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Journal Index -- search for material in periodicals and professional journals |
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Internet Resources -- search the open Web for statistics, articles, government documents, etc. |
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Search Engines & Directories -- use these powerful searching aids to narrow your Internet searching to relevant items |
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Library Catalogs & Ebooks -- use these to find material available in the library and |
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Nursing Organizations -- list of the major state, national and international nursing organizations |
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| Nursing Tools -- quick and easy tools to aid nursing students | |
Research Tools -- resources to help in researching and writing the paper |
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EBSCO Health Source: Nursing Academic Edition - Provides access to 600 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines
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EBSCO Medline: - Provides access to indexing and abstracts from over 4,600 biomedical journals published in over 70 countries Contains some full-text as well as links to all EBSCO full-text holdings
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EBSCO Health Business - Provides access to 130 well known administrative journals for hospital administrators and managers, as well as healthcare administration
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Health & Wellness Resource Center - Provides access to a large collection of nursing, health and medical journals as well as medical reference sources such as dictionaries, encyclopedia, herb and drug finder, and alternative health sources |
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ProQuest Nursing- Provides access to over 350 full-text nursing journals as well as titles on psychology, social sciences and general reference May also search CINHAL from this database (Choose Nursing under databases) |
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| Google Scholar - A scholarly version of Google with access to local holdings. | |
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IVYJO - Listing of Ivy Tech journal holdings in full-text for nurses & nursing
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Healthfinder -- consumer health info from U. S. Deptartment of Health |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -- includes health topics A-Z, national health data & statistics |
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Combined Health Information Database --
titles, abstracts, availability information, and education resources, as well as links to online versions of government health publications |
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IvyLynks Nursing Program Links -- Links selected by Ivy Tech librarians for use in doing nursing and other health related research |
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Medscape Nursing Page -- Collection of health links from current news to disease descriptions for nurses. (Requires free sign-up) |
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NurseZone -- General site for nursing students, career info, ce, finances, etc. |
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RN Central Care Plan Corner --
"RN Central is a website where nurses can enjoy themselves, support each other, and find information important to nursing and patient care" |
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Comprehensive Nursing Care Plans -- nursingl care plans available for a monthly fee |
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Care Plans -- nursing care plans available for an annual fee |
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IvyCat Care Plan Search -- Titles available in the IvyTech library system statewide |
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Nursing Theory Page -- useful links to nursing theory page compiles by Hahn School of Nursing & Allied Health |
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Nursing Theory Link Page -- useful links to nursing theory page compiles by Clayton College & University |
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| Nurses.Info Theory Page -- useful links to nursing theorists with a good search engine | |
| --Evaluating Sources: | |
| Evaluating Web Sites -- Guide from the University of Maryland Library on ways to evaluate Web pages | |
| Evaluating Web Pages -- Guide from the University of California @ Berkely Library | |
| Nursing Worksheet -- A training worksheet to use with Module III - Evaluating Internet Resources | |
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MEDLINEplus -- general guide to medicine, drugs, diseases, physicians, clinical trials in a directory format |
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PubMed -- links to 15 million biomedical articles, with links to some full-text and related articles |
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| Medscape -- A major source of health information from Web sites to journal articles | |
| Infomine -- Search by Library of Congress subject headings for medical or nursing sites | |
| MeSH Headings -- Web site for the National Library of Medicine MeSH browser to determine proper search terms. | |
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GoogleScholar -- A scholarly version of the popular search engine. This site can feature locally held material. |
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| Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Provides access to a major medical dictionary through MedlinePlus | |
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Merck Manuals - Includes Second Home edition, Health & Aging, Diagnosis and Therapy, and Geriatrics |
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Well-Connected - A collection of in-depth reports on common diseases |
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Brandon/Hill Medical Library Titles - A basic reading list current nursing & allied health books for health students and professionals |
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IvyCat -- Ivy Tech's online catalog |
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ebrary (eBooks) -- 18,000+ full text books online |
ebrary nursing titles |
| Ready Reference Collection -- a collection of standard reference book comprising a core collection of ready reference materials cover a broad range of subject areas (includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, et.) | |
| NetLibrary (eBooks) -- 7,000+ full text books online | |
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GoogleBooks -- Access to thousands of book held by libraries and available as full-text online. |
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| Indiana State Nurses Association -- | |
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Understanding Lab Tests -- Detailed site for lab test information by disorder, name of test and catagory of patient |
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Human Anatomy -- An animated representation of the human body |
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| NetAnatomy - NetAnatomy is designed to teach human anatomy to students of the health professions, including undergraduate medical, health sciences, and nursing students. | |
| Dosage Calculations For Nurses -- Designed for nursing students wanting info about medication calculations and and practice a variety of clinical dosage calculations. This site includes practice quizzes | |
| Research - Using the Virtual Library -- a step by step guide to using the Ivy Tech Virtual Library to do student research | |
| Recommended Search Strategy -- A five-step search strategy recommended by the U of C at Berkeley library. | |
| Boolean Searching -- PowerPoint guide to using boolean operators and other techniques for good searching | |
| Research 101 -- A brief online tutorial on basic information research from the University of Washington libraries | |
| How To Write A Paper | |
| Citing Sources - Ivy Tech Guide to Citing Sources with APA & MLA | |
| Sample APA Style Research Paper | |
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