UT Library Online - Research by Subject - Nursing Online Resources

University of Texas Libraries

Selected Online Resources

Nursing Research on the Web

UT Libraries nursing and allied health databases

Clin•IC—Clinical Information Center

Nursing eJournals, UT Libraries

Applied Clinical Trials

Center for Nursing Classification & Clinical Effectiveness

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

MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on more than 500 diseases and conditions. Also includes 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.

National Library of Medicine's Databases & Electronic Resources

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section of the Medical Library Association

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

Health Web Sites

All Nurses "How nurses surf the web."
AMA DoctorFinder
American Hospital Directory
Antibiotic Guide—from Johns Hopkins; FREE, but requires registration
Clinical Calculator
Dr. Koop.com
Grey Literature Reports from the New York Academy of Medicine
Hardin MD: Medical Picture Gallery—from the University of Iowa
HealthFinder The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion maintains this database of reliable health publications, clearinghouses, web sites, governement agencies, and non-profit agencies.
Health Resources and Services Administration Site for publications, resources, and referrals on health care services for low-income, uninsured individual,s and those with special health care needs.
HIV InSite, "Comprehensive, up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and policy from the University of California San Francisco"
Indexmedico is a comprehensive bilingual web dictionary of medical information.
Interagency Council on Information Resources in Nursing is "...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."
Joanna Briggs Institute: Evidence Based Nursing
Martindale's Health Science Guide "Currently the Health Science Guide contains over 140,850 Medical Cases & Grand Rounds; 1,560 Courses/Textbooks; 67,800 Teaching Modules & Files; 550 Journals; 4,800 Databases, Atlases & Image Databases; & 1,000's of Videos/Movies"
Mayo Clinic
The Merck Manuals are well known guides for concise summary information concerning diseases and their treatments.
MedHunt, from the Health On the Net Foundation, an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey "is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States. MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage."
Medicine Web pages for education and research, from Intute
Medscape has FREE CME and medical news.
Multilingual Glossary Of Medical Terms Technical and popular medical terms in nine European Languages
Nursing, Midwifery, and Allied Health Web pages for education and research, from Intute
OncoLink contains information on cancer research and treatment, from Univ. of Pennsylvania.
RxList Internet Drug Index
Resources for Nurses and Families, compiled by a professor of nursing, University of Central Florida
Science.gov , Health & Medicine resources
USP (U.S. Pharmacopeia) is "the official public standards-setting authority for all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, dietary supplements, and other healthcare products manufactured and sold in the United States."
Virtual Hospital is a digital health sciences library created at the University of Iowa to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients.

International and U.S. Information

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality is "the Nation's lead Federal agency for research on health care quality, costs, outcomes, and patient safety."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), from the FDA
Dept. of Health and Human Services
National Cancer Institute
National Conference of State Legislatures is a great site for information on state health legislation.
National Council of the State Boards of Nursing
National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology improves "..the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of information on health services research, clinical practice guidelines, and on health care technology, including the assessment of such technology."
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH Electronic Research Administration provides information about grants and other financial resources.
National Library of Medicine
Office of Human Subjects Research
Office for Human Research Protections
Science.gov Health & Medicine Resources
World Health Organization

Texas and Regional Information

Organizations

Health-Related

Nursing

Nursing Indexes to Articles | Electronic Journals | Full Text Resources | Internet Resources
Selected Nursing Reference Resources | Citation Style Guides

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