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Resources for Nursing

Library Catalog: Search the library catalog for book, video, cassette, and serial holdings.
Locating Journal Articles:
A journal index leads you to the journal literature of various disciplines. To find a journal article the following indices are recommended:

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL)

Health Source Plus
Health Source Plus provides full text from over 270 periodicals covering nutrition, exercise, medical self-care, drugs and alcohol, and more.

Health and Wellness Resource Center
A resource of the Connecticut Digital Library (iCONN) which includes links to a medical encyclopedia, health news, traditional and alternative medical dictionaries, health assessment tools, and links to other health related sites.

Check the Capital Library Journal List to see if the library subscribes to a specific title.
The Internet:
Other databases are available via the Internet. The following provide access to citations only.

Medline Plus Health Information.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/databases.html

Under Capital's Academic Weblists click on "Nursing" and follow the links.