The Clermont College Library webpage can be accessed at:  http://www.ucclermont.edu/library . If you are not on campus, use the 'Off Campus Access' link on the Library's website to login and validate that you are a member of the Clermont College Community.

Articles (Indexes and Databases)

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
(http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=hch) The database provides nearly 590 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 627 journals.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text (http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=rzh) Over one thousand journals are indexed in the CINAHL database. Nursing and allied health journals are indexed cover-to-cover (regular journals), whereas only articles that are germane to the database are selected from the other journal titles (selective journals).

Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Source
(http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=SU5UPTAmVkVSPTImREJTPTE1NDE@&clientId=5468)
Offers complete information from leading nursing and related publications, this database is designed to meet the needs of researchers at health-care facilities as well as students enrolled in nursing programs at academic institutions.

Medline (http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://rave.ohiolink.edu/databases/login/medl)
MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.

Alt-HealthWatch
(http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=awh)
Peer-reviewed journals, academic and professional publications, magazines, consumer newsletters and newspapers, research reports, and association newsletters focused on contemporary, alternative and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

Toxicology Abstracts
(http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=jy14&access=jy14014&db=toxicology-set-c)
Toxicology Abstracts covers issues from social poisons and substance abuse to natural toxins, from legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues.

TOXLINE (http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=jy14&access=jy14014&db=toxline-set-c)
TOXLINE offers rapid access to information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens.

Books, Reference and Media 

The Clermont College Library has a variety of sources on allied health and nursing available in the reference collection, the multimedia collection and in the stacks. Most can be found in the following ranges: QM – RZ.

Examples of more specific call number ranges follow:

Anatomy & Physiology	QM & QP
Emergency Care	RC 86.7
General Nursing	RT
Health & Medicine	R-RJ
Medical Assistants	R 728.8
Surgical Technologist	RD 32.3 – RD 99
Pharmacy	RM-RS

A more effective way to find resources on your topic is to use the online catalog (http://uclid.uc.edu/search/X). Perform a KEYWORD search using key concepts. Identify an item or two that is most relevant to your topic, look at the item record and identify the SUBJECT heading that best represents your concept. Click on the SUBJECT heading to see additional items and/or note it for later searching.  

Examples of SUBJECT headings:

Nursing	Medical Assistants	Surgical technology
Family nursing	Medical Offices - Automation	Operating room technician
Geriatric nursing	Medical Offices - Management	Surgical instruments and apparatus
Nursing assessment	Medical Assistants - legal status, laws, etc.	Surgical scrub
Pediatric nursing	Medical Assistants - Professional Ethics	Operations, surgical

You may also limit your location to “Clermont”. However, be aware that this limit would eliminate electronic books and resources from the results.

Web Resources

Spaces are '_' in web addresses

American Association of Medical Assistants (http://www.aama-ntl.org/index.aspx)
American Nursing Association (http://www.nursingworld.org)
American Medical Association (http://www.ama-assn.org)
American Hospital Association (http://www.aha.org)
American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists (http://www.ashp.org/)
National Institute of Health (NIH) (http://www.nih.gov)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (http://www.cdc.gov)
USA.gov - Health and Nutrition (http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Health.shtml)
National Guidelines Clearinghouse (http://www.guidelines.gov/)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (http://www.ahrq.gov/)
RxList (http://www.rxlist.com/)
Virtual Hospital (http://www.vh.org/)
NetWellness (http://www.netwellness.org/)
NY Academy of Medicine Grey Literature Page (http://www.nyam.org/library/pages/grey_literature_report)
National Safety Council (http://www.nsc.org)
Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts Online (http://www.statehealthfacts.org)
NursingCenter (http://www.nursingcenter.com/home/index.asp)

revised 06/2008 - Kathleen Epperson
created 08/2004 - Rosemary Young