• Reference Works
• Finding Articles
• Citing Your Sources

Reference Books

Defining medical terms

• Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary (Reference R 121 .M89 2002)
• Stedman's Medical Dictionary (Reference R 121 .S8 2000)
• Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Reference R 121 .T18 2005)

Medical and drug information

• The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (Reference RC 41 .G35 2006)
• Mosby's Pharmacology in Nursing (Reference RM 301 .H33 1998)
• PDR Nurse's Handbook (Reference RM 125 .P47)
• Physician's Desk Reference (Reference RS 75 .P5 2006)

Finding Articles

• PubMed
  This is the most complete medical database available, covering research from around the world. HINT: before you search, choose the "limits" tab and limit your search to free full text journals.
  
  
• CINAHL
  A database that focuses on nursing and patient care. Some of the articles included in this database are research-based and others are less formal articles intended for practitioners.
  

Scholarly vs. Trade vs. Popular

What do you do once you have identified an article of interest?

• If there is no link to the full text use the yellow Find It button (when available)
• or check our Journal Locator
• or try the Free Medical Journals site

Citing Your Sources

last updated 8/07