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CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
  Resource Guide
Coverage: 1937 to present. Updated: monthly.
With indexing and abstracts for 3,024 nursing journals, CINAHL Plus with Full Text covers nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Content includes books, dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, and evidence-based care sheets. Full-text is available for more than 560 journals. |
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Encyclopedia of Medicine (Gale)
Coverage: complete text and images from the 3rd edition of the print encyclopedia. Last Updated: 2006.
Written for a general audience, this e-book includes comprehensive information on more than 1,700 topics. Articles on diseases/disorders and their corresponding test/treatment range from a few paragraphs to multiple pages. Disease/disorder entries include definitions, descriptions, causes and symptoms, diagnosis, common and alternative treatment, prognosis, and prevention. Test/treatment entries also include definitions and descriptions, but also include the purpose and rationale behind the treatment, preparation, aftercare, risks, normal and abnormal results. Biographical information and historical sidebars are included throughout. |
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Health Professions Databases via EBSCOhost
This cluster of EBSCOhost databases allows you to search 13 health professions databases at one time:
Alt HealthWatch | Health Source - Consumer Edition | CINAHL Plus with Full Text | Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials | Cochrance Database of Systematic Reviews | Lexi-PALS Drug Guide | Cochrane Methodology Register | Health Technology Assessments | Health Source: Consumer Edition | Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition | MEDLINE | NHS Economic Evaluation Database | PsycINFO
 Note: This cluster includes only EBSCOhost databases.
Please visit the Health Professions page for links to other essential health/medicine resources. By searching multiple databases at one time, unique features of individual databases are disabled. |
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Medicine E-Book Cluster (Gale)
This cluster of electronic reference books allows you to search 4 titles at one time: Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine | Encyclopedia of Medicine | Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health | Encyclopedia of Mental Health.
Note: This cluster includes only medicine e-books from Gale.
Please visit the Health Professions or Medicine pages for links to other essential health/medicine resources.
By searching multiple e-books at one time, unique features of individual e-books (i.e. indexes and table of contents) are disabled. |
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MEDLINE (EBSCOhost)
Coverage: 1950 to present. Updated: daily.
Essentially equivalent to PubMed. From the National Library of Medicine, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services. Authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Over 4,800 current biomedical journals are indexed. Uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Incorporates PREMEDLINE, OLDMEDLINE, AIDSLINE & more. |
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Alt HealthWatch (EBSCOhost)
Varies by journal; view title list
This database includes articles on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It includes full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. |
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Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic Edition (EBSCOhost)
Access through BadgerLink ended July 13, 2009.
1985 to present. Updated: daily.
Full text for more than 100 periodicals covering clinical medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pre-clinical sciences and the health care system. |
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Health Source: Consumer (EBSCOhost)
Coverage: 1984 to present. Updated: daily.
Indexes over 300 periodicals covering medical sciences, food and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health. |
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Health Source: Nursing (EBSCOhost)
Coverage: 1984 to present. Updated: daily.
Provides nearly 520 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexes for an additional 550 journals. |
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MD Consult (Elsevier)
Coverage: Varies by publication type. Updated: daily.
Comprehensive clinical information for medical professionals/students plus instant access to continuously updated, evidence-based support for patient education, diagnosis, and management. Includes a combination of full text journals, full text books, medical reports, clinical updates, drug information, patient handouts and more. |
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Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Basic Edition (EBSCOhost)
Access through BadgerLink ended July 13, 2009.
Coverage: 1985 to present. Updated: daily.
Full text for more than 100 periodicals 80 of which are peer reviewed covering topics such as nursing, biomedicine, health sciences, consumer health and allied health disciplines. |
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Nursing Consult (Elsevier)
Coverage: Varies by publication type. Updated: daily.
