CINAHL
(from OHSU)
CINAHL with Full Text is a comprehensive source of citations and full
text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for
more than 580 journals indexed in CINAHL. Coverage dates back to 1981.
Medline
(from OHSU) (from
WOU)
Contains more than 4 million citations for biomedical literature covering
a broad range of medical topics relating to research, clinical practice,
administration, policy issues, and health care services. Created and maintained
by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. 1997 to present.
Assignment hints for CINAHL and Medline:
General hint:
Try different terminology. The phrases
you have may not be the best to search.You may want to search for (and
explode!) subject terms in both Medline and CINAHL. This
will help gather all of the pertinent information on your topic with less
searching. Look for either "MESH" or "CINAHL
Headings" in the blue bar at the top of your screen.
More specific hints:
Use the "Limit your results"
section of the page. Many of the boxes and options can help you get better
results faster.
- The Clinical Queries box may be particularly useful.
Clinical Queries, designed for clinician use, allow users to limit searches
with specific search strategies, to aid in retrieving scientifically
sound and clinically relevant study reports.
- You may see the following types of clinical queries (Each of these
will also have a level of sensitivity associated. I recommend starting
with Best Balance and trying the others only if the
results are not satisfactory):
- Reviews - limits to articles which give an overview of
research. Many of these are not "primary resources"
(original research), but would be considered scholarly or professional
and are a good way to get started.
- Therapy - retrieves clinical studies that discuss the treatment
of diseases.
- Diagnosis - retrieves clinical studies addressing disease diagnosis
- Causation (Etiology) - retrieves clinical studies addressing causation/harm
in disease and diagnostics
- Prognosis - retrieves clinical studies addressing disease prognosis
- Costs/Economics - finds cost or Economics as a heading/sub-heading.
- Clinical Prediction Guides - The clinical prediction guides filter
will retrieve clinical studies addressing risk assessment testing.
- Qualitative studies - limits to Evaluation studies
- Levels of Specificity:
- Best Balance tries to retrieve the best balance between
Sensitivity and Specificity
- High Sensitivity is the broadest search, to include ALL relevant
material. It may also include less relevant materials.
- High Specificity is the most targeted search to include only
the most relevant result set, may miss some relevant materials.
- In Medline, try using the subject subsets for areas
like CAM
Still stumped?
PsycINFO
(from WOU)
Not just for psychology. It also includes information about the psychological
aspects of related fields including medicine/nursing.
Alt
HealthWatch (from WOU)
Indexes and provides full-text for more than 140 publications, including
many scholarly journals. Covers complementary and alternative medicine
and related topics.
Google
Scholar (from WOU)
Google Scholar is a subset of Google Web Search that enables you to search
specifically for scholarly literature, including papers, theses, books,
and reports. Google Scholar is strongest in science and technology, but
has content in all disciplines.
Note--Using the Google Scholar link from the library (and
not from a general Google Scholar Internet search) allows you direct access
to articles we have available in our library. Just click FIND IT AT WOU.
If we don't have the article FIND IT AT WOU will allow you to make an
Interlibrary Loan request. This is a free service and articles will be
delivered to you in 3-4 days.
MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the National
Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and
other government agencies and health-related organizations to provide
consumer health information. MedlinePlus also has extensive information
about drugs and treatments, an illustrated medical
encyclopedia, a medical dictionary, interactive patient
tutorials, health care provider directories, and latest health
news. MedlinePlus also provides easy links to other NIH resources, including
Clinical Trials and the Senior Health Site.
HealthFinder
Healthfinder is produced by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
It provides an extensive searchable database of reliable online health
publications, clearinghouses, Web sites, self-help groups,
government agencies, academic centers, and nonprofit agencies.
MayoClinic.com
MayoClinic.com includes information for patients on specific diseases
and conditions, prescription and over-the-counter drugs,
a first-aid guide, and more. Interactive tools are also included, such
as excercise and stress management planners.
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Also consider books:
ebary, in particular will contain many current scholarly and consumer
health resources which may help with this assignment.
Use WOU's catalog to find materials
in Hamersly Library. If it isn't at Hamersly, try searching Summit
to have it delivered or searching in our ebook
collections to access it right now.
How to Format a Paper in APA
APA Sample Paper--PDF
APA
Formating and Style Guide
NoodleBib
An online tool that helps you collect citation information, keep track
of your sources, and, when you are ready, generate a polished MLA, APA
Works Cited page. You must create an individual account (free) to access
all features.
Noodlebib also allows you to include annotations
with your citations.
WOU
Writing Center
The Writing Center is the only service unit on campus specifically designed
to promote your development and success as a college writer. The consultant
team is available to assist you both in person and online with writing
projects for any course and any level of instruction.
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