Electronic Databases 
 

CINAHL : Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (WebSpirs)

Is designed specifically to meet the information needs of nurses, dietitians, and allied health professionals. It provides access to virtually all English language nursing journals, publications from the American Nurses' Association and the National League for Nursing, and primary journals from 13 allied health disciplines.

 

Health Reference Center-Academic (InfoTrac/Gale Group)  

Full text from reference books and periodical articles as well as citations to additional articles on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health & safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

 

Health Source - Consumer Edition (Ebsco)

Information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Features searchable full text for over 190 journals including Consumer Reports on Health and Men's Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for over 205 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications.

MEDLINE (PubMed)

Made available to the public for free by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, the PubMed version of Medline is a service of the National Library of Medicine and includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles dating back to the 1950's. These citations are from Medline and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. PubMed Central is a digital archive of life sciences journal literature. Integrated into the Entrez retrieval system, PMC provides free and unrestricted access to the full text of over 100 life sciences journals, with more to come. No password needed.

 

 Harrison's Online

Turns the world's leading textbook of medicine, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, into an updated medical database. It cuts through the glut of online medical information to provide relevant, current, and practical information that will help in diagnosing and managing cases. Includes journal citations, added illustrations, links to related web sites, color atlases, and concise reviews and editorials. Updated regularly with late-breaking clinical trial data, updated therapy, and new references.

 

  American Medical Association (ProQuest)

Search the publications of the American Medical Association including JAMA, American Medical News and the Archives sources.

 

  Alt-HealthWatch (Ebsco)

Is a full-text database of periodicals, peer-reviewed journals, academic and professional publications, magazines, consumer newsletters and newspapers, research reports, and association newsletters focused on complementary, alternative, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness across the full spectrum of more than two hundred therapies, modalities and perspectives addressed by integrated medicine. 

 

 Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis)

General news. Company news, directory, and financial information. Industry and market news. Government and political news (national and regional). Country and state profiles, statistics, and business analysis. Biographical information. Reference books, directories and business reference library. General medical and health topics; full-text of medical journals and newsletters; abstracts. Accounting, auditing, and tax information sources. Legal newspapers, journals, magazines, and newsletters from across the country; federal case law; U.S. Code, Constitution, and Court Rules; state case law, constitutions, statutes, and other legal materials.

 

  Community Resource Database of Long Island

Directory of community services and resources with information on more than 4,500 health, human service, and education agencies and programs such as parenting education, child care and camps, services for persons with disabilities, education and training opportunities, support groups, health facilities, individual and family counseling, food pantries, hotlines, AIDS/HIV treatment, child abuse and domestic violence programs, financial management, library programs, housing and much more serving citizens in the Suffolk County/Long Island area.

 

  LIUCAT on the Web:

The online public access catalog of Long Island University's six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.

      
 Internet Resources 
   

 General 
 Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
 National Institutes of Health
 National Library of Medicine
 National Network of Libraries of Medicine Guide to Internet Discovery Tools
 The New England Journal of Medicine
 New York State Department of Health
 Nurseweek Homepage
 Nursing World
 Primary Care Internet Guide
 Resources for Nurses and Families
 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  

 Theory 
 Nursing Theory Page (Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science  --- University of San Diego)
 Nursing Theory Link Page  (Clayton College and State University)
 Nursing Theory (College of Nursing, Valdosta State)

 Etymology 
 Online Etymology Dictionary 
 Etymology --- Greek and Latin Roots 

Periodical Holdings  

American Journal of Nursing

ANS

AORN Journal

Applied Nursing Research

California Nurse

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Clinical Nursing Research

Geriatric Nursing

Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing

see JOGN Nursing

Health Care Manager

Previous title: Health Care Supervisor

Health Care Supervisor

Title changed to: Health Care Manager

Health Progress

Previous title: Hospital Progress

Heart and Lung

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Home Healthcare Nurse

Hospital Practice

Hospital Progress

Title changed to: Health Progress

Image : The Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Title changed to: Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Imprint

International Journal of Nursing Studies

International Nursing Review

JOGN Nursing

JON

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Journal of Family Nursing

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Journal of Long-Term Care Administration

Journal of Nursing Administration

Journal of Nursing Education

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Previous title:   Image: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing: JOGNN

Previous title: JOGN Nursing

Journal of Professional Nursing

Journal of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health Services

Title changed to: Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Service

Previous title: Journal of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health Services

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Modern Healthcare

NandHC: Perspectives on Community

Previous title: Nursing and Health Care

Title changed to: Nursing and Health Care Perspectives

New York State Nurses Association Journal

NT

see Nursing Times 

see Nursing Times Nursing Mirror 

Nurse Practitioner

Nursing [year]

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Nursing and Health Care

Nursing and Health Care Perspectives

Title changed to: Nursing Education Perspectives

Previous Title:   NandHC: Perspectives on Community

Nursing Clinics of North America

Nursing Economics

Nursing Education Perspectives

Previous title: Nursing and Health Care Perspectives

Nursing Ethics

Nursing Forum

Nursing Homes

Title changed to: Nursing Homes and Senior Citizen Care

Nursing Homes and Senior Citizen Care

Previous title: Nursing Homes

Title changed to: Nursing Homes: Long Term Care Management

Nursing Homes: Long Term Care Management

Previous title: Nursing Homes and Senior Citizen Care

Nursing Management

Previous title: Supervisor Nurse

Nursing Mirror

Nursing Outlook

Nursing Research

Nursing Times

Title changed to: Nursing Times

(Alternate title: Nursing Mirror )

Nursing Times Nursing Mirror

Nursinglife

Outcomes Management

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Provider

Public Health Nursing

Qualitative Health Research

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice

Research in Nursing and Health

RN Magazine

Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice

Title changed to: Research and Theory for Nursing Practice

Supervisor Nurse

Title changed to: Nursing Management

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Western Journal of Nursing Research

 

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Firkin, Barry G., 1930. Dictionary of medical eponyms. New York: Parthenon Publishing Group, c2002.
REF  R121 .F535 2002 

Haubrich, William S. Medical meanings : a glossary of word origins. Philadelphia, PA.: American College of Physicians, c1997.
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Kim, Hesook Suzie. Nursing theories : conceptual and philosophical foundations. New York: Springer Pub. Co., c1999.
RT84.5 .N8795 1999

Kozier, Barbara. Fundamentals of nursing : concepts, process, and practice. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall Health, c2004.
RT41 .F8813 2004 

Ohno, Shuho. Comprehensive medical thesaurus with concise etymological analysis : workbook for conquering medical English. Danbury, CT :Rutledge Books, Inc. c1999.
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Sebastian, Anton. A dictionary of the history of medicine. New York: Parthenon Pub. Group, c1999.
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Skinner, Henry Alan. The origin of medical terms. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1961.
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Tindall, A. R. (Alex R.), 1924. Medical terms : their roots and origins. Lisse, Netherlands ; Exton, PA: Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, c1997.
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