Comprehensive clinical information for nursing professionals/students plus instant access to continuously updated, evidence-based support for patient education, diagnosis, and management. Includes a combination of full text journals, full text books, medical reports, clinical updates, drug information, patient handouts and more. Coverage: Varies by publication type. |
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Science Accelerator
 Resource Guide
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Find
scientific research & development results, project descriptions, and
more. This search engine covers individual government
databases including:
Information Bridge,
E-Print Network,
Science Conference
Proceedings, R&D
Accomplishments,
Energy Citations
Database, R&D Project
Summaries, EPA
Science Inventory (SI), NIH
Computer Retrieval of
Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP), NSF
Award Abstracts, SBA
Technology Resources Network
(TECH-Net), USDA
Current Research Information System (CRIS),
DOepatents,
and EnergyFiles. |
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Science Citation Index Expanded (Thomson)
Coverage: 1987 to present. Updated: weekly.
Indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. Can also be used to find other articles citing a specific article (footnotes in reverse).
Note: To search only the Science Citation Index Expanded, click the change limits link towards the bottom of the screen and uncheck the boxes for the Arts & Humanities Index and Social Sciences Citation Index. |
Multidisciplinary Article Databases | |
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
Resource Guide
Coverage: 1975 to present. Updated: Daily.
Provides access to citations and abstracts for over 8,000 magazines and journals, with full text access to over half these titles. For scholarly publications, full text is available for more than 3,600 titles covering subjects such as social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
- Search Guide
- Quick Tips: Find Book Reviews | Auto-Generate Citations | Create a Permalink to Your Search |
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LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis)
Over 5,600 full text sources.
News: 350 newspapers, 400 magazines/journals, 600 newsletters, broadcast transcripts, campus news, wire services.
Business: news, accounting literature, company information, directories.
Legal Research: secondary literature, case law, codes & regulations, tax law, international legal materials, patent research, career information.
- Guides: Finding a Case, Tax Research |
Periodicals | |
Core Medical Journals
Please note that the titles listed below represent the library's individual periodical subscriptions in this subject area.
Many more Core Medical related periodicals are available through the databases found on the Core Medical Subject Page. |
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Journals@OVID (OVID)
Journals@Ovid is a single database that contains the Ovid Full Text and graphics of every full text journal offered by Ovid. Use the GetTeXt link to request articles from journals to which we do not subscribe. Or, limit your search to Your Journals@Ovid, a subset of the full database that contains only Murphy Library's current OVID subscriptions (American Journal of Occupational Therapy, American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Research and Prevention, Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise, OTJR, Pediatric Physical Therapy, and Strength and Conditioning Journal). |
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Clinical Pharmacology (EBSCOhost)
Coverage: current. Updated: quarterly.
Provides access to up-to-date, concise, and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new drugs and those under investigation.
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Consumer Health Complete (EBSCOhost)
Varies by e-book or resource; view title list.
Includes full text for 200 health reference books as well as evidence-based health results, drug patient education sheets, medical images and diagrams, over 800 physician-generated videos on general, women's, and men's health; healthy aging; consumer health pamphlets; full text from over 500 consumer health periodicals; and over 240 animations. |
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Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 3rd Edition (Gale)
Coverage: complete text and images from the 3rd edition of the print encyclopedia. Last Updated: 2009.
This e-book covers all aspects of alternative medicine including therapies, conditions/diseases, herbs/plants, and people. Entries cover alternative and complementary medical practices, diseases/conditions, herbs and remedies, therapies, biographies of pioneers in the field, and analysis of acceptance by scientists and doctors. |
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Encyclopedia of Bioethics (Gale)
Coverage: complete text and images from the 5 volume print edition. Last Updated: 2004.
This e-book includes 480 entries on topics such as ethics of health professionals, animal research, population control and the environment, cloning, privacy and censorship on the Web, stem cell research, same-sex marriage, and much more. Coverage: complete text and images from the 5 volume print edition.
Note: The 5 volume print version is available in Murphy Library's reference collection; call no. QH332 .E52 2004 |
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Encyclopedia of Global Health (Sage)
Last Updated: 2008.
