Research Websites (revised August 21, 2007):
Need
help with "APA Style" formatting?
Yes? Purdue University has
a very good
website that can help you.
Also click here if you would like to purchase
the APA Manual and/or templates.
Newly
Added References:
American Hospital Directory is an excellent
resource for locating and checking out
hospitals. Valuable information and statistics are provided.
Intelihealth contains comprehensive and detailed databases for
common diseases
and conditions.
Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) has information about pharmaceutical drugs.
Highwire Press is a division
of the Stanford University Libraries. HighWire Press hosts the
largest repository
of high impact, peer-reviewed content, with 999 journals and 3,791,580
full
text articles from over 130 scholarly publishers. HighWire-hosted publishers
have
collectively made 1,492,980 articles free.
Directory of Open Access Journals: This service covers free, full text, quality
controlled,
scientific and scholarly journals. It aims to cover all subjects
and languages. There are
now 2,471 journals in the directory. Currently 724
journals are searchable at article level.
There are approximately 121,192 articles included
in the DOAJ service.
Health On the Net Foundation is the
leading organization promoting and guiding the
deployment of useful and reliable
online medical & health information and its appropriate
and efficient use.
Created in 1995, HON is a non-profit, non-governmental organization,
accredited
to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
Other good reference sources:
Mamma Health - Please
do not ignore this website due to its name - it is
an excellent website for articles on various health issues!
FindArticles.com, you can access free or fee-based research articles
MerckSource offers
a wide variety of core health tools and resources. This
website is designed (by Merck & Co., Inc.) with your health and medical
needs in mind.
Best of all, it's free and it has absolutely no advertising.
No distractions. Just credible,
unbiased health and medical information at
your fingertips.)
myDNA.com is an eHealth
website that publishes consumer-centric
health news, disease content, and genomic science information. MyDNA.com's
goal is to earn each users' trust by delivering a private, personal experience
when
searching for health information
Healthfinder
(an award-winning Federal Web site, developed by the
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies.
HealthWeb
(a tool to facilitate access to health-related resources
on the Internet)
Looking for journal articles on a variety of nursing topics?
Try Blue Cross/Blue Shield's excellent website: A
Healthy Me!
Another reliable nursing resource is: WebMd.Com
More Research Links:
National Library of Medicine (the world's largest medical library)
PubMed (search for journal citations, including full text articles)
PubMed Central (list of PubMed's full text journals)
MEDLINEplus
(consumer health information, including conditions, diseases, and wellness;
drug information; medical encyclopedia; medical dictionary; and medical directories.
The UMD
Library is an excellent Nursing resource
guide for print and electronic resources, including
magazine indexes and full text articles.
Also at the UMD Library's Home Page:
Voyager Online Catalog
Journal Locator
Encylopaedia Britannica
Dictionaries
and reference assistance
Library Guide & Selected Resources
List of Nursing Journals in UMD Library
