LibGuides: Summa Medical Library: Nursing & Allied Health

Announcements to Nursing & Allied Health Staff

Nursing & Allied Health -- Online Library

E-Books - Top Titles

ANA Publications

General Reference

Peri-operative & Peri-anesthesia Nursing

Maternal / Child Nursing

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Multidisciplinary Healthcare Databases

CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Search for articles by topic - strong emphasis on nursing literature, but also includes allied health and medical literature. Some citations contain link to the full text
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Available from off site by clicking on the "Off Site" link on next screen - you must then authenticate using your library ID number. Contact the medical librarian for assistance.

Health Source: Nursing / Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Covers nursing and allied health. Provides access to full-text articles from approximately 550 journals and indexes articles from 850 journals. However, the breadth of coverage of the nursing literature is not as extensive CINAHL.

EmCare
Very large nursing and allied health database covering scholarly literature published since 1995.
Ovid Nursing Database
A segment of the MEDLINE database containing only nursing-related content, using the Ovid search platform. Timespan covered is 1946-present
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Database
Database covering the literature of nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. Also includes more than 15,700 full text dissertations representing the most rigorous scholarship in nursing and related fields.

PubMed This link opens in a new window
Search for biomedical articles by topic. Main emphasis is on medicine, but also covers a lot of the nursing and healthcare management literature as well. This customized PubMed link shows you icons for articles available to you through Summa Medical Library.

OT/PT Databases

PEDro-physiotherapy Evidence Database
Database containg references to physiotherapy literature. Includes randomized trials, systemic reviews, and clinical practice guidelines. For help in obtaining the full text of a document, see the medical librarian.
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Also available from off site. No authentication required.
OTSeeker
Database of abstracts of systematic reviews, randomized trials, and other OT resources. Due to a lack of funding for OTseeker, content from 2016 and beyond is not as comprehensive as previously. Therefore, we recommend that users of OTseeker also search for more recent evidence using other freely available search engines and databases such as PEDro, and PubMed.
SPORTDiscus
Index of the literature of sports, fitness, and related disciplines. Includes some full text. At the next screen, click on the "On Site..." link to be taken into the database.
NARIC - National Rehabilitation Information Center
Find information on research publications, projects, and other resources related to rehabilitation and disability.

PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
American Psychological Association's database of abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, dissertations. Indexes around 2500 periodicals.

Medicine Database

Clinical Key
Searchable database containing e-books, full text journal articles, and much more. Primary focused on medicine

Pyschology / Behavioral Health Databases

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Covers topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry, psychology, and related subjects. World's largest full text psychology database offering full text for over 530 journals.

Consumer Health

MedLinePlus
Consumer health website produced by National Library of Medicine. Information posted on the site is authoritative and up to date - utilizing sources from entities such as the National Institutes of Health and other trusted organizations. Provides extensive information on over 950 diseases and conditions. Also includes wellness information, a medical dictionary and encyclopedia, drug information, videos of surgical procedures and much more.

Assorted Academic Disciplines (incl Arts & Humanities)

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
An index containing references & abstracts (some with full text) for scholarly journals in a broad range of academic disciplines.

Topical Guides for Nursing & Allied Health Professionals

Cultural Competency Resources
A collection of websites and eBooks containing cultural information pertinent to the provision of healthcare. Some links are to publicly available resources, others are to content licensed by the Summa Library
Nursing Certification Test Prep Resources
Population Health Information Resources
Recommended information resources on Population Health including ejournals, ebooks, websites and articles.
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