Video Tutorials
Introduction
to the Library's Nursing Resources by Subject (video hosted at YouTube)
Introduction
to the Library's Nursing Article & Research Databases (video hosted
at YouTube)
MEDLINE and
CINAHL Databases: A Tutorial
Test Prep Test Success:
Test-Taking Techniques for Beginning Nursing Students
Located in the library at the Reserves desk (Reserve RT 55 .N77 2004)
Study Guide for the NET the HOBET and the HELP entrance tests
Located in the library at the Reserves desk (Reserve RT 55 .N77 2004)
Learning
Express Library
Create a personal login and click on Nursing Assistant/Nurse Aide
or Nursing School Practice Entrance Tests
Test Prep Preview: NET
Study Guide Zone: NET
Article and Research Databases
CINAHL
(Ebsco) - search for articles from nursing and allied health journals
(View our
Tutorial on CINAHL and MEDLINE)
MEDLINE
(Ebsco) - search for articles from medical journals (View
our Tutorial on CINAHL and MEDLINE)
Health
and Wellness Resource Center (Gale) - search for articles from medical
and nursing reference books and articles from medical and nursing journals
Health
Source: Nursing/Academic (Ebsco) - search for articles from nursing
news, magazines and journals
Academic
Search Complete (Ebsco) - search a large academic database on various
topics
ScienceDirect
College Edition (Elsevier ScienceDirect) - includes Health and Life
Sciences journals published by Elsevier
Micromedex Healthcare
Series (contact the library or the nursing department for the login)
includes:
MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series:
- The wide range of evidence based information you expect from Micromedex
is now part of Thomson Healthcare Evidence. This includes all the unbiased,
referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care,
and alternative medicine you have come to expect. Learn More
CareNotes™ System:
- CareNotes™ provides your patients with complete, easy-to-understand
information about all aspects of their care, medications, and health,
in English or Spanish. Learn More
STAT!Ref
(Medical Reference Sources) - essential nursing and allied health medical
handbooks and references
Print Journals at the MCC Library
(click here for complete
list)
Click
here to see our list of nursing and health sciences journals housed
in the library
Reference Sources and Books
Reference Books in the Library
Black's medical dictionary. R121 .B598 2006
Encyclopedia of medical history R133 .M34 1985
Hospital Statistics RA981 .A2 A44 2005
Mosby's medical, nursing, & allied health dictionary RM301 .M39 2001z
Mosby's pharmacology in nursing RA981 .A2 A442005
Nursing procedures and protocols RS75 .P52008
The Oxford illustrated companion to medicine R121 .O884 2001
Poisons and toxins QP631 .K87 1993
Taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary R121 .T18 2005
eBooks
Color
Atlas of Basic Histology
Davis's
Drug Guide for Nurses
Delmar's
Fundamental and Advanced Nursing Skills
Dictionary
of Health Insurance and Managed Care
Diseases
and Disorders: A Nursing Therapeutics Manual
Encyclopedia
& Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Geriatric
Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach
MedCalc
3000
Mosby's
Medical, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary
Nursing
Diagnosis Reference Manual
Taaber’s
Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
Stedman’s
medical dictionary
netLibrary
(full length electronic books on many topics)
eBrary
(full length electronic books on many topics)
STAT!Ref (Medical Reference Sources, title
list)
R2Library
(Reference ebooks, Nursing and Allied Health areas)
Gale
Virtual Reference Library (click on Medicine)
Subject Areas in Library Shelves (see Library
of Congress for more detail)
R Medicine
RB Pathology
RC Internal Medicine
RC 266 Cancer Nursing
RC 440 Psychiatric Nursing
RD Surgery
RG: Gynecology and obstetrics
RJ: Pediatrics
RJ 245-247 Pediatric Nursing
RM: Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RT Communication in Nursing
RT 98 Community Health nursing
Try also these subject terms when searching the library's online catalog:
Nursing Skills, Older Adult Health Care ,Health Assessment, Women's
Health Care Child Health Care, Legal Aspects of Health Care, Critical
Care Nursing, Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Community Health Nursing,
Holistic Nursing
Electronic Journals
Full Text Selected Titles
AORN
Journal
Dermatology
Nursing
Journal
of Advanced Nursing (to 1 year ago)
Journal
of Clinical Nursing (to 1 year ago)
Journal
of Nursing Scholarship
The
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse
Researcher
Nursing
Education Perspectives
Nursing
Management
Nursing
Standard
RN
Browse E-Journals by Subject that are included in
our databases
Nursing
Health
Sciences
Free (Open Access) Sites
BioMed Central: Open Access Journals
Directory of Open Access Journals: Health Sciences
HighWire Press: Free Online Full-text Articles
PLoS Medicine (Public Library of Science)
PubMed Central
Free
Medical Journals: Nursing
Scholarly Resources on the Internet
Reputable Sites
Digital Librarian
DMOZ - Open Directory
Project
Infomine
Internet
Public Library
Government Sites and Publications
Google Search: Uncle Sam
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC Wonder (health statistics)
CDC National Center for Environmental
Health (NCEH)
Drugs@FDA
Facts
for You: Health Statistics and Facts
Growth Charts for Children
in the U.S.
Health Indicators
Medline Plus Medline Plus Health
Information
National Library of Medicine
Nursing
Home Comparison
Nutrition.Gov
Science.gov
TOXMAP
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Home
Page
Texas Government
Texas Department of state health
services
Texas Center for of state
health statistics
Other Sites
American Hospital Directory
HealthGrades.com
Health Insurance
Consumer Guides
Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Quality Check
National Council on State Boards of
Nursing
National Institute of Nursing Research
Nursing:
Writing for Nurses
NCLEX Preparation
NCLEX Course Review
Texas Board of Nurse Examiners
- NCLEX information
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