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Librarian - Marthea Turnage

Email: mturnage@sfasu.edu
Phone: 936.468.1896
Office: 202c
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Nursing

Subject Indexes | E-Text | Websites

General Indexes

Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) is a multidisciplinary index giving access to articles in over 8000 journals with many available in full text.

Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale Cengage Learning) is a general database with indexing for journal, magazine and newspaper articles, with many of the articles available full text.

Wilson Select Plus (FirstSearch) is a general database that contains full text articles from popular and scholarly journals and magazines.

 

Subject Indexes

Alternative Health Watch (Ebsco) contains over 50,000 complete articles and thousands of embedded images dealing with alternative remedies for health problems.

Health Reference Center (Thomson Gale) provides indexing for magazines and journal articles dealing with allied heath, medicine, and nursing subjects with full-text access to many of articles.

CINAHL with full text (Ebsco) offers full text access to nursing and allied health journals.

Journals@OVID Nursing Collection 2 is a full-text collection of 14 titles from the Lippincott Premier Nursing Journals.

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service with access to 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals).

Stat!Ref is a full text collection of 35 medical and drug reference titles, including the Merck Manual and Stedman's Medical Dictionary.

 

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E-Text

Merck Manuals
Diagnosis and Therapy, Geriatrics, Medical Information
Search the manuals by keyword or table of contents.

NetLibrary is a collection of electronic books (eBooks) especially selected to meet the needs of the university curriculum.

Stat!Ref is a full text collection of 35 medical and drug reference titles, including the Merck Manual and Stedman's Medical Dictionary.

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Websites

Recommended search engines:

Scirus: for scientific information only Filters search results to return only peer-reviewed and/or authoritative sites and journal articles. Includes advanced search and search tips.

Google Scholar Under development; searches peer-reviewed literature (articles, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports). Includes a frequently-asked-questions section, advanced search and search tips.

Recommended Web sites:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Includes information on flu, avian flu, SARS, West Nile virus, bioterrorism, and more.

Board of Nurse Examiners -- Texas Includes statistical information, rules and regulations, nursing education information, and publications.

eDruginfo.com
Information on recently approved drugs, new indications and new warnings.

MEDLINEplus
A wealth of health information presented by the National Library of Medicine. Includes drug information, an encyclopedia and directories.

MedWeb
Catalog of health-related web sites, maintained by the Emory Health Sciences Center Library.

National Center for Health Statistics US statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

National Institute of Nursing Research Government funding for nursing research.

National League for Nursing
With information on policy/legislation, professional development and research.

NursingCenter
Includes Nursing Journals, Continuing Education, Forum Discussions, Career Center, Nursing Resources, Nursing Associations, and a Marketplace.

Reports of the Surgeon General
(National Library of Medicine)

Texas Department of Health

Texas Nurses’ Association Includes career information and more.

T.I.D.E.S.
(Teaching, Images, and Digital Experiences) offers primary resource material from East Texas Libraries and museums.

WWW Virtual Library's Medicine and Health Section

 

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