Off
campus access is available for most databases and electronic
journals. Simply click on this link, and follow the instructions.
You will be returned to this page and can then simply click on the
required resource to access it. If a password is required, this can
be obtained from InfoHelp
CINAHL
- Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature covering
1200+ journals
MEDLINE via Ovid - the premier database for every aspect of health
Medline - the premier database for every aspect of health via the PubMed service
Informit - indexes
published and unpublished Australian articles (password required
from InfoHelp) including those in these health related databases:
AMI: Australasian Medical Index - covers 100+ Australian health
and medical serials not indexed in Medline.
APAIS: Health - covers legal, social, economic and ethical (but
not clinical) aspects of Australian health and medicine
ATSIhealth (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography)
- covers indigenous health.
AusportMed - from the Australian Sports Commission covers medical
and health issues in sport
DRUG - Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA) covers
the psychosocial aspects of substance abuse
Health & Society - covers health policy, services, social,
ethical, psychological, and legal issues connected with health.
* RURAL - covers Rural and remote health issues
PsycINFO
- indexes and abstracts the psychological literature
Australian Medicines Handbook - includes 'class' information about types of drugs, 'monographs' on individual drugs including lists of commercially available forms and 'treatment' documents for some common diseases where drugs are an important part of management.
AusDI - is the first comprehensive, authoritative, unbiased source of drug and therapeutic information developed for Australian pharmacists, medical practitioners, nurses and other health care professionals
DRUGDEX - Designed to deliver unbiased drug information for those who prescribe, order, dispense, or administer medications. FDA-approved and investigational drugs, along with nonprescription and non-U.S. preparations, are covered with regard to dosage, pharmacokinetics, cautions, interactions, clinical applications, and comparative drug efficacy.
SOCIOFILE
(Sociological Abstracts) - indexes and abstracts journal literature
in sociology, social policy and related disciplines via Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts
Ingenta.com - search for journal
articles (was UnCover Plus): online articles searches c5,500
electronic journals; fax/Ariel articles searches the Tables
of Contents of c.28,000 print titles
Full text databases
Infotrac
- indexes more than 2,000 journals with full-text articles from over
half available online
ProQuest 5000 - another
indexing and full-text database complementing InfoTrac
NursingNet - “dedicated
to the continuing education of nursing professions”, and provides
“a forum ... to obtain and disseminate information about Nursing and
medically related subjects”
HealthWeb:
Nursing - comprehensive access to quality nursing resources, organizations
and nursing education + HealthWeb resources in medicine, health and
biomedical science from the School of Nursing (University of Michigan)
Nurselinx - daily updates/emails
with latest articles, research and news from current journals in general
plus 17 specialty areas; also available in other flavours including
ObGynLinx and Pediatriclinx
Virtual Nursing
Center - a fascinating, fulfilling feast of eclectic and idiosyncratic
information from Jim Martindale
Virtual Nursing College
- “a virtual learning and teaching environment that is dedicated to
the education and professional development of nurses everywhere”
allnurses.com - a variety of
useful online material for nurses (formerly Worldwide Nurse)
Nursing
and Health Resources (Specialised) on the WWW
Harriet
Lane WWW Links - formerly Pediatric Points of Interest:
an evaluated collection of pediatric sites, including nursing [Johns
Hopkins University]
Nursing and
AIDS - links from the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Holistic and Alternative
Health
National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine - respected information source about
alternative and unconventional medical practices; includes the Complementary
and Alternative Medicine Citation Index[US National
Institutes of Health Office of Alternative Medicine]
Merck Manual -
300 chapters on diseases, disorders and drugs free and online
Martindale: the Extra Pharmacopoeia - standard drug reference prepared
by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Medicines and Drugs
- links to medicine and drug websites including the British National
Formulary and the Electronic Medicines Compendium; part
of Patient UK, set up by two GPs in Newcastle (England)
Medline
Plus - guide to 9000+ prescription and over-the-counter medications
(from the US Pharmacopeia etc.) plus pre-formatted MEDLINE searches
and links to a wide range of other resources [US National Library
of Medicine]
Medscape
Drug Info - indications, side effects and precautions for medical
professionals based on the National Drug Data File and the American
Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information; free registration required
Rxlist: The Internet drug index
- drug information, patient education materials, top 200 prescriptions,
drug research bulletins, links to other websites
Men’s health
Men’s
Health - from the Health Sciences Library (University of Pittsburgh)
links you to Internet resources and patient information guides on
a wide range of men’s health issues
Men’s Health - from the
National Women’s Health Information Center
Mental Health
Mental Help Net - guide
to mental health, psychology, & psychiatry online
Medical
Dictionaries - links to a variety of online medical dictionaries
from Medline Plus [National Library of Medicine]
Medical Images and
Illustrations - hundreds of sites providing medical/health related
images, illustrations and atlases [Karolinska Institutet]
Virtual
Hospital - from the University of Iowa includes online textbooks
and patient teaching materials
Yahoo Health
- arranges links to Health sites by subject headings: this is the
address of the Nursing category - a good starting point allowing you
to search within the category or across the Yahoo site
Consumer
Health Answers - health
care information for consumers and professionals
Healthfinder - a simple,
useful gateway to consumer health information from the United States
government
HealthInsite - reliable
health information for Australians sponsored by the Commonwealth Government
InteliHealth - Consumer
health information from sources such as the Harvard Medical School
and Johns Hopkins
Instructions
to Authors in the Health Sciences - links to Web sites providing
instructions to authors (and home pages) for over 2,000 journals in
the health/biomedical sciences [Medical College of Ohio]
Referencing
styles - JCU's guide to information on referencing and citing
sources in assignments
