Nursing Resources

• Academic Search Complete 
  Articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers on a variety of subjects.
• Consumer Health Complete 
  Designed for the everyday consumer of health care information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
• Health and Wellness Resource Center 
  Find alternative medicine-focused magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, videos, & reference information on: Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Pregnancy, Herbal remedies, etc.
• Health Source: Consumer Edition 
  This database provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
• MEDLINE with MeSH
  Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). No full text.
• ProQuest Databases 
  National newspapers plus a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.

Books, Videos and More, from the Library homepage: http://www.lonestar.edu/library/ )

•   Search for materials in the Library Catalog 
•   Search STAT!Ref and NetLibrary for full-text electronic books. (available from the Research

INTERNET RESOURCES     

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  U.S. government source for credible health information.
• Gray's Anatomy 
  Anatomy of the human body
• HighWire Press   (Stanford University)
  Includes the largest archive of free full-text science journals with one million plus free full-text articles.
  NOTE: If you see a price to view full text, ask a librarian to request that the article be sent free from another library via interlibrary loan.
• MedlinePlus   
  National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health database on health topics and drugs, including medical encyclopedias.
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
  Healthcare resource for medical professionals and consumers.
• National Center for Health Statistics
  "NCHS data systems include data on vital events as well as information on health status, lifestyle and exposure to unhealthy influences, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of health care."
• National Institutes of Health 
  The nation's research agency, an excellent source for disease and health-related information.
• Nursing Center.com 
  Clinical articles from Lippincott.
• PubChem   
  Provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. It is a component of NIH's Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative.
• Public Library of Science (PLoS)   
  (Public Library of Science) Launched in 2003, PLoS features "peer-reviewed, open access scientific and medical journals that include original research as well as timely feature articles (NOTE: search all PLoS journals by selecting "all publications" in the "select journals" box on the search screen)."
• PubMed Search
  National Center for Biotechnology Information located within the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health.
• Virtual Nursing Center
  Features Martindale's Health Science Guide with links to journals, reference resources and full-text books.