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Depending on your specific topic, you may find
resources listed on the subject pages for:
Biology, Chemistry, and
Medicine to be
useful in addition to the resources listed below.
The following databases/indexes are designed to provide links to
online resources. To find books, you will need to consult the
Hiram College Library
Catalog and, perhaps, the
OhioLINK catalog.
1. Databases/indexes to find
periodical articles - These databases are designed to
help you identify relevant periodical articles through keyword or
subject searches. In most cases there will be links to either
the online version of the article or a listing of the library's
holdings. If you are not sure, you may check the library's
periodical
holdings list and/or its
list of
online journals. These databases are listed in the order
in which the library recommends them.
| Database Name | Link to access from on-campus | Link to access from off-campus if available | Info about the database |
| CINAHL Plus |
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| ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source |
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| Medline |
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| Medline 1953-1965 |
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| Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition |
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| Natural and Alternative Treatments |
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| Biological Abstracts |
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| Health Source: Consumer Edition |
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| PsycINFO |
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| Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| SPORTDiscus |
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| Sociological Abstracts |
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| SocIndex |
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| Academic Search Complete |
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| LexisNexis Academic Universe |
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| PAIS International |
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| Science Citation Index |
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| History of Science, Technology, and Medicine |
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| MedicLatina |
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2.
Databases/indexes of e-journals - These databases store
runs of complete periodical titles. In most cases the
databases listed above will link to the full-text in these databases
and you do not need to search them, too. If, however, you need
only a couple of good, scholarly articles on a topic, you should
consider searching these databases.
| Database Name | Link to access from on-campus | Link to access from off-campus if available | Info about the database |
| Electronic Journal Center (EJC) |
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| JSTOR |
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| Highwire |
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| Annual Reviews |
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3. Databases
of e-books - These databases provide the full-text of
selected online books. These books are also available in
print. Since many more books are in print than online, you may
also wish to search the
Hiram College Library Catalog and/or the
OhioLINK catalog.
| Database Name | Link to access from on-campus | Link to access from off-campus if available | Info about the database |
| OhioLINK Electronic Book Center |
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| National Academies Press |
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4. Databases
of reference e-books - These specialized reference
materials (encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, guides, etc) are
designed to give you background information, an overview of a topic,
or quick facts.
| Database Name | Link to access from on-campus | Link to access from off-campus if available | Info about the database |
| Oxford Reference, Medicine |
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| Electronic Reference Books Collection |
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5. Other
databases - for any other category appropriate for your
topic, e.g., audiovisual materials.
| Database Name | Link to access from on-campus | Link to access from off-campus if available | Info about the database |
| Digital Video Collection |
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| Reproductive Physiology Animations |
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6. Web Sites of Interest
| Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ): Part of Health & Human Services |
| American Nurses Association |
| Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
| Healthfinder.gov: Search engine for reliable health information for consumers |
| Mayo Clinic: Provides consumer health information |
| Medline Plus: Search engine of consumer health resources |
| Merck Manual Online |
| National Institute of Nursing Research |
| NLM Gateway: Provides information from the National Library of Medicine |
| PubMed: Database of scholarly research. Similar to Medline, but different interface. |
| World Health Organization: A part of the United Nations system of organizations |