FCC Library

Medicine, Nursing, and Health

Library Catalog

·         Search for online and print books and DVDs in the "R..." to "RT..." call number range. How to cite: APA , MLA

Research Databases

These resources are limited to FCC-affiliated users. Ask Library staff for more info, call 301-846-2444, or contact Ask a Reference Librarian.

·         EBSCOhost: Select Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition to search about 600 full-text peer-reviewed journals focusing on medicine and nursing. How to cite: APA, MLA

·         OvidSP: Full text nursing journals and textbooks. How to cite: APA, MLA

Websites

·         Healthfinder: Sites in medicine and health, online journals, libraries, etc.  

·         Lippincott's Nursing Center: Continuing Education Connection (CEC). Full-text articles from a variety of nursing journals that have accompanying tests to measure comprehension.

·         Mayo Clinic: Healthy Lifestyle :Information on nutrition, fitness, healthy aging, work life, men's and women's health and more.
·         MEDLINE Plus: Health Information: Find information on hundreds of diseases, conditions, and drugs. Also includes access to MEDLINE, a database with citations to hundreds of medical journal articles.
·         Medscape: Reference sources on diseases and drugs, full-text medical journals, medical dictionary, daily medical news, MEDLINE, etc.
·         Merck Manual: The authoritative reference for medical diagnosis and therapy.
·         Online Journal of Issues in Nursing: Forum for discussion and debate by peer-reviewed authors with commentaries by nurses in practice.  Jointly developed by the American Nurses Association and the Kent State University School of Nursing.