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Practical Nursing Information Resources
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Local resources |
Our library
catalogue, Horizon: lists resources all across the College.
Search by keyword or by words in the title, author name, subject,
or browse by program name. Use the barcode on the back of your student
card to make online requests.
islandlibraries.ca:
search the holdings of the PEI Provincial Library Service, Holland
College, and UPEI's Robertson Library. Use the barcode on the back of
your student card to make online requests.
Best of the Web: our own collection of great web sites, organized by subject area, and including, health, dental assisting,
human services, and other topics
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| Article and Encyclopedia Databases |
Use the online databases listed here to find journal or
encyclopedia articles on many health-related topics. Most
databases also supply full text articles as part of their online
service. Please note: some of these resources are restricted to
Holland College and affiliate users.
Off-campus users require a valid library card with barcode to use these proected resources.
Academic Search Elite: an index to over 3400 journals, many of them on health/medical topics, with full text articles from 2000+ journal titles.
Scholarly in tone.
Canadian Business and Current Affairs: over 600 Canadian periodical (journal) and news sources, including
a variety of medical and consumer health titles.
Gale
Health and Wellness Resource Center: full text of various medical
and health-related encyclopedias, as well as more than 1200 journals.
PubMed: an index to over 4800 of the world's health journals.
Although PubMed records contain bibliographic information/abstracts
only, the publisher provides some links out to open source and for-fee
web locations of full text, where available. See also the companion
consumer health site, MedlinePLUS, below. Online search help.
Professional Development Collection: a specialized
journal collection for educators, including some coverage in child
development and psychology.
Vocational and Career Collection: 400+ trade, industry,
and professional journals, including some nursing titles.
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| Health and Wellness Websites |
MedlinePLUS: a comprehensive guide to consumer health topics,
plus dictionaries and encyclopedias, news stories, interactive tutorials,
and much more.
Canadian Health Network: online guide to health topics, comparable
to MedlinePLUS, but with a Canadian focus.
Health Care
Information Resources: links to hundreds of health and wellness
sites, compiled by the Health Sciences Library of McMaster University.
HealthyOntario: a wealth of health information for all ages.
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| Online Reference Books |
AMA Atlas of the Body: short articles and images of all of
the major anatomical regions and body systems.
Merck Manual of Medical Information (home ed.): the "consumer"
version of the famous Merck Manual. Conduct word searches or
browse by chapter or letter of the alphabet.
AccessScience: Medicine: medical topics from the online version
of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Emphasis
is on basic definitions.
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| Online Journals (individual titles) |
Canadian Medical
Association Journal (CMAJ): the leading health sciences journal
in Canada, CMAJ is published every second week and is indexed in a
variety of sources, including Medline.
Health Reports: a quarterly journal produced by the Health
Statistics Division of Statistics Canada, Health Reports features
in-depth research articles on Canadian health topics. Health
Reports is indexed in the online periodical index Medline.
The Lancet: renowned British medical weekly, accessed through
the Vocational and Career Collection.
New England Journal
of Medicine (NEJM): selected articles from the influential weekly
publication.
Nursing: monthly journal, accessed through the Vocational
and Career Collection.
Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management: monthly journal,
accessed through the Vocational and Career Collection.
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| Need Help? |
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If you need help with your research
topic or with use of any of the above websites, please drop in to
the Charlottetown Resource Centre or send us your question. |
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