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INTRO: RX FOR MEDICAL RESOURCES
Medical Laboratory Technology
www.epcc.edu/Library/library.htm
WHERE DO I START? - The best place to start is the El Paso Community College Library
Homepage. This homepage makes it easy for you to move around to search for books, journal articles,
associations, Internet articles, etc.
SEARCH CATALOG - This section links you to the EPCC Library Catalog where you can search
for books, electronic books (ebooks), and videotapes at all campus libraries. You can search by
subject, key word, title, author, or call number. The Online Catalog also has a link directly to the UTEP
Library Catalog.
ONLINE DATABASES - Click on this link to get a list of broad topics to choose from. The broad
topic will link to a list of online databases (indexes) related to the topic. Click on Health and Wellness
Articles or search for health resources from the following databases:
Ebsco Databases
[Full Text | Ebsco | Off-campus access] Click on link to search all or several
of these databases:
A to Z [Ebsco | Off-campus access] Alphabetical and subject listing of online periodical titles. Indicates what
databases have full-text coverage.
Academic Search Complete [Full Text | Ebsco | Off-campus access] Provides full-text for 4,600 scholarly
publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer
sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
CINAHL with Full Text [Ebsco | Off-campus access] CINAHL, the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied
Health Literature, indexes over 2700 journals in nursing, 17 allied health disciplines, and health science
librarianship. Full-text articles available from 325 journals are also available.
Health Source: Consumer Edition [Full Text | Ebsco | Off-campus access] Full text articles for nearly 300
consumer health periodicals, more than 1,000 health-related pamphlets and 135 health reference books
including Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
Health Source®: Nursing/Academic Edition [Full Text | Ebsco | Off-campus access] Provides full text of
nearly 550 scholarly full text journals in many medical disciplines. Strong coverage of nursing and allied
health areas. Includes Clinical Pharmacology database.
Other EBSCO Health Databases: Alt-HealthWatch [Full Text | Ebsco | Off-campus access] , CINAHL
Select [Ebsco | Off-campus access], Consumer Health Complete™ [Full Text | Ebsco | Off-campus
access], MEDLINE [Ebsco | Off-campus access] , MedicLatina [Full Text | Ebsco | Off-campus access],
and Natural & Alternative Treatments [Full Text | Ebsco | Off-campus access].
Health Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module [Full text | Galegroup | Off-campus access ]
Includes the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine and over 700 health-related videos. Key health web sites are
also listed here, as well as 2,200 general interest health publications, and over 400 health and medical
journals.
Health Reference Center Academic [Full text | Galegroup | Off-campus access]
Indexes periodicals covering a wide range of health and medical topics, some with full-text.
InfoTrac Nursing & Allied Health Collection [Full text | Galegroup | Off-campus access]
Includes nearly 400 titles useful for both nursing and allied health students and professionals.
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InfoTrac Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection [Full text | Galegroup | Off-campus access]
Contains over 100 titles in the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine. Topics include proven
treatment techniques and experimental research theses.
MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series (Thomson MICROMEDEX) [Full text | Thomson | Off-campus access]
A wide range of clinical databases which include unbiased, referenced information about drugs,
toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine. Information includes: CareNotes™ System
(patient care).
Opposing Viewpoints [Full text | Galegroup | Off-campus access]
Provides social issues viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites,
and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/OVRC
ProQuest Nursing Journals [Full text | ProQuest | Off-campus access]
More than 250 leading full-text journals in Nursing.
PubMed [National Library of Medicine | Off-campus access] PubMed, a service of the National Library of
Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional
life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles from Pub Med
Central (PMC) and other related resources.
Stat!Ref [Full text | Off-campus access ] An electronic medical library that enables users to cross search multiple
resources such as Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Mosby's Drug Consult, Stedman's Medical
Dictionary and other valuable medical books.
CAN I SEARCH THE DATABASES FROM HOME? As an EPCC student, faculty, or staff
member you have off-campus access to ALL health related databases. You can also get off-campus
access to several general databases. No passwords are needed, just make sure you’re in the library
database. From the selected database, click on off-campus access to enter the database.
DATABASE SEARCHING TIPS
Ebsco Databases:
Use * for truncation.
Field Searching:
Galenet Databases:
Use * for truncation.
Field Searching:
Proquest Database:
Use * for truncation.
Field Searching:
All Databases
Example: fluorid* will search for fluoride, fluoridation, etc.
Allows you to search terms in the title(ti) and subject(su) areas.
Example: ti (type 2 diabetes)
Example: fluorid* will search for fluoride, fluoridation, etc.
Use Advanced Search to search by field.
Example: disab* will search for disabled, disability, disabilities, etc.
Allows you to search terms in the title(ti) and subject(sub) areas.
Example:
ti (type 2 diabetes)
Use quotation marks to search for a phrase, i.e. “nursing ethics”
Rio Grande Library carries the following journals: Clinical Laboratory Science, LabMedicine, and Medical
Laboratory Observor: MLO
Helpful Internet Sites:
American Society for Clinical Pathology
Medline Plus
National Cancer Institute
National Guideline Clearinghouse
www.ascp.org
www.medlineplus.gov
www.cancer.gov
www.guideline.gov
Remember if you have questions or need help, ask one of the Librarians.
Note: Database and Internet site descriptions were copied from the Library Home Page
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