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Online Resources for Nursing & Health -- Use yourCampus Connect username/password if prompted.
Select a subject:
Journal Index -- search for material in periodicals and professional journals
Internet Resources -- search the open Web for statistics, articles, government documents, etc.
Search Engines & Directories -- use these powerful searching aids to narrow your Internet searching to relevant items
Library Catalogs & Ebooks -- use these to find material available in the library and
Nursing Organizations -- list of the major state, national and international nursing organizations
Nursing Tools -- quick and easy tools to aid nursing students
Journal Indexes :
EBSCO Health Source: Nursing Academic Edition - Provides access to 600 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines
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
EBSCO Clinical Pharmacology - Provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard to find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs
EBSCO Biomedical Reference Collection - Provides access to full-text of over 100 journals in a variety of areas pertaining to medical study.
EBSCO Health Business - Provides access to 130 well known administrative journals for hospital administrators and managers, as well as healthcare administration
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
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
IVYJO - Listing of Ivy Tech journal holdings in full-text for nurses & nursing
Internet Resources:
--General:
Healthfinder -- consumer health info from U. S. Deptartment of Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -- includes health topics A-Z, national health data & statistics
--Nursing:
IvyLynks Nursing Program Links -- Links selected by Ivy Tech librarians for use in doing nursing and other health related research
Medscape Nursing Page -- Collection of health links from current news to disease descriptions for nurses. (Requires free sign-up)
NurseZone -- General site for nursing students, career info, ce, finances, etc.
--Care Plans:
Comprehensive Nursing Care Plans -- nursingl care plans available for a monthly fee
Care Plans -- nursing care plans available for an annual fee
IvyCat Care Plan Search -- Titles available in the IvyTech library system statewide
--Nursing Theory:
Nursing Theory Page -- useful links to nursing theory page compiles by Hahn School of Nursing & Allied Health
Nursing Theory -- useful links to nursing theory page compiles by College of Nursing Valdosta State University
Nursing Theory Link Page -- useful links to nursing theory page compiles by Clayton College & University
Nurses.Info Theory Page -- useful links to nursing theorists with a good search engine
Search Engines & Directories:
MEDLINEplus -- general guide to medicine, drugs, diseases, physicians, clinical trials in a directory format
PubMed -- links to 15 million biomedical articles, with links to some full-text and related articles
Infomine -- Search by Library of Congress subject headings for medical or nursing sites
Online Reference Sources :
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Provides access to a major medical dictionary through MedlinePlus
Merck Manuals - Includes Second Home edition, Health & Aging, Diagnosis and Therapy, and Geriatrics
Well-Connected - A collection of in-depth reports on common diseases
Brandon/Hill Medical Library Titles - A basic reading list current nursing & allied health books for health students and professionals
Library Catalogs & Ebooks:
IvyCat -- Ivy Tech's online catalog
ebrary (eBooks) -- 18,000+ full text books online
ebrary nursing titles  
NetLibrary (eBooks) -- 7,000+ full text books online
Nursing Organizations:
Indiana State Nurses Association --
Nursing Tools:
Understanding Lab Tests -- Detailed site for lab test information by disorder, name of test and catagory of patient
Human Anatomy -- An animated representation of the human body
NetAnatomy -- A teaching site for human anaotomy, containing real cadaver presentations of gross, cross-section, and radiographic anatomy
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
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