- Instructions for Authors in the Health Sciences
Search by journal title to learn what the journal’s guidelines are for writing an article for publication.
- Magnet Recognition Program
Learn more about this ANCC program that recognizes excellence in nursing care. - Nursing Theory
Information on nursing theory and models.
Welcome to Calder Medical Library Resources Guide for Nursing Practice and Research. This guide will provide essential information for your nursing practice.
There is a separate library guide for students in the University of Miami School of Nursing & Health Sciences on the Richter Library's webpage.
You can navigate this guide by using the links on the Table of Contents box or the Tabs on top of the Calder Medical Library Resource Guide for Nursing.
This is a collection of essential resources for nursing. It's not comprehensive, but it serves the function of locating nursing information, and supporting nursing practice, education, and research activities.
For assistance with any of these resources, or to find out about other available research and searching options, see the Ask A Librarian page
We always want your feedback! To suggest additions, corrections or changes to the content of the Calder Resource Guide for Nursing page, please send an email to the Reference, Education & Outreach Services department at reference@med.miami.edu
- American Nurses Association - Standards for Excellence
- AORN - Guidelines & Clinical Resources
Requires membership - National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (United Kingdom)
- Guidelines Central
includes free and subscription content - TRIP Database (Turning Research into Practice)
enter search terms then use the evidence types filter to find guidelines or other kinds of information
- CINAHL Plus
Primary index to the international literature of nursing and health. CINAHL Plus provides a wide scope of nursing and allied health journals as well as a high number of records, full-text, and cited references. In addition, it provides full-text evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons and continuing education modules. - Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Database
The Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database allows you to search simultaneously, a wide range of summarized and appraised evidence, to inform your practice. This comprehensive range of resources includes over 3,000 records across seven publication types: Evidence Based Recommended Practices, Evidence Summaries, Best Practice Information Sheets, Systematic Reviews, Consumer Information Sheets, Systematic Review Protocols, and Technical Reports. - DynaMed
DynaMed is the next-generation clinical reference tool physicians can rely on for fast, easy access to point-of-care decision support. Written by a team of specialized physicians and researchers, content is updated several times daily to include information on the latest evidence-based research, providing practice-changing answers to clinical questions with optimized speed. - UpToDate
Clinical decision support tool designed to answer clinical questions that arise in daily practice. Subscription database with access for UM/JMH authorized users. - Isabel
Isabel is an award-winning, clinical decision support system designed to enhance the quality of diagnosis decision making. Its unique feature is a diagnosis reminder system.For a given set of clinical features Isabel instantly provides a checklist of likely diagnoses including bio-terrorism conditions, related diagnoses and causative drugs. Subscription database for authorized UM/JMH users. - MedlinePlus
NLM selected consumer health resources, drug info., encyclopedia, dictionary, news, directories, etc. - Micromedex
MICROMEDEX is a collection of many different drug databases, including Martindale, the Physician's Desk Reference (PDR), DRUGDEX, DISEASEDEX, POSIONDEX, and several alternative medicine databases. - Natural Medicines
Natural Medicines provides unbiased, evidence-based information and ratings on over 90,000 dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary and alternative therapies. - PubMed
Database produced by NLM (National Library of Medicine) containing bibliographic references, including abstracts of articles from thousands of bio medical journals. - Scopus
A database of abstracts and citations for scholarly journal articles published since 1996, covering nearly 18,000 titles from the arts, medicine, physical sciences, and the social sciences.
- Martindale's Health Science Guide
Links to thousands of video clips, atlas and image databases, and more. - Martindale's Virtual Nursing Center
Provides links to basic nursing courses, dictionaries, grand rounds, lectures, and continuing education courses.
HS Talks Video Lectures
 Person-centred approaches to careProf. Brendan McCormack Queen Margaret University, UK |
 The nurse's contribution to clinical researchand evidence-based practice Dr. Susan Hamer NIHR Clinical Research Network, UK |
 Family-centred care for children withlong-term conditions Prof. Imelda Coyne Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
 Nursing support of families and carersof people with dementia Prof. June Andrews – University of Stirling, UK |
 Assessing and managing thermoregulatoryresponses to heat loss: a research journey Dr. Barbara J. Holtzclaw University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center |
John Reynolds
- Reference and Education Librarian
- jxr1327@med.miami.edu
- (305) 243-5439
- Ulrichsweb
Ulrichsweb is an easy to search source of detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals (also called serials) of all types: academic and scholarly journals, e-journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.
For mobile access to most of the databases listed here, you will need to go to their individual Website and create an account from within the University of Miami network. After you create a username and password, download the app from the appropriate app store for your smartphone or tablet.
Obtain information on the databases by clicking Featured Databases or by accessing Calder Library's E-Databases: http://calder.med.miami.edu/electronic_databases.html
- ORCID @ UM
Information on creating and using an ORCID iD at the University of Miami. Your ORCID iD is a unique identifier for researchers that provides a persistent digital identifier to distinguish you from all other researchers.
Setting up your free ORCID account takes only minutes. Once you create your account, you can use it to keep track of all your scientific papers.
- Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Database
The Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database allows you to search simultaneously, a wide range of summarized and appraised evidence, to inform your practice. This comprehensive range of resources includes over 3,000 records across seven publication types: Evidence Based Recommended Practices, Evidence Summaries, Best Practice Information Sheets, Systematic Reviews, Consumer Information Sheets, Systematic Review Protocols, and Technical Reports.
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John Reynolds
- Reference and Education Librarian
- jxr1327@med.miami.edu
- (305) 243-5439
The goals of these videos are to
This guide is intended for practicing nurses and nurse educators as well as medical, public health, and physical therapy, and other health sciences students, researchers, and faculty.
Anyone looking for evidence in patient care, health care administration, or the roles of health care providers may also find it useful.
- Demonstrate the basic concepts of finding articles in databases
- Explain how to create a PICO question
- Introduce the principles of advanced searching
- Provide a quick overview of the database CINAHL and its features
This guide is intended for practicing nurses and nurse educators as well as medical, public health, and physical therapy, and other health sciences students, researchers, and faculty.
Anyone looking for evidence in patient care, health care administration, or the roles of health care providers may also find it useful.