SOURCES FOR BASIC FACTS AND INFORMATION

This guide lists some basic resources in Nursing and Medicine, including books, periodical databases, and web sites.

REFERENCE SOURCES

Dictionaries

• Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictonary (Ref R 121 .D73 2003)
• Mosby's Medical Dictionary (Ref R 121 .M894 2006)
• Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 28th ed. (Ref R 121 .S8 2006)
• Stedmna's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions & Nursing, 5th ed.(Ref R 121 .S8 2005)
• Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Ref R 121 .T18 2005)
• Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health (Ref R 121 .M65 2003)

Specialized Encyclopedias and Handbooks

• Davis's Comprehensive handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests: with Nursing Implications (Ref RB 38.2 .S37 2006)
• Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses (Ref RM 301.12 .D44 2007)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (Ref RC 41 .G35 2006)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health (Ref RT 21 .G353 2006)
• Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals, 12th ed. (Ref RS 51 .M4 2006)
• Handbook of Diagnostic Tests, 2nd ed. (Ref RC 71 .P76 2003)
• Handbook of Nursing Diagnosis (Ref RT 486 .C385 2006)
• Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses (Ref RM 301.12 .S56 2007)
• Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference (Ref RM 138 .M67 2007)
• PDR Nurse's Drug Reference (Ref RM 125 .P47 2007)
• Prentice-Hall's Handbook of Laboratory & diagnostic Tests: with Nursing Implications (Ref RB 38.2 .K44 2005)
• Professional Guide to Diseases (Ref RT 65 .P69 2005)
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy (Ref RC 55 .M4) (current ed. available at the Information Desk)
• Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine (R 121 .O884 2001)
• PDR: Physician's Desk Reference (Ref RS 75 .P5) (current ed. available at the Information Desk)

BOOKS AND MEDIA MATERIALS
Use "Books and Media" to locate books and media items in our collection and other libraries in the MCCCD system. Search for your topic as a SUBJECT, such as: PEDIATRICS .

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION RANGE - Medicine: R

RB - Pathology	RM - Therapeutics, Pharmacology
RC - Internal Medicine	RS - Pharmacy and materia medica
RD - Surgery	RT - Nursing
RJ - Pediatrics	RX - Homeopathy

MAGAZINE, JOURNAL, AND NEWSPAPER articles can also be located using Periodical Indexes or Electronic Databases. You can obtain journal articles by (1) going to the Circulation Desk and asking for one of the journals in paper format (these are listed below under "Library Subscriptions"), or (2) using the electronic databases to retrieve full-text journal articles. Some databases contain both popluar magazine and newspaper articles as well as academic or scholarly journal articles.

Databases
Use "Articles & Databases" on the Library Home page to get to the list of the LMC's subscription databases. These are in the "Medicine, Nursing, Health" section and have many full-text journal articles.

• CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOHost)) - the online version of the print index. It is designed specifically for nursing programs in academic institutions as well as hospital libraries, the CINAHL database with Full Text covers a wide range of topics, including nursing, allied health, alternative therapies, biomedicine, consumer helath, and health administration. This database offers over 1,200 titles (with more than 260 in full text) and coverage from 1982 to the present.
• Health Source - Nursing/Academic (EBSCOHost) - provides over 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 850 journals.
• Health Source - Consumer (EBSCOHost) - provides full texts for nearly 150 journals, including Consumer Reports on Health and Men's Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for nearly 180 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Users can also search a collection of pamphlets, meical reference books and the Spanish and English versions of Clinical Reference Systems reports.
• MEDLINE (EBSCOHost) provides abstracts to over 4,800 current medical journals.

LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTIONS - the library maintains current subscriptions to the following journals in the Nursing and Medical field. You can ask at the Circulation/Reserve desk for copies in paper format. Older issues may be on microfilm or microfiche as indicated. Note that many of these can also be acccessed electronically through the library's databases (above).

• American Journal of Nursing : AJN (paper: Current year + 1 yr.; mfiche: v.90, 1990 - )
• Critical Care Nurse (B) (paper: Current year + 4 yrs; mfiche: v.6, no. 1 1986 - v. 18, no. 6 1998)
• Geriatric Nursing (paper: Current year + 5 yrs.)
• Journal of Nursing Education (paper: Current year + 1 yr.; mfiche: v.18, 1979 - )
• Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing : JOGNN (mfiche: v. 14, 1985 - present)
• Nursing (paper: Current year + 5yrs.)
• Nursing Research (mfiche: v. 28, no.2 1979 - )
• RN (paper: Current year + 5yrs.)

Medicine and Health Journals include:

• American Family Physician (paper: Current year + 1 yr.)
• American Journal of Health Promotion (paper: v. 20, no. 3 [Jan. 2006] - )
• Emergency Medical Services (paper: v. 35, no. 2 [Feb. 2006] - )
• FDA Consumer (paper: Current year + 5 years)
• JAMA : Journal of the American Medical Association (paper: Current year + 1 yr.; mfiche: v.253, 1985 - )
• JEMS: Journal of Emergency Services (paper: v. 32, no. 2 [Feb. 2006] - )
• Journal of Forensic Science (paper: v.34, no.1, Jan. 1989 - )
• New England Journal of Medicine (paper: Current year + 1 yr.; mfiche: v.312, no. 1 [Jan., 1985] - )
• Prevention (paper: Current year + 5 yrs.)

WEB SITES Some web sites that you may want to consult include the following:

• Arizona Health Sciences Library
• Medical Study Carrel - an excellent site at Gateway Community College for links to many medical sites and journals. [http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/biblio/links/index.html]. Select SUBJECT LINKS, then MEDICINE
• Drugs.com™ - Prescription drug information for consumers and professionals.
• PubMed - a service of the National Library of Medicine provides access to over 11 million citations from Medline and other journals [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/]
• National Library of Medicine [http://www.nlm.nih.gov]
• The Merck Manual [http://www.merck.com/pubs]
• PDR - Physician's Desk Reference - pharmaceutical information (drugs & manufacturers) - (free access, but you must register to use it) [http://www.pdr.net] The latest print edition is kept at the Reference Desk.
• RxList: The Internet Drug Index [http://www.rxlist.com/]

There are many others that you may want to consult include for specific diseases, organizations. Some examples include:

• Alzheimer's Association [http://www.alz.org/]
• American Cancer Society [http://www.cancer.org/]
• American Diabetes Association [http://www.diabetes.org/]
• American Heart Association [http://www.americanheart.org/]
• American Medical Association [http://www.ama-assn.org/]
• Ethnomed - provides information on health care in other countries.
• HIV Insite [http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/]
• Mayo Clinic Health Oasis [http://mayohealth.org/]
• Migraine Awareness Group: Magnum [http://www.migraines.org/]
• National Institute of Health [http://www.nih.gov]
• National Institute of Nursing Research [http://www.nih.gov/ninr]
• World Health Organization [http://www.who.int/]

Medical Journals Online Note: Some online/e-journals will charge for articles. The library databases are free.

New England Journal of Medicine [http://www.nejm.org/content/index.asp]
Nurseweek/HealthWeek [http://www.nurseweek.com/]

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