Find Resources by Subject

Subject Guide - Nursing

• Selected Web Resources
• Selected Statistical Resources
• Selected Online Images and Other Media
• Magazine, Journal, & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals
• Print Magazines in Kiefer Library
• Full-Text Electronic Books Online
• Selected Books
• Other Library Materials
• Searching the Library Catalog
• Other Library Catalogs

Compiled by Carol Satersmoen, Allied Health Services Librarian Liaison. Updated 2011.

Selected Web Resources

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Aims Community College, Academics: Allied Health, Nursing
• Allnurses
• American Heart Association
• American Nurses Association
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• The Cochrane Collaboration – Cochrane Reviews
• Colorado Board of Nursing
• Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence
• Drug Digest
• Emedicine
• Ethnomed
• HealthCentral
• Health Information Library
• Health Resources and Services Administration
• Medi-Smart
• MedlinePlus
• MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary
• Medscape Reference
• Modern Medicine – Nursing
• National Cancer Institute
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Institute of Nursing Research
• National Institutes of Health
• National Library of Medicine
• New York Times: Health
• PDRhealth
• PubMed
• PubMed Clinical Queries
• RNStudents.com
• Think Cultural Health
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• WebMD

Selected Statistical Resources

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Health, United States, 2010
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – FastStats A to Z
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – National Center for Health Statistics
• FedStats
• National Center for Health Statistics
• U.S. Department of Labor: Health Care
• U.S. Department of Labor: Registered Nurses
• World Health Organization – Data and statistics
  

Selected Online Images and Other Media

• Academic Health – Medicine & Healthcare
• American Red Cross Virtual Museum
• History of Nursing Museum
• InnerBody: Your Guide to Human Anatomy Online
• Lab Tests Online
• McGill University Virtual Stethoscope
• Medical Pictures
• Physical Exam Study Guides

Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals

The Library's subscriptions to magazines that are of interest to our Medical Assistant students are primarily in electronic format. Full-text articles are available in electronic formats through online databases. (see below)

• Academic Search Elite  (Off-Campus Access)
• Proquest Research Library  (Off-Campus Access)
• CINAHL Plus with Full Text 
  Please note that only 5 users can use this database at the same time. Username and password must be obtained from library staff (970-339-6458) for off-campus access.
• American Journal of Nursing
• BioMed Central Free Journal Articles
• Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
  

Full-Text Electronic Books Online

NetLibrary
This database includes access to such titles as: The Changing Shape of Nursing Practice: The Role of Nurses in the Hospital Division of Labor; Telenursing: Nursing Practice in Cyberspace; Advanced Nursing Skills: Principles and Practice; Caring for People in Pain; Health Assessment through the Lifespan; Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses; Medical Statistics Made Easy; Pain Medicine and Management: Just the Fact; Power & Conflict between Doctors and Nurses: Breaking Through the Inner Circle in Clinical Care; Assessing Children's Well-being: A Handbook of Measures; Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability; The Changing Shape of Nursing Practice: The Role of Nurses in the Hospital Division of Labour; Medical Charting Demystified; Medical Statistics at a Glance; Introduction to the Anatomy and Physiology of Children

• Anatomy Atlases
• Merck Manuals: Online Medical Library
• Virtual Pediatric Hospital

Selected Books

Other Library Materials

Video/DVD

Searching the Library Catalog

The titles above are just a few of the resources available for you. The Kiefer Library Catalog, http://tlc.aims.edu/, provides access to resources available at Aims Community College. Use the following subjects (Library of Congress) and keywords to search in the library catalog:

Nursing, Nurses; Nursing assessment; Emergency nursing; Surgical nursing; Nursing Theory; Nursing Care; Critical care medicine; Nursing—Philosophy; Nursing—Practice; Emergency medicine; Terminal care; United States. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; Medicine – Dictionaries; Medicine -- Terminology

Other Library Catalogs

• High Plains Library District
• Clearview Library District
• Loveland Public Library
• University of Northern Colorado Library Catalog