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* To conduct research in Nursing use books for comprehensive treatment information and handbook reference.  Browse the Reference Stacks and General Book Collection for call numbers beginning in the R's. * Use journal articles for specific treatment and current research.
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CINAHL with Full Text
* lists citations and summaries of journal articles, books, book chapters
* provides full text for 520 journals, legal cases, and clinical trials
* covers topics in nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, public health and radiology
* covers items published from 1982 to the present
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Many items available on your computer or in the library HELP:More about CINAHL
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Nursing & Allied Health Collection
 * provides full text for nearly 400 journals covering the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences, consumer health and allied health disciplines
 * Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1975
 * Nearly all full text titles included in Nursing & Allied Health: Comprehensive Edition are indexed in CINAHL
 * access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Most items available on your computer HELP:More about Nursing & Allied Health Collection
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MICROMEDEX with CareNotes
* provides information on drugs, disease, acute care, toxicology, alternative medicines
* Includes drug images and comparisons for easier identification
* CareNotes documents enable you to conveniently provide your patients with complete, easy-to-understand information about all aspects of their care and health
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available on your computer HELP: More about MICROMEDEX with CareNotes
 
STAT!Ref Nursing Collection
* full text electronic version of medical dictionaries, manuals and textbooks focused on the subject of nursing
* allows for searching by individual title or across all titles simultaneously.
* also includes databases such as MedCalc3000, Point-of-care tools and learning resources
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available on your computer HELP:More about STAT!Ref Nursing Collection
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STAT!Ref Medical Collection
* full text electronic version of medical dictionaries, manuals and textbooks
* allows for searching by individual title or across all titles simultaneously.
* also includes databases such as MedCalc3000, Point-of-care tools and learning resources
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available on your computer HELP:More about STAT!Ref Medical Collection
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STAT!Ref an@tomy.tv
* 3D interactive anatomy and pathology application
* Models can be rotated and layers of anatomy added or removed
* Focuses on muscles, ligaments, nerves, veins, arteries and bones
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available on your computer HELP: More about an@tomy.tv
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Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library
HELP:This is the realization of Sigma Theta Tau International’s goal to offer nurses, in all roles around the globe, online access to reliable nursing information
HELP:Through the library’s complimentary Registry of Nursing Research database, individuals have access to search study abstracts and conference abstracts
HELP: this resource is operating within an improved environment making it much easier to retrieve specific research information, and for researchers to post up-to-date research findings
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Health & Wellness
*lists citations and summaries of articles and entire text of some articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, and reference books 
*covers fitness, medicine, nutrition, public health, occupational health & safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs
*covers items published in the last four years
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Most items available in the library or on your computer HELP:More about Health & Wellness
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Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection
*content spans the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences
*includes full-text from 1100+ volumes, comprising over 20,000 critical and authoritative review articles
*covers back volumes published from 1932 to the 2003 volumes
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available on your computer HELP:More about Annual Reviews EBVC
 
Academic OneFile
*premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources
*covers physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects
*covers items published from 1980-present
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Many items available in the library or on your computer HELP:More about Academic OneFile
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Dissertations and Theses
* Dissertations and Theses is the definitive guide to more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and master’s theses
* Overall dates of coverage: 1861 - present
* Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts.
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All  items available on your computer HELP: More about Dissertations and Theses
 
LexisNexis Academic
*full-text documents from over 6,000 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications
*covers news, accounting literature, company information, law reviews, Federal and State case law, codes, medical journals, biographical information, country profiles, opinion polls and surveys and more
*deep backfile lets you find contemporary accounts of events that took place decades ago.
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Most items available on your computer HELP:More about LexisNexis Academic
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ERIC 
*provides full text for thousands of digests
* lists citations and short summaries of education journal articles and documents, many which contain links to full-text
* covers education topics
* covers items published from 1966 to the present
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Some items available in the library or on your computer HELP:More about ERIC
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PsycINFO
* Premier database for journal articles, books and dissertations in all areas of psychology
* may include material in related disciplines: medicine, education, and social work
* articles from 1872 to present; books from 1987 to present
* can be searched simultaneously with PsycARTICLES and PILOTS
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		Some items available in the library HELP:More about PsycINFO
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PsycARTICLES
* definitive source of searchable full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology
* contains articles from 58 key journals
* Coverage for most included journals goes back to volume 1, issue 1
* can be searched simultaneously with PsycINFO and PILOTS
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID 		All items available on your computer HELP:More about PsycARTICLES
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Reference and Fact-finding Sources
HELP:Oxford Reference Online: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and guides covering all subjects
HELP:Encyclopedia Britannica: full encyclopedia plus web sites
HELP:Gale Virtual Reference Library: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and guides covering all subjects.  For a list of titles available at APSU, click here.
HELP:netLibrary Reference Center: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and guides covering all subjects
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Internet resources
* authoritative, credible, and reliable Web sites
* selected for accuracy and relevance to the subjects taught at APSU
* updated regularly
* access from anywhere 		All items available on your computer HELP:How to search the Internet
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