Nursing and Health Sciences Resources
Library Catalogs
Griffin
Catalog of the items owned by the WSU Libraries. Includes all four campuses (Vancouver, Pullman, Tri-Cities and Spokane).
Everyone
Summit Catalog
Joint catalog of libraries across the Pacific Northwest. Includes items owned by over 32 libraries.
Everyone
Nursing Library Databases
Cinahl
The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature indexes articles from journals related to nursing and the allied health disciplines. Includes scholarly and popular journals, books, dissertations, and pamphlets. Contains fulltext articles.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Cochrane Library
Index of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more.
OffCampusAllowed
HAPI: Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Index to primary and secondary material on behavioral measurement instruments such as questionnaires, tests, checklists, and other scales. Includes abstracts from journals covering medicine, nursing, public health, psychology, sociology, and education.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
Index of information related to pharmaceutical drug development, including drug reaction, toxicity, research methodology and pharmacology.
OffCampusAllowed
Medline
Indexes the international biomedical literature, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Medline / PubMed Linkout
Index to articles from over 3,600 journals about medicine, health, allied health and biology. Includes access to some full-text articles.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Natural Medicines
Encyclopedia of evidence-based, clinical information about natural medicines. Includes product information and effectiveness. **Please be sure to LOGOUT after using this database.
OffCampusAllowed
Ovid Full Text Journals
Includes the full text of over 20 nursing textbooks. Also covers journals in a number of disciplines including nursing, life sciences, engineering, and some social sciences. Indexes the table of contents for other journals in the Ovid database.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Stat!Ref
Fulltext access to a collection of medical reference books, manuals and encyclopedias, including Mosby's Drug Consult, Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
ProQuest Nursing Journals
Full text of over 400 nursing journals available via Proquest Direct.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Life Science Library Databases
Faculty of 1000 Biology
Index of articles selected and reviewed by leading researchers in the biological sciences. Highlights papers on the basis of their scientific merit.
OffCampusAllowed
Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
Multidisciplinary database that covers over 5700 significant scientific and technical journals.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Biological Abstracts
Leading index of journal articles and books focusing on biological and medical research findings, pharmacological studies, and discoveries of new organisms.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Biological and Agricultural Index
Index to articles from periodicals in the life sciences and agriculture. Includes abstracts and full text coverage for selected journals. Covers a wide range of scientific journals, both popular and professional, that pertain to biology and agriculture.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Biology Digest
Index to articles from periodicals in the life sciences for undergraduates and high school students.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
BIOSIS Previews
Index to articles from biological and biomedical journals.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Blackwell Science Journals/Synergy
Access to the full text of over 700 Blackwell Science journals.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
Index of environmental sciences literature, including over 6000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources such as conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications
Off Campus Only
General Science Index
Index of periodicals published in the United States and Great Britain, including popular science magazines as well as professional journals. Coverage includes astronomy, biology, botany, conservation, food, health, mathematics, physics and zoology.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Social Science Library Databases
Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database
Index of books, reports and journals covering all aspects of child abuse, welfare and adoption, including psychology, economics, sociology and health policy.
Off Campus Allowed
Ageline
Index to books, journals, magazines and videos related to issues of aging. Though it does cover health issues, it does not cover clinical medicine or biological aspects of aging.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Anthropological Literature
Index of articles and essays on archaeology, biological and physical anthropology, cultural and social anthropology, religious studies, and linguistics. Includes works published in English and other European languages.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Contemporary Women's Issues
Index to journal articles, newsletters and research reports from non-profit groups and government agencies about women in over 150 countries. It includes information from sociology, psychology, health, education and human rights.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Index to articles and publications in the field of criminal justice including law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security. Includes some full text.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Education Fulltext
Index to articles from periodicals and yearbooks on administration, teaching methods and curriculum, literacy, government funding, etc. Some full-text articles are available.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
ERIC
Index to journal articles and research reports from all fields of education, including educational psychology, library science, early childhood, K-12 and higher education. Includes links to some fulltext ERIC Documents.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Full text collection of journals, magazines and newspapers from ethnic, minority and native presses.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
Index of articles, interviews, and book reviews in the humanities and social sciences, including antropology, economics, psychology and sociology.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
PAIS
Index to books, articles, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters and statistical directories about public affairs. Coverage starts in 1972.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
PAIS Archive
Index to books, articles, government documents, etc. on topics related to public affairs. Coverage ends in 1976. For newer material, use PAIS.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
PsychArticles
A database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber.
OffCampusAllowed
PsycInfo
Index to articles from more than 1,800 journals on psychology and the psychological elements of related fields such as education, psychiatry, business, medicine, linguistics, nursing, law, and social work.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Social Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
Multidisciplinary database that covers over 1700 journals in a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, history, psychology, political science, public health and sociology.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Social Sciences Index
Interdisciplinary index to periodicals in the social sciences. Coverage includes anthropology, criminal justice, economics, environmental studies, ethics, gender, political science, psychology and sociology.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Sociological Abstracts
Indexes articles on all aspects of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Subject Librarian
Leslie Wykoff
lwykoff@vancouver.wsu.edu
last updated: July 10, 2008
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