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General Nursing
Most Commonly Used Databases
Online resources are available on campus and remotely with a UMSL SSO ID and password.
Summon
A Google-like search engine that indexes most of our print
and online resources. Use the search limits to the left of the
results screen to limit to scholarly articles or books/eBooks.
CINAHL
Evidence-based practice articles, randomized controlled trials,
systematic reviews.
Cochrane Library
Evidenced-based systematic reviews and clinical trials.
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
MEDLINE (Ovid)
PubMed @ UMSL
MEDLINE is essentially the same as PubMed but with a
different user interface. MEDLINE (EBSCO) has the same user
interface as CINAHL. If you like CINAHL, you might try
MEDLINE (EBSCO) instead of PubMed or MEDLINE (Ovid).
Health Sciences
Click the link to the left for a full list of Health Sciences
databases.
See also Nursing Research: Databases and Search Tips.
Finding Books and eBooks:
Use Summon or the Library Catalog to find books and eBooks
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Use the truncation or wildcard symbol (*) to search variant word endings:
o nurs* = nurse, nurses, nursing
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Combine different concepts using AND:
infection AND catheter
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When a book is unavailable from the UMSL Libraries, you can search the MOBIUS
Catalog. When requesting items through MOBIUS, remember UMSL students are in
the MERLIN cluster.
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If an article or book is not available in print or online at UMSL, request the article
through InterLibrary Loan (ILL).
 Combine synonyms using OR:
cancer OR neoplasm
More About eBooks
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eBooks can be found using Summon, the Library Catalog, or the eBooks list.
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The EBSCOhost Clinical Collection includes over 1700 titles on medical specialties,
nursing, allied health, and general practice.
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Many EBSCO eBooks can be downloaded for reading offline.
Recommended Books and eBooks
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Atlases
Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary
UMSL Online eBook
Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
UMSL Online eBook
McMinn and Abrahams Clinical Atlas of Human Anatomy Reference QM25 .M23 2013
Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Health
Professions
UMSL Online eBook
Drug Information
Abrams Clinical Drug Therapy
RM262 .A27 2014
Clinical Calculations
RS57 .K44 2013
Mosby’s 2014 Nursing Drug Reference
UMSL Online eBook
Examination and Diagnosis
Bates Nursing Guide to Physical Examination and History
Taking
RC76 .H674 2012
Davis’s Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory &
Diagnostic Tests, With Nursing Implications
UMSL Online eBook
Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests With Nursing
Implications
Reserve RT48.5 .K44 2014
NANDA International Nursing Diagnoses
Reference RT48.6 .N36 2012
Nursing Care Plans
All-In-One Care Planning Resource
RT49 .A45 2012
Maternal Newborn Nursing Care Plans
Reserve RT49 .M38 2012
Nursing Care Plans: Transitional Patient & FamilyCentered Care
RT49 .C38 2014
Internet Resources
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Mobile Apps, National Library of Medicine
American Nurses Association
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institutes of Health
Health United States
National Student Nurses Association
Medscape
Office of Minority Health
Missouri Dep’t. of Health & Senior Services
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society
Last Revised July 2014
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