Set up a personal login to use the Stat!Ref app for handy reference all semester or use on the web. Stat!Ref's online medical library lets you search 100+ titles for nursing, dental hygiene and other healthcare professionals; includes CPT, ICD-9-CM, Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, and Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer™ reference books.
This is a great place to start because it is a collection of dictionaries and encyclopedias. It is helpful to start here before you can dive into your research as it gives you a chance to understand the topic in a broader context. It may help you generate a research question.
Check out the Mind Map tool to see how ideas and topics connect. -This might help you develop your list of keywords.
Research is about re-doing your search using different word combinations and different databases. Keep an open mind and try different databases based on the needs of your research topic.
Major full-text database for nursing and allied health professionals; use the CINAHL headings to quickly find the correct terminology for a disease or syndrome and add subheadings for a more focused search - find out how!
A unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment is offered. Nearly 300000 records full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles.
Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.
Launched in 2003, PLoS features "peer-reviewed, open access scientific and medical journals that include original research as well as timely feature articles."
This full-text weekly multidisciplinary scientific journal publishes original peer-reviewed research and noteworthy science news (1997 to the present).
Full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications and more.
Created by United States. Department of Transportation Transport Canada, and Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes.
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