UT Library Online - Research by Subject - Nursing Online Resources

Contact information:
Roxanne Bogucka
Nursing Bibliographer
512.495.4256

Selected Online Resources

Nursing Research on the Web
Health Web Sites
Government Information
Statistics
Organizations
Tests and Measurements
Texas Information

Nursing Research on the Web

UT Austin Nursing & Allied Health Databases

Nursing E-Journals at UT-Austin

Applied Clinical Trials

Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)

Center for Women's Health Research (University of Washington)

Medline Plus - MEDLINEplus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 500 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.

Center for Clinical Research Practice- Includes IRB guidelines, and miscellaneous research oriented publications.

National Library of Medicine's Databases & Electronic Information Sources

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section of the Medical Library

Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library Includes Registry of Nursing Research (RNR).

Health Web Sites

All Nurses - "How nurses surf the web."
AMA Physiscian Select Directory
The Antibiotic Guide - It is intended to promote selective, cost effective use of antimicrobials, and to serve as Drug Use Evaluation criteria for antibiotic audits.
Clinical Calculator
Dr. Koop.com
Hardin Meta Directory of Health Internet Resources
HealthFinder Maintained by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, is database of reliable health publications, clearinghouses, web sites, governement agencies and non-profit agencies.
HealthWeb Developed by the Consortium Committee for Institutional Cooperation , organizes access to evaluated noncommercial health-related Internet resources.
HealthWorld Online Provides information and links to sites on complimentary medicine and alternative health options.
HospitalWeb Also try the American Hospital Directory
Health Science Guide - Martindale's Includes 131,700 Medical Cases, 61,700 Teaching Files, 1,230 Courses/Textbooks, 1,610 Tutorials, 420 Journals, 4,150 Databases, Atlases & Image Databases.
Health Resources and Services Administration - Publications, resources, and referrals on health care services for low-income, uninsured individuals and those with special health care needs.
Indexmedico A comprehensive bilingual web dictionary of medical information.
Interagency Council on Information Resources for Nursing A voluntary group made up of agencies and organizations concerned with providing library and informational resources for nursing and improving access to library services for all nurses.
HIV InSite
Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence Based Nursing
Mayo Clinic
The Merck Manual - A well known guide for quick concise summary information concerning diseases and their treatments.
MedHunt - Sponsored by Health On the Net Foundation (HON), a not-for-profit organisation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. HON is dedicated to realising the benefits of the Internet and related technologies in the fields of health and medicine. The purpose of the Foundation is to advance the development and application of new information technologies, notably in the fields of health and medicine.
Medical Panel Hospital Expenditures - The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, or MEPS as it is commonly called, is the third (and most recent) in a series of national probability surveys conducted by AHRQ on the financing and utilization of medical care in the United States.
Medscape
The Multilingual Glossary Of Medical Terms
Nursing and Health Care on the Net - Your guide to quality Internet resources in Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied health Professions from the UK.
OMNI - OMNI (Organising Medical Networked Information) is a gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources in health and medicine, aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners in the health and medical sciences.
OncoLink
RxList Internet Drug Index - search for a drug name
Resources for Nurses and Families
Socionet -Sociometrics Corporation is a research and development firm specializing in social science research applications.
Springnet Nursing Library - SpringNet, the Web site of choice among nurses for the latest, most accurate clinical information.
USP (U.S. Pharmacopeia) - This well known publication is generated by a non-government organization, which promotes the public health by establishing state-of-the-art standards to ensure the quality of medicines and other health care technologies.
Virtual Hospital - The Virtual Hospital is a digital health sciences library created in 1992 at the University of Iowa to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients.