NURSING 5240

Health Promotion in Advanced Practice

 

Research Assistance

    Need help with your research project? You can contact a librarian for assistance at the Reference Desk - (734) 432-5767.  Or send an email to the Ask A Librarian reference service.

     Want to schedule an individual session with a librarian?  Click here on the Schedule a Session with a Librarian link and fill out the online form.  Or drop-in at one of the many Library Database Workshops scheduled throughout the term.

     Need to find articles that aren't available online full-text or in hard copy in the Library's collection?  Or need to locate a book that the Library doesn't own?  Try the Library's Interlibrary Loan Service and request your items by filling out and submitting the appropriate online form.

 

Style Manual

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition, REF LB2369 .P83 2001.

Click here for Online Assistance for Style Manuals

 

Required Texts On Reserve in Library

DiCenso, A., Guyatt, G. and Ciliska, D.,  Evidence-based nursing: a guide to clinical practice, St. Louis, MO.; London: Mosby, c2005.

Loretz, L., Primary care:  Tools for Clinicians, St. Louis, MO.: Elsevier Mosby, c2005.

Melnyk, B. M., Fineout-Overholt, E., Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: a guide to best practice, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2005.

 

E-Reserves

     To access items on E-reserve, click here.

 

Madonna Catalog

     To locate subject-specific books in the Library's collection, search the Madonna Catalog.

 

Resources for Phases I, II and III

Databases

     CINAHL Plus with Full-text:  EBSCOhost

     ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source:  ProQuest

     PsycInfo:  CSA Illumina

     Psychology and Behavioral Sciences:  EBSCOhost

     Psychology Module:  ProQuest

     The Cochrane Library:  Wiley Interscience*

     Academic OneFile:  Gale Databases

     Medline:  FirstSearch

     America's Newspapers:  NewsBank

Off-campus access to the databases is limited to Madonna University students.  A password is required to access the databases remotely.  If the above links do not provide access to the resources, use the Madonna University Library Database Access page to access the databases from off-campus.  To obtain the password, contact a reference librarian at (734) 432-5767.

*To access the full-text of the Cochrane Library from off-campus, contact the Reference Librarian for account setup directions.

 

Web Sites

U.S. Government Sites

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
     http://www.cdc.gov
 
United States National Library of Medicine
     http://www.nlm.nih.gov
 
National Institutes of Health
     http://www.nih.gov
 
United States Department of Health and Human Services
     http://www.os.dhhs.gov
 
Environmental Protection Agency
     http://www.epa.gov
 
United States Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
     http://www.hud.gov

 

Subject-specific U.S. Government Sites

United States National Guideline Clearinghouse (USDHHS)
     http://www.guideline.gov
 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (USDHHS)
     http://www.ahrq.gov
 
National Institute of Nursing Research (USDHHS)
     http://www.ninr.nih.gov
 
Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities (CDC)
     http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/About/about.htm
 
Office of Minority Health (USDHHS)
   http://www.omhrc.gov
 
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC)
     http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/Default.htm
 
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (CDC)
     http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm
 
Healthy People 2010 (CDC-NCHS)
     http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hphome.htm
 
Healthy People 2010 (USDHHS)
     http://www.healthypeople.gov/
 
American Indian and Alaska Native Data and Links (Census)
     http://factfinder.census.gov/home/aian/index.html
 
National Cancer Institute (NIH)
     http://www.cancer.gov
 
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB
Prevention (CDC)
     http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp
 
Emergency Preparedness and Response - Bioterrorism (CDC)
     http://emergency.cdc.gov/bioterrorism
 
National Women's Health Information Center (USDHHS)
     http://www.4women.gov
 
Violence Against Women (NWHIC - USDHHS)
     http://www.4women.gov/violence/index.cfm
 
National Center on Elder Abuse (USDHHS)
     http://www.ncea.aoa.gov
 
Intimate Partner Violence Prevention (CDC)
     http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/IPV/default.htm
 
National Institute of Mental Health - Eating Disorders
     http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/eatingdisorders.cfm
 
Overweight and Obesity (CDC)
     http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity
 
MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC)
     http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr
 
National Office of Public Health Genomics (CDC)
     http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/default.htm
 
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)
     http://www.nida.nih.gov
 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH)
     http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
 
Physical Activity Topics (CDC)
     http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/index.htm
 
Smoking and Tobacco Use (CDC)
     http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco
 
National Tobacco Online Information Systems (CDC)
     http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/nations
 
National Eye Institute (NIH)
     http://www.nei.nih.gov
 
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NIH)
     http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm

 

Michigan State Government Sites

Michigan Department of Community Health
     http://www.michigan.gov/mdch
 
Health Disparity Reduction and Minority Health (MDCH)
     http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-
     2940_2955_2985---,00.html
 
Shortcuts to MDCH Web Topics
     http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132--78468--
     ,00.html
 
Michigan Census Statistics and Demographic Data
     http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-
     17451_18668_41233---,00.html
 
Michigan Department of Human Services
     http://www.michigan.gov/dhs
 
HealthLine:  Michigan's Public Health Community (MDCH)
     http://www.hline.org/
 
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
     http://www.michigan.gov/deq

 

Michigan Local Government Sites

Michigan Association of Counties
      http://www.micounties.org
 
Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG)
    http://www.semcog.org/homepage_alt.aspx

 

National Organizations/Associations

American Public Health Association
     http://www.apha.org
 
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
     http://phpartners.org
 
Immunofacts:  The Immunization Gateway
     http://www.immunofacts.com/index.asp
 
Immunization Action Coalition
     http://www.immunize.org
 
National Network for Immunization Information
     http://www.immunizationinfo.org
 
U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group)
     http://www.uspirg.org
 
Children's Environmental Health Network
     http://www.cehn.org
 
American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
     http://www.aaohn.org
 
National Coalition for the Homeless
     http://www.nationalhomeless.org
 
National Association for Home Care and Hospice
     http://www.nahc.org
 
Home Healthcare Nurses Association
     http://www.hhna.org
 
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
     http://www.hpna.org
 
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
     http://www.nhpco.org/templates/1/homepage.cfm
 
Hospice Foundation of America
     http://www.hospicefoundation.org
 
National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
    http://www.nccnhr.org

 

Michigan Organizations/Associations

Michigan League for Human Services
     http://www.milhs.org
 
Michigan Center for Nursing
     http://www.michigancenterfornursing.org/index.cfm
 
Michigan Association for Local Public Health
     http://www.malph.org
 
Michigan Center for Health Professions (MI Health Council)
     http://www.mhc.org
 
Michigan Health Department Directory
     http://mich.info/michigan/health/healthdept1.htm
 
Michigan Public Health Institute
     http://www.mphi.org
 
Michigan Public Health Association
     http://www.mipha.org

 

 
Created by Margaret Danowski
IT/Reference Librarian
Nursing Liaison
For assistance contact me at mdanowski@madonna.edu

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