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General Information

A Quick Introduction to the CoxHealth Libraries for Cox College Students

Is it Full-Text? - How to identify if an article is available online

Using the Online Catalog

Subscription Databases

Searching a Database:  Academic Search Elite

CINAHL

Nursing Advisor

Handouts

Evaluating Web Pages - Determine the quality of resources located on the WWW.

Library Catalog Record Explained - Have you ever wondered what all of the information on a catolog record meant?

Limiting CINAHL Searches to Nursing Journals - Limit your CINAHL search to only include citations from nursing journals

NLM Classification Outline - Provides a basic understanding of how information is arranged.

What is a Scholarly Journal? - Determine if a "magazine" or "journal" is considered professional, scholarly or simply for leisure.

Research Guides

Controversial Topics in Health Care - Tips for selecting a pro/con health care topic, researching and writing a persuasive paper or speech, and analyzing ethical decisions or controversial issues.

Evidence Based Practice - General information as well as books, web sites and tutorials on providing health care that is guided by a thoughtful integration of the best available scientific knowledge with clinical expertise.

Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Theory - Locate articles, web pages, multimedia, books and search tips on Erik Erikson's stages of the life cycle.

Web Links for Cox College

Anatomy and Physiology - Quizzes and other tools to help with learning anatomy and physiology.

Algebra - Explanations and self-quizzes of algebra concepts.

Biology - Quizzes, videos and other sources for learning.

Chemistry - Assistance learning formulas and concepts.

Citation Guides - Access resources to assist with formatting AMA and APA.

Copyright & Plagiarism - A guide to help with situations where Copyright Law or plagiarism may be of concern.

Dictionaries and Other Reference Tools - Medical dictionary, thesaurus, and more

English and Writing Resources - Style guides, getting started, grammar, quotes and other sources to aid with writing projects.

Evaluating Online Resources - Guidelines to assist in locating quality informaiton on the WWW.

Health Sciences Headlines - Sources for the latest on what is happening in health sciences

Newspapers Online - Hundreds of news resources from around the world in a variety of languages that offer free access to current, general-interest, full-text news.

Nursing - Nursing calculators, nursing theory, patient education resources, and more

Psychology - A variety of links including theory and practice.

Statistics - Sites to help with understanding statistical formulas and application.

Statistical Data - Links to local, regional, state, national and global health stats

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