This e-book includes over 1,200 articles on health topics: physical and mental health * biographies of major doctors and researchers * profiles of medical institutions * organizations and corporations * descriptions of drugs and operations * national health policies. This resource also includes health status by country, mortality rates of infectious and non-communicable diseases, and a glossary of health definitions. |
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Encyclopedia of Mental Health (Gale)
Coverage: complete text and images from the 2nd edition of the print encyclopedia. Last Updated: 2007.
This e-book includes detailed information on mental disorders and conditions written for a general audience with entries for all 150 disorders classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, text revision (DSM-IV-TR). It also features entries for prescription, alternative and over-the-counter drugs, as well as the various therapies used to treat mental disorders. |
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Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health (Gale)
Coverage: complete text and images from the 5 volume print edition. Last Updated: 2006.
Written for students and professionals, this e-book covers all major health professions such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, pharmacology, and nutrition. The encyclopedia includes 850 entries on body systems and functions, conditions and diseases, issues, theories, techniques and practices, as well as devices and equipment. |
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Encyclopedia of Obesity (Sage)
2008
This e-book includes nearly 500 entries on obesity and related health conditions including molecular biology, psychology, medicine, public health and policy, food science, environmental health, and pharmaceuticals. Articles also address topics for a changing society that is slowly adapting to accommodate obesity, including recent lawsuits, new options for medical and dietary treatment, and the importance of prevention in children. Themes include: Biological or Genetic Contributors * Children * Dietary Interventions * Disordered Eating * Environmental Contributors * Health Implications * Medical Treatments * New Research * Behavior * Ethnicity/Race * Public Health Crisis * Psychological Influences/Outcomes * Societal Influences * Women * Worldwide Prevalence of Obesity. |
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Encyclopedia of Virology (Elsevier)
2008 edition
This e-reference book covers biological, molecular, and medical topics concerning viruses in animals, plants, bacteria and insects. This edition takes into account the new developments in virology research and includes information on emerging diseases such as avian flu, SARS and West Nile as well as the ability of some viruses to be used as agents of bioterrorism. Edited by leading Virologists Mahy and van Regenmortel. |
Featured Reference Books @ Murphy Library
Find Facts, Definitions, Overviews Directories | |
Drug Identifier
Useful tool for the correct identification of drugs. Found on the Science/Health workstation in the reference area. |
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Physicians Assistant Programs Directory
Coverage: accredited programs in the U.S. Updated: Ongoing; as program information is revised.
Published by the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA), this resource provides access to profiles for physician assistant education programs and post-graduate opportunities in the United States. Coverage: accredited programs in the U.S.
Note: Mediated access only, please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk. |
Handbooks & Manuals | |
Micromedex (Thomson)
This resource includes information to support clinical practice. Users can search for drug information and interactions, disease/condition overviews, alternative medicine information, and patient education materials. Also included are a variety of calculators such as measurements (e.g. BMI), drug dosing tools, and antidote calculators. Information in this resource comes from: DRUGDEX® System, CareNotes, PDR, POISINDEX®,DISEASEDEX™ and many other sources.
- Quick Tip: How to cite info from this resource: Look for "HOW TO REFERENCE THE THOMSON HEALTHCARE LICENSED SOLUTIONS" on this web page.
- Search Help: Online tutorial for this resource |
Find Statistics Statistical & Data Sources | |
Health and Healthcare in the United States (NationsHealth)
County and Metro Area Data, First Edition, 1999. Statistical data on healthcare topics arranged by geographical area. Found on the Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference area.
Note: This resource is only available in Murphy Library. |
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Health Scorecard Project (La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium)
Health Scorecard allows users to view, sort, graph, and compare selected state and federal government population and health data from 20 area counties, three area states, or the nation as a whole. Make comparisons side-by-side, view trends across years, or compare data to state and national benchmarks. |
Use Free Web Resources Websites (free, public sites)
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MedPix Medical Image Database
Note- MedPix uses a self-signed security certificate that your web browser may initially reject. It is safe to accept/install the certificate and continue to the site. |
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