REFERENCE COLLECTION
Reference materials are an excellent starting point for acquiring a broad overview of your topic. Items with REF call numbers are reserved for in-library use only. Those with links are available online to registered Portage College Library users. Depending on your topic, you may want to consult the following tools:
Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Professions
This bestselling, full-color dictionary of health care terminology, from A68 to zymorphic, is well known for its combination of relevant, thorough definitions and vibrant color illustrations and line drawings that illuminate all subject areas. More than just Mr. Bones, you'll find detailed illustrations of the muscular, circulatory, endocrine, lymphatic, nervous, respiratory, digestive, reproductive, urinary systems and other features.
REF 610.3 MOS 2007
Mosby’s 2005 Drug Consult for Nurses
615.1 MOS 2005
Compendium of pharmaceuticals and specialties
REF 615.1171 COM 2008
Mosby’s Dictionary of Complementary & Alternative Medicine
The terms and definitions cover the five major areas of complementary and alternative medicine, as outlined by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health: alternative health care systems; mind-body interventions; biologically based therapies; manipulative and body-based healing methods; and energy therapies.
REF 615.5 MOS 2004
GENERAL COLLECTION
WebCat & Library of Congress Subject Headings
The WebCat is the Library's computerized catalogue. It is the listing of books, videos, and journals available in the Library. You can locate material on specific topics by performing a Subject Heading search. Portage College Library uses Library of Congress Subject Headings.
Some sample headings for Nursing you can perform a search on in the WebCat:
Anatomy and Physiology
Growth and Development
Maternity Nursing
Nutrition
Pharmacology
Medical practices
Mental Health
Pediatric Nursing
Preventive health Care
The Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification System to group books and videos together by subject on the library shelves. The call number on the WebCat corresponds to the number on the label on the spine of the book (e.g. 155.4 BEE).
Examples
610.73 - Nursing, (Nurses), (Registered Nurses), Nurse practitioners
613 - Health, Hygiene, Preventive medicine, Children - Health and hygiene, Health counseling, (Children - Diseases)
612 - Human body
The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Human Functional Anatomy
611 JOH 1997
An Atlas to Human Anatomy
611.0022 STR 2000
The World's Best Anatomical Charts. Diseases & Disorders
OVERSIZE 611.0022 WOR 2000
The Muscular System Manual: the Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body
611.7 MUS 2005
The Health of Canada’s Children: a CICH Profile
613.0432 HEA 2000
PERIODICALS: MAGAZINES, JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS
Periodicals are published at regular intervals, generally more frequently than annually. Each issue is numbered and/or dated consecutively, and normally contains separate articles, stories, or other writings. Scanning current issues of periodicals in your subject area can be useful when you are trying to think of a topic.
Nursing
Men in Nursing
Psychology Today
Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health
is a peer reviewed, web-based journal published twice each year by Native Counselling Services of Alberta and the Alberta ACADRE Network. The articles are multidisciplinary, and of interest to a wide range of readers, including both community and academic researchers.
Journal of Aboriginal Health Advancing the well-being of First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
Published by the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO), the Journal of Aboriginal Health was established with the intention of fostering a dynamic community of people concerned with issues of Aboriginal health.
ELECTRONIC DATABASES
Gale Databases (blue)
Academic OneFile has extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Updated daily.
Health Reference Centre Academic
Use this database to find articles on topics such as fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, etc. Full-text articles are available.
Health and Wellness Resource Centre focuses on consumer health information and includes links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. Also provides “Drug Finder,” “Health Assessment Tools,” “Medical Encyclopedia,” etc. Full-text articles are available.
Nursing and Allied Health Database
All aspects of the Nursing profession -- from direct patient care to health care administration -- are covered in this collection. Including nearly 400 titles, this collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.
EBSCO Databases (green)
Academic Search Complete is the world's most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in searchable PDF format.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 560 journals indexed in CINAHL. Of those, nearly 400 have cover-to-cover indexing in CINAHL. With more than 600,000 full-text articles dating back to 1937, CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.
Health Source Consumer is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides access to over 550 scholarly journals including 450 peer-reviewed journals in nursing and allied health disciplines. Full-text articles are available.
MEDLINE contains abstracts from the US National Library of Medicine. This is the essential research database used by medical students, physicians and researchers. Only abstracts are provided.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Full-text articles are available.
