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NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. Glendale: Cinahl Information Systems, 1977–. Covers publications related to nursing research and practice, providing references to articles, books and book chapters, pamphlets and other documents, and standards of professional practice and research. The online version is called CINAHL and in some libraries includes selected full-text articles.
Centers for Disease Control and Preventionhttp://www.cdc.gov The CDC is the federal government's lead agency for preventing disease and promoting health. The agency's Web site provides information on health and safety topics, an A-to-Z index of health information, technical publications such as The Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report, and current news about health risks. HealthWebhttp://healthweb.org/index.cfm A clearly organized and thoroughly annotated list of high-quality medical sites chosen by medical librarians in an ongoing collaborative project. National Center for Health Statisticshttp://www.cdc.gov/nchs Provides a wealth of statistical data on health in the United States, including analysis of trends, health reports on specific populations, and leading causes of death. The center is part of the Centers for Disease Control. National Institute of Nursing Researchhttp://ninr.nih.gov/ninr A U.S. government program devoted to clinical and basic research efforts in patient care. Included on the site are many publications and an online course for nurses who wish to conduct research. National Institutes of Healthhttp://www.nih.gov Offers information on current medical research funded by the U.S. government in the areas of cancer, mental health, human genomes, drug and alcohol abuse, and a wide variety of other illnesses and medical specialties. Though much of the information available from the NIH is technical, every subject area contains information written for a nonspecialist audience. The NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. PubMedhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi The most comprehensive database of medical research. Sometimes referred to as Medline, this tool provides over 15 million abstracts of publications in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences published from the 1950s to the present. PubMed is a service of the National Library of Medicine and was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Virtual Hospital: A Digital Library of Health Informationhttp://www.vh.org Offers a tremendous amount of information for health care providers and their patients. A service of the University of Iowa Health Care Program, the site includes the full text of scores of medical textbooks as well as easily accessible patient and provider information arranged by topic.
Cambridge World History of Human Disease. Ed. Kenneth F. Kiple. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. A scholarly guide to the history of specific diseases across time and in all parts of the world. Cecil Textbook of Medicine. Ed. Lee Goldman and Dennis Ausiello. 22nd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2004. A classic general textbook of medicine. Conn's Current Therapy: Latest Approved Methods of Treatment for the Practicing Physician. Ed. Robert E. Rackel and Edward T. Bope. Philadelphia: Saunders, annual. A basic guide to current diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries. Encyclopedia of Public Health. Ed. Lester Breslow. 4 vols. New York: Macmillan Reference, 2002. Contains entries relevant to public health, promotion of health and prevention of disease, injuries, and premature death. Topics covered include common ailments, environmental factors affecting health, organizations, and so on. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Ed. Jacqueline Longe. 2nd ed. 5 vols. Detroit: Gale Group, 2002. Covers basic consumer information on hundreds of medical disorders, tests, and treatments, written in accessible, nontechnical language. Handbook of Clinical Nursing Research. Ed. Ada Sue Hinshaw et al. Newbury Park: Sage, 1999. Provides a comprehensive review and critique of nursing research. Stedman's Medical Dictionary for Nursing and Health Professionals. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005. Contains brief, illustrated definitions of medical terms. This work is an adaptation of a longer, classic work, Stedman's Medical Dictionary, for practitioners.
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