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Databases

Title	Content	Off-campus access
Ageline	Interdisciplinary coverage of aging and middle age, including psychological, economic, sociological, business, medical, public policy, and consumer perspectives. , more info...
CINAHL	Provides comprehensive coverage of the English language journal literature related to nursing and the allied health disciplines, from 1982 to the present. Material from over 650 journals are include , more info...
Health Source Nursing	Provides fulltext access for about 500 scholarly journals (including about 40 in nursing) and abstracts for about 500 more. , more info...
MEDLINE	Citations and abstracts to worldwide biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and healthcare services. MEDLINE references articles from about 4000 jo , more info...
MEDLINE Evidence Based Search Filters	Use these links to target methodologically sound, evidence-based journal articles in MEDLINE. Choose from therapeutics, diagnosis, etiology or prognosis; then combine the result with the subject of i , more info...
MEDLINEplus	The premier consumer health gateway from the National Library Medicine. Contents include a medical encyclopedia, drug information and links to evaluated health information. , more info...

E books

Title	Content	Off-campus access
AHFS Drug Information	A collection of drug monographs prepared for the purpose of disseminating comprehensive, evaluative drug information. , more info...
Books@Ovid	A collection of major medical, nursing and pharmacy reference texts. Titles can be searched individually or as a whole. , more info...
DrugPoints	Formerly known as USP DI: Drug Information for the Health Care Professional, Volume I of USP DI, contains drug use information in technical language for the physician, dentist, pharmacist, nurse, or o , more info...
Guide to Culturally Competent Healthcare	Much of the information here was synthesized from two printed books, Guide to cul , more info...
Harrison's Online	The complete text and illustrations of the 16th edition from 2004 of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine textbook, with weekly updates. Drug names are hotlinked to drug information from Clinic , more info...
Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice	The complete text of the current edition of Nettina's Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice. , more info...
Maternal-Newborn Nursing and Women's Health Care
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy	The complete text, including tables and figures, of this popular handbook of internal medicine. , more info...
Merck Manual of Geriatrics	Browse and search the complete text of the 3rd edition, 2000. , more info...
Nursing Care Plans & Documentation ( Carpenito )	The complete text of the 3nd Edition of Carpenito's Nursing Care Plans & Documentation. , more info...
STAT!-REF	A library of textbooks and drug compendia. Drug information, psychiatry, and obstetrics are especially well represented. Includes STAT!-Study, a , more info...
UpToDate	Aims to provide instantaneous, evidence-based answers to the most commonly asked clinical questions. Over 270 journals and other sources are regularly scanned and synthesized into topic reviews desig , more info...

Web Sites

Title	Content	Off-campus access
Bristol Biomedical Image Archive	Search for medical, dental, and veterinary images for use in teaching. , more info...
Critical paths from the CINAHL database	A collection of critical paths and care plans indexed by the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) database. In order to view or print these images, you will need to instal , more info...
Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers	Links to cultural competency resources for ethnic, homeless, migrant, and other special populations. From the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. , more info...
Health Guide A-Z: Medical Tests	Information about medical tests designed for health consumers and patients. Normal lab values are presented along with information about how to prepare for tests and results interpretation. , more info...
History of the University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Nursing	A Selected List of Sources in MU Libraries , more info...
Key Nursing Journals: Characteristics and Database Coverage	Discover which nursing journals are peer reviewed; where they are indexed; which are available electronically; and what percentage of their articles are research. , more info...
MDchoice.com	Search for thousands of the best medical links on the Web. Searches can be limited by document type (e.g. practice guideline, case simulation, etc), or to pages with CT scans, audio, radiographs, and , more info...
Missouri Board of Nursing	Contains contact information, a licensee directory, latest news affecting nurses in practice. Also available is information on requirements for state licensure, including LPN and RN licensure applicat , more info...
National Council of State Boards of Nursing	Contains information on the exam Missouri uses for licensing registered nurses: the National Council Licensure Examination for RN's (NCLEX-RN). . Format and content distribution guides are availabl , more info...
NursingWorld	The site offers a variety of nursing resources including online journals, computer related media, business services and career opportunities. Also provided are opportunities for online CHAT and Virtua , more info...
Test Prep Review	Free practice tests from a nonprofit group of educators. Choose from MCAT, USMLE, NCLEX and other nursing exams and many more. , more info...
UMCHC Formulary	The list of drugs and dosage forms approved for usage at the University of Missouri Columbia Hospitals and Clinics. , more info...
Yahoo List of Nursing Resources on the Internet	Points to Usenet, listservs, and various organizations and resources which have a nursing focus. , more info...