealthWeb - Nursing http://healthweb.org/browse.cfm?subjectid=60
Tests & Measurements Resources
- National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR) http://www.nih.gov/ninr/
- Nursing Theories Page www.sandiego.edu/academics/nursing/theory/
- QualPage http://www.qualitativeresearch.uga.edu/QualPage/
- STTI Registry of Nursing Research www.nursinglibrary.org
- CASN Nursing Research Database – password required www.casn.ca/Databases/nursing_research_database.htm
- Canadian International Nurse Researcher Database (CINRD)
- Clinical trials databases – www.clinicaltrials.gov
- CINAHL and CINAHL Plus Databases
- Guide to Tests and Measurement Instruments (University of Michigan Taubman Medical Library) http://www.lib.umich.edu/taubman/info/testsandmeasurement.htm
- Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences: Tests available in compilation volumes. Helen Hough, University of Texas in Arlington http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/testmainframe.htm
Statistical Resources
- Federal Resources
- HRSA Bureau of Health Professions http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/ Preliminary Findings: 2004 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses
- National Institutes of Health
- Other Statistical Sources
- Health Services Information Center, University of Washington http://depts.washington.edu/hsic/stats/index.shtml
- Statistical Sources in ICIRN Essential Nursing References http://www.nln.org/nlnjournal/nursingreferences.htm
Consumer Health Databases
- CHID - Combined Health Information Database http://chid.nih.gov/
- Cochrane “Plain language summaries” http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/
- MEDLINEplus http://medlineplus.gov/
- healthfinder http://www.healthfinder.gov/
- State/regional/collaborative projects
- MEL Health Information Resources http://web.mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=13
- Healthy Wisconsin People http://www.healthywisconsin.org
- Family Village http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/ - disability resources
- ARCH: Access to Resources for Community Health http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/library/arch/arch.asp - includes links to non-English resources, http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/library/arch/nonenglish.asp
- NOAH: New York Online Access to Health http://www.noah-health.org/ - English/Spanish
- Canadian Health Network http://canadian-health-network.ca/ - English/French
- Informed Health Online http://www.informedhealthonline.org/index.206.en.html English/German
- HealthInfoTranslations.com http://www.healthinfotranslations.com multiple languages
- Hmonghealth.org http://www.hmonghealth.org/
- Healthy Roads Media http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/ - multiple languages
- PDQ Cancer information summaries http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancer_information/pdq/
PsycINFO, produced by American Psychological Association - www.apa.org/
Internet Subject Directories
- Hardin MD www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/
- HealthWeb www.healthweb.org
- Subject Indexing
- Intute – Health and life sciences www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/ (formerly OMNI - Organising Medical Networked Information)
- CINAHLsources Web Index http://www.cinahl.com/csources/csources.htm
- Nursing Publishers
- Lippincott NursingCenter http://www.nursingcenter.com/
- RN web http://www.rnweb.com/rnweb/
- Nursing Spectrum http://www.nursingspectrum.com/
- Professional organizations
- Oncology Nursing Society EBP Process model http://onsopcontent.ons.org/toolkits/evidence/
- Nursing Discussion Forums http://nursing.buffalo.edu/mccartny/nursing_discussion_forums.html
- Tutorials & Guides
- CINAHL Tutorial (EBSCO) http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/help/CINAHL/
- Searching Bibliographic Databases for Nursing Theory http://www.sandiego.edu/academics/nursing/theory/CINAHL/allen.html
- Nursing Resources: A Self-Paced Tutorial and Refresher (NYU) http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/info/instruct/Nursing/index.htm
- SUNY Buffalo Tutorials for PDAs, Biomedical Databases, and Library Research Techniques: A Guide to the Resources (links) http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/hsl/resources/guides/tutorials.html
- UNC Charlotte EBSCO
- Basic CINAHL Searching: http://library.uncc.edu/files/25/tutorials/cinahl_basic.swf
- Advanced CINAHL Searching: http://library.uncc.edu/files/25/tutorials/CINAHL_Advanced_Searching.swf
- For OT Search, the bibliographic database of the American Occupational Therapy Association. http://www.govst.edu/gsu_library/t_gsu_library.asp?id=1905 look under "OT Search". From Paul Blobaum, Governors State University Library, University Park, IL
MEDLINE Subject Headings & Subset Resources
- MeSH - Medical Subject Headings http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/
- Tutorial from NLM (sound required) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/video/windows/2006.html
- 2006 update information at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/introduction2006.html.
- UMLS Metathesaurus www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/umlsmain.html
- EBM Librarian: Neat MeSH Terms http://www.geocities.com/nqiya/NeatMeSH.html#Keywords
- “Making Sense of Subsets” from PNR Dragonfly http://nnlm.gov/pnr/news/200101/subsets.html
Nursing shortage web resources
MEDLINE and CINAHL Indexing Practices
References (MS Word)
c2006 Margaret (Peg) Allen
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