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CINAHL
Current Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature includes journal articles and other material on nursing and allied health fields, 1982-present.
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Nursing Journals@Ovid
A searchable full-text collection of articles from 55 scholarly nursing journals. Coverage varies by journal, but most is from the mid-90's to present.
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PubMed
National Library of Medicine's comprehensive database of citations to medical journal articles, with links to UMass-subscribed full text, 1966-present. Public access version.
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Web of Science
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Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language journals. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1956-present; and Science 1900-present.
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PsycINFO
Citations and abstracts for psychology journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations, 1800’s-present.
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Current Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature includes journal articles and other material on nursing and allied health fields, 1982-present.
| Also known as: | Current Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature |
Nursing Journals@Ovid
A searchable full-text collection of articles from 55 scholarly nursing journals. Coverage varies by journal, but most is from the mid-90's to present.
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PubMed
National Library of Medicine's comprehensive database of citations to medical journal articles, with links to UMass-subscribed full text, 1966-present. Public access version.
| Also known as: | MEDLINE |
Web of Science
Doesn't work with Internet Explorer 9. Works poorly with Safari.
Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language journals. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1956-present; and Science 1900-present.
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PsycINFO
Citations and abstracts for psychology journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations, 1800’s-present.
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Additional Databases in Health & Medicine > Nursing
Cochrane Library
Evidence-based information about medical treatments and therapies, designed for medical caregivers and patients.
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CogNet Library
Journal articles, books, and conference materials on the cognitive sciences, in full text, 1998-present.
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CQ Researcher
Well-documented full text overviews of current issues, including bibliographies and chronologies. Produced by Congressional Quarterly, 1991-present.
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DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
Thousands of open access scholarly journals, most published by academic departments of universities worldwide. Coverage varies; mostly recent.
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Education Journals
Articles from 550 periodicals in the field of primary, secondary and higher education, 1988-present.
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ERIC
Education journal articles (EJ references) and ERIC documents (ED references), 1967-present. EDs before 1997 are in Microforms, Floor 3. Public access version.
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Google Scholar
Use within UMass’ IP range to access many UMass online journal subscriptions. In Scholar Preferences, you can choose to export citations to RefWorks bibliographic manager.
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Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Citations to articles which discuss or (occasionally) reprint tests and measures in the social sciences and various health fields, 1985-present
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Interactive Functional Anatomy
Three dimensional, rotatable model of human anatomy, with removable layers.
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Nursing Resource Center
Articles from encyclopedias, journals and handbooks, for nursing students.
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PAIS International
Public and social policy literature in political science, international relations, social sciences. Articles, government documents, reports, 1915-.
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PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress
Citations to articles, books and papers on post traumatic stress syndromes and disorders.
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PubMed Central
National Library of Medicine's archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. Coverage varies; earliest journal is 1937-present; most are 2001-present.
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
A repository for the research and scholarly output of members of the UMass Amherst community. Call Marilyn Billings at 545-6891 for information.
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Science.gov
A site that organizes access to agriculture, computer, health, energy and other scientific information from U.S. government agencies. Current.
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Stat!Ref
A large collection of nursing textbooks and manuals, current.
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Evidence-based information about medical treatments and therapies, designed for medical caregivers and patients.
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CogNet Library
Journal articles, books, and conference materials on the cognitive sciences, in full text, 1998-present.
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CQ Researcher
Well-documented full text overviews of current issues, including bibliographies and chronologies. Produced by Congressional Quarterly, 1991-present.
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DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
Thousands of open access scholarly journals, most published by academic departments of universities worldwide. Coverage varies; mostly recent.
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Education Journals
Articles from 550 periodicals in the field of primary, secondary and higher education, 1988-present.
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ERIC
| ERIC Documents are temporarily unavailable online. Microfiche may be available. Request specifying Call # Microfiche 10 and the ED number in your citation. |
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Google Scholar
Use within UMass’ IP range to access many UMass online journal subscriptions. In Scholar Preferences, you can choose to export citations to RefWorks bibliographic manager.
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Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Citations to articles which discuss or (occasionally) reprint tests and measures in the social sciences and various health fields, 1985-present
| Also known as: | HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) |
Interactive Functional Anatomy
Three dimensional, rotatable model of human anatomy, with removable layers.
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Nursing Resource Center
Articles from encyclopedias, journals and handbooks, for nursing students.
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PAIS International
Public and social policy literature in political science, international relations, social sciences. Articles, government documents, reports, 1915-.
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PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress
Citations to articles, books and papers on post traumatic stress syndromes and disorders.
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PubMed Central
National Library of Medicine's archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. Coverage varies; earliest journal is 1937-present; most are 2001-present.
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
A repository for the research and scholarly output of members of the UMass Amherst community. Call Marilyn Billings at 545-6891 for information.
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Science.gov
A site that organizes access to agriculture, computer, health, energy and other scientific information from U.S. government agencies. Current.
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Stat!Ref
A large collection of nursing textbooks and manuals, current.
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