NURSING RESOURCES

NURSING DATABASES

Magill's Medical Guide "Online version of Salem Health's Medical Guide designed for the layman and written for the healthcare consumers providing general readers with an authoritative reference source." Click on the link for the Magill's Medical Guide.
MedlinePlus "Created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health to provide medical information to the general public. Includes extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and the latest health news."
StatRef A collection of nursing ebooks.
MedCom the largest producer/distributor of nursing education video programs in North America

BEST-OF-THE-BEST WEBSITES

NURSING ON THE NET: HEALTH CARE RESOURCES YOU CAN USE from the

National Network of Libraries of Medicine - http://nnlm.gov/training/nursing/sampler.html
Medical Mnemonics - http://www.medicalmnemonics.com

NURSING WEBSITES -- ALABAMA

Alabama Public Health Training Network Provides links to recent video training broadcasts on a variety of subjects.
Alabama Board of Nursing. http://www.abn.alabama.gov
Health InfoNet. http://www.healthinfonet.org Directory-type database useful for finding hospitals, nursing homes and other health organizations in Alabama.

NURSING WEBSITES -- ANATOMY

Human Anatomy Online "Interative animations, graphics and descriptive links created by MyHealthSource."
LUMEN (Structure of the Human Body) "Interactive tutorials on assorted body parts and dissections from Loyola University Medical Education Network."

NURSING WEBSITES -- IMAGES

Public Health Image Library "Created by a Working Group at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the PHIL offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures. We welcome public health professionals, the media, laboratory scientists, educators, students, and the worldwide public to use this material for reference, teaching, presentation, and public health messages. The content is organized into hierarchical categories of people, places, and science, and is presented as single images, image sets, and multimedia files."

NURSING WEBSITES -- APA, CITING SOURCES, PLAGIARISM

APA Formatting and Style Guide from The Owl at Purdue. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
APA Video Tutorials http://www.nova.edu/library/dils/lessons/apa/index.htm
You Quote It, You Note It (Plagiarism) Vaughan Memorial Library (10 min. tutorial)
KnightCite Maintained by the Hekman Library at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI [Citation Builder]
Credible Sources (Web Evaluation) Vaughan Memorial Library (10 min. tutorial)
Research It Right Vaughan Memorial Library (10 min. tutorial)

Web Searching Vaughan Memorial Library (10 min. tutorial)

NURSING WEBSITES-- PRACTICE TESTS

LearningExpressLibrary from Learnatest. Take practice tests for EMS-Basic, Paramedic, Nursing School Entrance Exam (math, chemistry, biology), Nursing Assistant/Nursing Aide.

How to Access: You will be able to log onto any computer connected to the Internet, select and take the test, and get immediate scoring and detailed explanations of answers. Test results are stored in personalized individual accounts, accessible only by you. You must have a public library [not LBWCC] card to access this remote site. Use this URL: http://statelibrary.alabama.gov/Content/Index.aspx Choose Resources and Research Links from the menu. From the list, choose Learning Express Library. At the bottom of the next page, you may register as a new user. Be sure to use your public library card number as your username. You create your own password. If you have already registered, simply log in.

NURSING WEBSITES--SURGICAL

U.S. National Library of Medicine & National Institute of Health. MedlinePlus: Videos of Surgical Procedures. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/surgeryvideos.html

U.S. Dept. of Labor. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Hospital eTool: Surgical Suite Module http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/surgical/surgical.html