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    Sharon Murphy, MLS, AHIP, RN
    Sharon is the subject librarian for Nursing & is available for research consultations, instruction, curricular support & purchase requests.

    hslscm@buffalo.edu | AIM: HSLSCM
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    Nursing Certification
    July 4th, 2009

    Check AJN’s 2009 Career Guide for information on all types of nursing certifications

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    2008 Impact factors
    July 3rd, 2009

    2008 Impact Factors are now available via Journal Citation Reports

    (get ‘em while they’re hot !)

    Tags: Add new tag
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    Cloud Computing
    July 3rd, 2009

    Many cloud computing applications found here - wow!

    What’s cloud computing, you ask?

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    Scholarly Communication
    July 2nd, 2009

    Visit the University Libraries new site intended to inform our community of developments and emerging models for the creation, sharing, publishing, and archiving of scholarship and publications:

    Transforming Scholarly Communication & Publishing

    Tags: Add new tag, scholarly communication
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    Nursing Reference Center - great addition!
    July 1st, 2009

    Nursing Reference Center users - a new enhancement I think you will love:

    There is now a special tab labeled Skills & Procedures.   It provides concise access to clinical papers detailing the necessary steps to achieve proficiency in specific nursing tasks and procedures.   Here’s what you will find:

    * A clear definition of each skill

    * Why the skill should be performed

    * What nurses need to know

    * How to perform the skill

    Tags: NRC, nursing skills, skills & procedures
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    Articles+ for Nursing
    Search all the nursing databases below at one time all from a single search box.



    Includes: Blackwell-Synergy, BMJ Clinical Evidence, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, ERIC, Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Reviews, Health Reference Center Academic, Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text, MEDLINE (Ovid), Nursing Reference Center, PsycINFO 1887-Current, ScienceDirect Journals, Web of Science


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    Nursing Reference Center
    a comprehensive reference tool designed to provide relevant clinical resources to nurses and other health care professionals  More Info

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    CINAHL Plus with Full Text
    As the gold standard in nursing research, CINAHL provides comprehensive coverage of journal literature in the nursing and allied health fields.  More Info

    UB Only Partial Full-Text
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    MEDLINE
    Extremely comprehensive, MEDLINE is the leading resource for locating biomedical journal articles. It contains significant nursing and nursing-related research and complements CINAHL.  More Info

    UB Only Partial Full-Text
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    Journals@Ovid Full Text
    Scientific, medical & technical-related research; full-text emphasis is biomedical, nursing, and psychology-related research.  More Info

    UB Only Partial Full-Text
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    Evidence Based Medicine Reviews (EBMR)
    Provides full-text article and topic reviews. EBMR is an excellent source for evidence based nursing research.  More Info

    UB Only Full Text
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    PsycINFO
    Comprehensively covering the professional and scholarly literature in psychology and psychiatry, PsycINFO is useful for behavioral-related research applicable to nursing.  More Info

    UB Only Partial Full-Text
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    Web of Science
    This multidisciplinary resource searches several top tier nursing journals. It allows searching of journal articles that cite an author or work, thus, fast-forwarding your research.  More Info

    UB Only Partial Full-Text
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    Databases


    Allied & Complementary Medicine (AMED)
    This resource searches a selection of journals in complementary or "alternative" medicine, palliative care, and several professions allied to medicine.  More Info


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    Clinical Evidence (HUBNET)
    Decision support resource that describes the best available evidence from systematic reviews, RCTs, and observational studies for the prevention and treatment of clinical conditions.  More Info


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    EMBASE via Elsevier
    Covers the effects, use, and administration of all current, potential and experimental drugs, side effects, manufacturers, and trade names of approved and prospective drugs.  More Info


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    Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)
    Provides access to information on evaluation and measurement tools used in the health sciences.  More Info


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    Journal Citation Reports
    Journal Citation Reports allows you to evaluate and compare scholarly journals in all areas of the sciences and social sciences. Results can be used to determine which journals are the most important and influential in their respective disciplines.  More Info


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    Journals@OVID Full Text
    A collection of full-text journals in the medical and health-related fields.  More Info


    UB Only Partial Full-Text
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    Lexi-Comp Online (HUBNET)
    Contains up-to-date drug information, dosage information, natural product information and drug toxicology information.

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    National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)
    Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents. Includes links to some full-text documents.  More Info


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    Natural Standard (HUBNET)
    Evidence based-information about complementary and alternative therapies  More Info


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    R2LIBRARY
    Health sciences books content with browsable nursing library.  More Info


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    ScienceDirect
    Provides full-text access to several journals in nursing.  More Info


    UB Only Full Text
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    Encyclopedias


    Gale Virtual Reference Library
    A searchable version of the Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health is contained in this resource. More Info

    UB Only Full Text
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    Health Reference Center - Academic
    An integrated collection of medical and health- related reference books, periodicals, health magazines and pamphlets with a consumer focus. More Info

    UB Only Partial Full-Text
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    Merck Manual
    A well known standard medical compendium first published in 1899. More Info

    UB Only Full Text
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    Stat Ref
    Provides a multitude of online reference textbooks in medicine and related fields.

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    UpToDate
    Designed to provide practical, concise information needed at the point of care, UpToDate provides evidence-based answers to commonly asked questions in clinical practice.

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  • Nursing

    • CINAHL Support Center
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    • Medical, Nursing, and Psychological Tests and Research Instruments: selected resources
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