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• Journal Article or Book Chapter Photocopy Request Form
• E-Journal Access Problem Form

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• Nursing E-Books

• 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.
  

• CAM: MedlinePlus
• Medical Encyclopedia (MedlinePlus)
• MedlinePlus
• MedlinePlus en Espanol
• MedlinePlus-Drugs, Herbs, and Supplements

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.
  

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• CASP (Critical Appraisal Skills Programme) International Network
• DynaMed
• Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Database
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
• UpToDate

• 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.

• AccessMedicine
• CINAHL Plus
• DynaMed
• Isabel
• MEDLINE Plus
• Micromedex
• UpToDate

• 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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