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Resources - Health & Nursing


Web-Based Resources

Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature Plus (CINAHL PLUS) offers abstracts and some full-text articles from nursing, biomedicine, and consumer health literature, 1937 to the present. Abstracts can be downloaded to disk, e-mailed, or printed out for $.10 a page using the copy card.

Clinical Trials offers "easy access to information on clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions." Articles may be saved to disk or printed out for $.10 a page using the copy card.

Health and Wellness Resource Center includes the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, the PDR Family Guide for Nutrition and Health, along with articles from hundreds of health/medical journals and pamphlets. Articles can be downloaded to disk or printed out for $.10 a page using the copy card

Health Reference Center--Academic contains full-text articles from health and medical journals and magazines. Articles can be e-mailed, downloaded to disk, or printed out for $.10 a page using the copy card.

Health Source: Consumer Edition has information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Features searchable full text for journals including Consumer Reports on Health and Men’s Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Articles can be downloaded to disk, e-mailed, or printed out for $.10 a page using the copy card.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. This database is updated daily. Articles can be downloaded to disk, e-mailed, or printed out for $.10 a page using the copy card.

Medline Plus, a service of the National Library of Medicine/National Institute of Health, has information on over 500 diseases and conditions, updated daily. Articles can be downloaded to disk or printed out for $.10 a page using the copy card

Pub Med accesses over 11 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating online journals. Articles can be downloaded to disk or printed out for $.10 a page using the copy card.

Ella Rose Madden Collection

This is a special collection of textbooks and other print resources devoted to health and nursing. Located in the West Basement of the Library.

Magazines & Journals in Print

El Camino subscribes to many nursing, health, and nutrition journals and magazines. Current issues are displayed along the east and south walls of the Reference Room. Back issues can be found at the Periodicals/Reserve Desk in the southwest corner of the Reference Room.



 Last Updated On: 9/7/07