CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature.
Glendale: Cinahl Information Systems, 1977–. Covers publications related to nursing research and practice, providing references
to articles, books and book chapters, pamphlets and other documents, and standards of professional practice and research.
PubMed.
Bethesda: National Library of Medicine, 1948–. The most comprehensive coverage of medical research. Based on the Medline medical database but including current in-process citations, this tool provides over 15 million abstracts of publications
in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care, and the preclinical sciences published from the 1950s to
the present. PubMed is available at http://www.pubmed.gov, a public resource provided by the National Library of Medicine.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov. The CDC is the federal government’s lead agency for preventing disease and promoting health. The agency’s Web site provides
information on health and safety topics, an index of health information, technical publications such as The Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report, and current news about health risks.
National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs. Provides a wealth of statistical data on health in the United States, including analysis of trends, health reports on specific
populations, and leading causes of death. The center is part of the Centers for Disease Control.
National Institute of Nursing Research
http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr. A U.S. government program devoted to clinical and basic research efforts in patient care. Included on the site are many
publications and an online course for nurses who wish to conduct research.
National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov. Offers information on current medical research funded by the U.S. government in the areas of cancer, mental health, human
genomes, drug and alcohol abuse, and a wide variety of other illnesses and medical specialties. Though much of the information
available from the NIH is technical, every subject area contains information written for a nonspecialist audience. The NIH
is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Virtual Hospital: A Digital Library of Health Information
http://www.vh.org. Offers a tremendous amount of information for health care providers and their patients. A service of the University of
Iowa Health Care Program, the site includes the full text of scores of medical textbooks as well as easily accessible patient
and provider information arranged by topic.
Cambridge World History of Human Disease.
Ed. Kenneth F. Kiple. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. A scholarly guide to the history of specific diseases
across time and in all parts of the world.
Cecil Textbook of Medicine.
Ed. Lee Goldman and Dennis Ausiello. 23rd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2008. A classic general textbook of medicine.
Conn’s Current Therapy.
Ed. Robert E. Rackel and Edward T. Bope. Philadelphia: Saunders, annual. A basic guide to current diagnosis and treatment
of diseases and injuries.
Encyclopedia of Public Health.
Ed. Wilhelm Kirch. 2 vols. New York: Springer, 2008. Offers over 2,500 entries on topics such as disease prevention and health
promotion from the perspectives of sociology, demographics, economics, and social work as well as from clinical medicine.
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.
Ed. Jacqueline Longe. 3rd ed. 5 vols. Detroit: Gale Group, 2006. Written in accessible, nontechnical language, this reference
covers basic consumer information on hundreds of medical disorders, tests, and treatments.
Handbook of Clinical Nursing Research.
Ed. Ada Sue Hinshaw et al. Newbury Park: Sage, 1999. Provides a comprehensive review and critique of nursing research.
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for Nursing and Health Professionals.
6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2007. Contains brief, illustrated definitions of medical terms. This
is an adaptation of Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, the longer classic work for practitioners.
