Subject Guide - Nursing & Healthcare Sciences

• Alt HealthWatch: Full-text from alternative health publications, many peer-reviewed.
• CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Articles from over 620 nursing and allied health publications.
• eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) - Health Sciences Collection: A special subset of the Core Collection.
• eBook Nursing Collection (EBSCOhost): Includes clinical guides, evidence-based practice manuals, practical handbooks, and professional growth titles for nursing
• Films On Demand
  • Biology: Human Anatomy & Physiology
  • Health & Medicine: including
    • Diseases, Disorders & Disabilities
    • Healthcare & Treatment
    • Health Careers
• Gale Interactive - Human Anatomy: Study human anatomy with these interactive 3-D models.
• Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition: 550 journals in health disciplines, plus drug information.
• Learning Express PrepSTEP - Career Preparation: see "Prepare for Nursing Exams"
• MEDLINE: Authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, pre-clinical sciences, and more.
• ProQuest: Nursing and Allied Health Premium: Information from leading nursing and allied health publications.
• SAGE Video Collection: Nursing: Watch nursing practitioners in accredited demonstrations, case studies, nursing history, and more.
• Salem Press: Find full-text reference sources in Literature, History, Science, and Health.

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• CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Eatright: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• FDA: U. S. Food and Drug Administration
• Food and Nutrition Information Center from the USDA National Agricultural Library.
• Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals
• MedTerms Medical Dictionary, from MedicineNet.com, defines over 16,000 medical terms. MedicineNet.com also offers health information and news.
• National Institutes of Health, from the U. S. Department of Health & Human Services, offers information on health topics, news, research, publications, and more, including:
  • MedlinePlus health information
  • PubMed covers over36 million citations and may include links to full-text content
• Safety and Health Topics: Healthcare from OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

• AHIMA: The American Health Information Management Association
• American Academy of Nursing
• American Association of Medical Assistants
• American Board of Nursing Specialties
• LSNA: Louisiana State Nurses Association
• Medical Billing and Coding.org provides information on the profession.
• NALPN: National Association of Licensed Practical Nurses
• Occupational Outlook Handbook provides info on pay, job outlook, and more.
  • Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars
  • Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
  • Medical Assistants
• Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN)
• Practical Nursing.org provides information on the profession

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