Medicine & Nursing

Databases: find journal articles, technical reports, etc.

• Academic Search Complete. Multidisciplinary database with full text for over 4,500 publications.
• Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic. Over 100 full text journals.
• BioMed Central. Approximately 200 full text journals.
• Business and Company Resource Center. Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and full text articles.
• Business Source Premier. Full text for over 2,300 publications.
• Directory of Open Access Journals [DOAJ]. Over 3500 free scholarly journals.
• FSTA: Food Science & Technology Abstracts.
• Health Source: Consumer Edition. About 80 full text publications.
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition. About 550 full text journals.
• Ingenta. References to articles from over 30,000 publications.
• Lexi-PALS Drug Guide. About 1300 patient education sheets for commonly used medications.
• MEDLINE. Produced by the National Library of Medicine. Subset of PubMed.
• Military & Government Collection. Full text for over 300 publications.
• Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Basic. Approximately 100 full text journals.
• ProQuest Newspapers. Full text of more than 500 U.S. and international news sources. Includes the Boston Globe, New York Times, Times of London, and the Wall Street Journal. Also includes the Bangor Daily News, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel (Waterville), and Portland Press Herald.
• PubMed. MEDLINE references, plus references to both very recent and older (1950-1965) biomedical literature . Produced by the National Library of Medicine.
• PubMed Central (PMC). NIH archive of biomedical and life sciences journal articles.
• Regional Business News. Full text for approximately 75 publications. Includes Business NH Magazine, New Hampshire Business Review, and Valley Business Journal (Rutland).
• Science Accelerator. Full text research reports and "e-prints" from the Department of Energy, plus references to additional science and technology research.
• TOXNET. Produced by the National Library of Medicine.
• U.S. Patent Database.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

• Access Science. Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms.
• Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Online.
• Stedman's Online Medical Dictionary

Maine and Regional Resources

• American Nurses Association [ANA]-Maine
• Maine Hospital Association
• Maine Medical Association
• Maine Nurse Practioner Association
• Maine Osteopathic Association
• Maine Public Health Association
• Maine State Nurses Association

Professional Societies

• American College of Nurse Practitioners
• American Hospital Association
• American Medical Association
• American Nurses Association [ANA NursingWorld]
• American Osteopathic Association [DO-Online.org]
• American Public Health Association

Technical Data

• Clinical Practice Guidelines
• DailyMed. FDA approved labels (package inserts) for over 4,300 prescription drugs.
• DIRLINE [Directory of Health Organizations Online]
• Guide to Clinical Preventive Services. Produced by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Includes New Releases in Preventive Services.
• Health Care: Consumers and Patients. Produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Includes Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age--Checklist for Your Next Checkup and Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age--Checklist for Your Next Checkup.
• Health Hotlines. Toll-free telephone numbers.
• Health Information. Produced by the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements.
• HerbMed. Data on the 20 most popular herbs.
• Immunization Schedules. CDC recommendations.
• InteliHealth. Consumer information on health, complementary and alternative medicine, and wellness.
• MedlinePlus. Consumer health information compiled by the National Library of Medicine.
• MedlinePlus: Drug Information. Also covers herbs and supplements.
• MedWatch - Medical Product Safety Information. Produced by the FDA.
• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
• The Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• National Cancer Institute - Comprehensive Cancer Information
• Sloan-Kettering - About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products. Produced by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Company, Product and Provider Directories

• MedlinePlus: Directories
• ThomasNet. Directory of U.S. and Canadian manufacturers, distributors, and service providers.

Internet Directories

• CulturedMed. Resources for culturally competent healthcare, including Medical Dictionaries/Glossaries in Multiple Languages, Multilingual Health Materials, and Pictorial Health Information. Some items available in print only.
• INFOMINE Biological, Agricultural & Medical Sciences
• Martindale's Health Science Guide

Raymond H. Fogler Library University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207-581-1661

Updated: 12/22/2011
by Nancy Curtis