Library Databases
- Nursing Reference Center This link opens in a new window Provides a point-of-care resource intended for staff nurses, nurse administrators, nursing students, nurse faculty, and hospital librarians. It delivers the most recent clinical evidence and knowledge on conditions and diseases via a nursing-specific graphical interface.
- Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window The richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics, with access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Search PennWest's collection of over 100 reference titles on the Credo platform, covering a variety of subjects in Humanities, Health & Medicine, and Environmental Science disciplines.
Patient Education
- MedlinePlus MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. It offers information on health conditions, medical tests, medications, dietary supplements, and healthy recipes from authoritative, reliable health websites.
- NIH Health Information Search consumer health information from the National Institutes of Health.
- MyHealthfinder Search health topics and health conditions from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the safety and quality of healthcare for all Americans.
- Merck Manual Consumer Version The Merck Manual Consumer Version is one of the most comprehensive medical resources for consumers. It contains information on health topics, healthy living, symptoms, drug information, and more.
Web Resources
- ECRI Institute The ECRI Guidelines provide up-to-date clinical practices to advance safe and effective patient care. To use this resource, create a free account.
- Trip - Clinical Search Engine Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.
- PubMed PubMed is the premier biomedical literature database and contains over 30 millions citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
- Merck Manual Professional Version The Merck Manual Professional Version contains free information authored by hundreds of medical experts. This website offers videos and animations of procedures, quizzes, and other study aids.
Drug Information
Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses by ISBN: 9781719650038Publication Date: 2024-05-08Limited User Access (3 copies)
Mosby's 2020 Nursing Drug Reference by ISBN: 9780323661362Publication Date: 2019-04-25Limited User Access (1 copy)
- DailyMedThis database from the National Library of Medicine contains over 147,000 labelings submitted to the FDA.
Pharmacology
- Nursing Pharmacology by Open RN
Publication Date: 2020
Open Access Textbook - Pharmacology for Nurses
Publication Date: 2024-05-29
OER Textbook
RN Plan of Care
Davis's Diseases and Disorders by ISBN: 9780803669055Publication Date: 2018-10-25Unlimited User Access
