Nursing and Health Resources
Below are resources that are available for research in health and nursing. Some resources may only be available at Sitting Bull College or with a password. Contact a librarian at 701-854-8008 or send an email to markh@sbci.edu if you need assistance.
Consumer Health Information
American Indian Health
http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/
An information portal from the National Library of Medicine to issue affecting the health and well being of American Indians.
Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/
An online source of credible health information from the U.S. agency responsible for protecting public health.
Clinicaltrials.gov
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov
A database of ongoing and upcoming clinical trials at health care facilities.
Healthfinder.gov
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
A website to search for health information from the U.S. government.
Indian Health Service
http://www.ihs.gov
A link to information from the Indian Health Service.
Medical Dictionary
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html
A comprehensive dictionary of medical terminology from the National Library of Medicine.
Medline Plus
http://www.medlineplus.gov/
An up to date and user friendly resource for consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine.
Medline Plus Drugs, Supplements and Herbal Encyclopedia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
A searchable index and database of consumer level information on drugs, supplements and herbs.
Native American Health and Family Resources.
http://www.usa.gov/Government/Tribal/family.shtml
A collection of links to U.S. government health resoruces for American Indians.
Nursing and Proffesional Health Resources
Alternative Health Watch Database
http://www.odin.nodak.edu/authgate/?db=EBSCOAWH
Desciption : Alt HealthWatch focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full-text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports.
Dakota Nurse
http://doh.sd.gov/boards/nursing/DakotaNurse.aspx
Quarterly journal published by the North and South Dakota Boards of Nursing.
EBSCO Academic Search Premier
http://www.odin.nodak.edu/authgate/?db=EBSCOAPH
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
Ebsco Health Source Nursing/ Academic Edition
http://www.odin.nodak.edu/authgate/?db=EBSCOHCH
Desciption : This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many more.
Ebsco MasterFILE Premier
http://www.odin.nodak.edu/authgate/?db=EBSCOF5H
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.
EBSCO MegaFILE
http://www.odin.nodak.edu/authgate/?db=EBSCOKEH
combines Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier and Regional Business News into a single database.
Entrez: the life sciences search engine
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/gquery
A collection of searchable life sciences databases from the National Library of Medicine.
Learning Express Library/NCLEX
http://www.odin.nodak.edu/authgate/?db=LEX
Desciption : Whatever your goal, LearningExpress Library resources will help you succeed. Each of our Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want-at school, at work, or in life. Looking to land a job? You will find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that is right for you.
Merck Manual of Medical Information for Healthcare Professionals
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html
An online full-text version of the popular health reference.
Native American Health Issues.
http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/multiculturalhealth/Nativeamericanhealth.htm
A collection of links provided by the McKinley Health Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN.asp
A scholarly journal of the American Nurses Association.
PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed
PubMed comprises more than 19 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals. Citations may include links to full-text articles from PubMed Central or publisher web sites.
Transcultural Nursing Resources
http://library.riohondo.edu/subject_guides/transcultural_nursing.htm
A site to help provide culturally competent nursing from the University of Illinois Urbana.
World Wide Wounds
http://www.worldwidewounds.com/index.html
The premier online resource for dressing materials
and practical wound management information