Access to databases is restricted to the Portage College students, faculty and staff
WEB SITES
Aboriginal Canada Portal
The Aboriginal Canada Portal, your single window to Canadian Aboriginal on-line resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services.
Alberta Health
Public Health Information Alberta government website devoted to current public health issues e.g. meningitis.
Alberta Public Health Association
Breastfeeding Committee for Canada
Canadian Cancer Society
Good info on prevention and early detection.
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
Includes links to information on drug abuse, gambling addiction, and fetal alcohol syndrome.
Canadian Diabetes Association
Comprehensive fact sheets and excellent annotated links.
Canadian Health Network
Excellent starting point for any medical topic or Canadian organization.
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Canadian Institute of Child Health
Fact sheets available online.
Canadian Public Health Association
Free publications online plus links.
Doulas of North America
Association of Childbirth Attendants (called Doulas) with good info on pregnancy and childbirth, and info on becoming certified as a Doula.
First People’s Health & Disability Issues on SchoolNet
Health Canada
Provides information on a variety of topics including Cancer, First Nations, Heart Health, Pregnancy, Seniors, Smoking, and STDs.
Health Canada: Population Health Development
Focuses on promotion and prevention, and has some excellent information on the "Determinants of Health"
Health in Action
Alberta-based website on health promotion.
Healthnet Canada
Excellent links on injury prevention and health promotion.
Immunization Action Coalition
Information for parents and healthcare providers about vaccines and hepatitis B educational materials.
It’s Your Health
Informative articles on diseases, medical issues, product safety, environmental issues, food safety and healthy lifestyles.
KidsHealth
Information about growth, food and fitness, childhood infections, etc.
Medscape
Requires registration, but free and well worth it. Full text articles and access to Medline (abstracts).
Merck
Provides free access to the Merck Manual (Home Edition) and the Merck Manual of Geriatrics. Includes Topics for Health Care Professionals. Searchable database.
My Child has Diabetes: Live a Normal Life
An E-book and online resource for parents of children with Juvenile Diabetes.
National Academy Press
Provides access to over 3,000 free books. Choose from the topics in the left-hand column, then select a release. See "Full text" under Free Resources below purchase options.
Public Health Agency of Canada
Excellent starting point for any medical topic in Canada.
Statistics Canada
A variety of statistical data, including population traits and trends, justice and crime, government, and profiles of Canadian communities.
Virtual Hospital
A digital health sciences library created in 1992 at the University of Iowa. Aims to make the Internet a useful medical reference and health promotion tool for health care providers and patients.
Voices for Children
Advocacy group for child health and development. Excellent fact sheets available online.
Oxford English Dictionary [20 volumes]
REF 423 OXF 1989
If off-campus, contact Public Services Librarian for username/password.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Encyclopedia of Drugs and Alcohol [4 volumes]- a comprehensive source of information on the general topic of substance use and abuse.
REF 362.29 ENC 1995
Magill's medical guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. [5 volumes]
REF 610.3MAG 2008
Fundamentals of Nursing: Caring and Clinical Judgment
REF 610.73 FUN 2004
Mosby’s Emergency Nursing Reference
REF 610.7361 MOS 2005
Complete Drug Reference 2000 ed [Consumer Reports]
REF 615.1 COM 2000
The Merck Index: an Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals
REF 615.1 MER 2001
Compendium of pharmaceuticals and specialties
REF 615.1171 COM 2007
Newer, abbreviated edition also available online.
The alternative health & medicine encyclopedia -includes information on stress, drug abuse and pregnancy as related to alternative medicine.
REF 615.530323 MAR
The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine [5 volumes] - scholarly but readable overview of many topics, with good listing of resources and organizations.
REF 616 GAL 1999
MANUALS
The Merck Manual
The authoritative manual on most illnesses and diseases, including information on etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, etc.; a clinical manual written to help physicians and medical professionals in their practices.
REF 615.58 MER 2006
STATISTICS
The Gale encyclopedia of childhood & adolescence
Lakeland Link—Community Services Directory - brief profiles and contact information for programs, support, and services for communities within the boundaries of the Lakeland Health Region.
REF 362.025 LAK
DICTIONARIES
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary
REF 610 STE
