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Articles
Books
InterLibrary Loan
Web Resources
Citation Help
Additional Research Help
ARTICLES The databases below are especially helpful for accessing articles and citations in your discipline.
If you are off-campus, use the link for off-campus access to our databases provided at the end of each description on the Find Articles page.Academic Search Premier- large interdisciplinary database, with much fulltext content
Alt HealthWatch - focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness
Cambridge Histories Online - fulltext content of histories of many areas, including health
CINAHL Plus with Full Text - comprehensive coverage of education fields and topics
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials - fulltext journal articles, including older issues of many journals
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - an online digital library of education research and information
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects - abstracts of published systematic reviews on the effects of health care from around the world
General Science Full Text - large science-related database, with much full-text content
Health Source - Consumer Edition - fulltext content from over 80 consumer health magazines
Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition - fulltext content from over 550 medical journals
Health Technology Assessments - provides details on completed and ongoing health technology assessments from around the world
Nursing & Allied Health Source - over 650 fulltext journals and 12,000 fulltext dissertations
OmniFile Full Text Mega - multi-disciplinary database, with much full-text content
PsycINFO - an abstract database of psychological literature from the 1800s to the present
Here is a list of
all Ryan Library databases.
Also try
Google Scholar to search for scholarly articles.
BOOKS
The databases NetLibrary Collection and Oxford Reference Online have full-text books online.
Below is a representative list of subject encylopedias held at Ryan Library's reference area.
The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health
Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice
PDR Guide to Drug Interactions, Side Effects, and Indications
The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Principles of Internal Medicine
Encyclopedia of Immunology
Check Phineas, Ryan Library's online catalog, for additional books available in the library.
Google Book Search is a good Web site to search for books on your topic
WorldCat - Find libraries near you with books on your topic
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
Use InterLibrary Loan (LINK+ and ILLiad) to request books and articles not owned by Ryan Library.
WEB RESOURCES
Nursing
Drug Information: Where to look for drug information on the Internet
Gerontology Issues
Hardin MD - A source of lists, or directories, of information in health and medicine.
Medline Plus - Authoritative information from National Library of Medicine.
Trip Database - Leading Internet resources for Evidence-Based Medicine.
Directories
Librarians' Internet Index
InfoMine
BUBL Link
Search Engines
Google Advanced - Provides more options for your search strategy.
Google Scholar - Search for scholarly articles.
Google Book Search - Search for books on your topic.
SUMSearch - Selects the best resources for your question,
formats your question for each resource, and makes additional searches based on results.
Zuula - A meta-search engine that searches more than one search engine at a time.
CITATION HELP
Endnote is a Web-based tool for managing and citing references in papers and creating bibliographies. EndNote has numerous citation styles including APA, MLA, and Chicago (Turabian). EndNote is available to current members of the PLNU community.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH HELP
Anne-Elizabeth Powell, Head Technical Services/Systems
Liaison to the School of Nursing
Ryan Library
Technical Services
619-849-2208
AnneElizabethPowell@pointloma.edu
Phyllis Fox, Instructional Services Librarian for Graduate Studies
Ryan Library, Technical Services
619-849-2409
PhyllisFox@pointloma.edu
Contact the Reference Desk at:
reflib@pointloma.edu
Ask A Librarian IM/Chat
619-849-2337
Also contact PLNU's School of Nursing
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This page was last updated 11/10/09.