Nursing Resources for Students and Faculty : Databases

Quick links to Health Sciences Library databases, eBooks, mobile resources, tutorials, websites, writing and publishing support.

Online Databases

CINAHL
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, includes links to full text.
Cochrane
The Library contains multiple evidence based databases including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Cochrane Controlled Clinical Trials Register and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, and offers access to 822 abstracted and indexed journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong.

Joanna Briggs Institute
Joanna Briggs Institute (Ovid) brings together a range of practice-oriented research activities to improve the effectiveness of nursing practice and health care outcomes.
Krames On-Demand
Patient Education
Lexi-Comp
(Lexicomp) On-line drug information system including sections for interactions, pediatric, geriatric, nursing, patient education, and toxicology information

Nursing Reference Center Plus
Quick reference at the point-of-care, including evidence-based care sheets that summarize diseases and conditions, cultural competency information, patient education handouts, and point-of-care drug information.
Scopus
Scopus replaces Web of Science for searching cited references. It contains abstracts and references from over 15,000, journals making it the largest single database of scientific research literature
UpToDate
Evidence-Based clinical support, drugs & drug interactions, links to full text, patient education and medical calculators.

VisualDx
VisualDx is multi-symptom differential diagnosis database. This database utilizes radiographic images and dermatologic photographs and illustrations for diagnostic assistance

Health Library
Consumer health and patient education resource which is evidence based and free to the public. Thousands of health articles in English and Spanish, and 25 animations on medical procedures. Natural & Alternative Treatments, Herbs & Supplements and medical news called Journal Notes and much more are also included in this comprehensive source.
LactMed
Free online database with information on drugs and lactation
PubMed
Bibliographic information from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, HealthSTAR, and publisher-supplied citations.
Turning Research into Practice TRIP
TRIP The TRIP Database provides direct, hyperlinked access to the largest collection of 'evidence-based' material on the web, searching over 55 sites of high-quality medical information. Multiple resources can be searched simultaneously. Text is available