Community Assessment and Research Links
Back to: Health
Statistics and Demographics
Organizations and Web Sites | Periodical Databases
| Citing Sources and Getting Help
- Lourdes Hospital
- United Health Services (includes Wilson and Binghamton General Hospitals)
- American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunologists
- American Lung Association - Asthma
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
| For a complete list of periodical databases, please see the Nursing Databases page. | |
| CINAHL plus with full text | Provides articles about nursing, allied health, biomedical, consumer health journal, and various publications. |
| Medline | Covers all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. Corresponds to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index. |
| Health Reference Center - Academic | Access to articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. Contains both academic sources and information for consumers. |
Other Sources (see metaLink for a full listing of databases) |
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| Statistical Universe | Provides access to many federally collected national level statistics. |
| GPO Catalog | Index of all government documents published since 1976. Covers items we do not have in the B.U. Libraries. |
| Sociological Abstracts | Provides access to the latest research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Provides citations and abstracts for over 1500 journals, books, and dissertations. |
For a full listing of all Nursing resources, see the Nursing Subject Page.
CITING SOURCES AND GETTING HELP
- Citing Sources: APA Style - Covers basic information for citing books, articles, and government documents that are available in paper or online.
- U.S. Census Bureau: Suggested Citation Style for our Internet Information - This can help determine what information should make up a citation.
- The Publication Manual of the APA. (REF BF 76.7 .P83) - The definitive source, available in the Bartle and Science Libraries.
For more help, see the following pages:
- Nursing
Subject Guide (Find it in the Library)
- Finding
Journal Articles
- Get
it@ BU Help
- Connecting
from Off-Campus
- ILLiad
(Inter-Library Loan)
- Help, A to Z
For personal help, contact:
Sarah Maximiek, Government Documents Librarian - for assistance
with NRS 364 or statistical information
Erin
Rushton, Nursing Subject Librarian, for all other assistance
Also, use the Ask A Librarian service for immediate reference assistance.