An important new partnership initiative was announced yesterday in Ottawa, Canada. The
National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI), the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the US
National Library of Medicine (NLM) will be working together to establish
PubMed Central Canada (PMC Canada). This will be a searchable, web-based, national digital repository of peer-reviewed health and life sciences literature providing free and open access to Canadian health research.
Click on the title to read the press release.Labels: Canada, CIHR, CISTI, health research, medical research, NLM, NRC, open source, PubMed Central Canada
Read what is being said about the St. Kitts & Nevis women's health promotion inititative ~
"Healthy Women, Healthy Nation Project" Kittivitian Life Magazine has just published an article by Orita Bailey called
"A Healthy Workforce is a Productive Workforce." Labels: Caribbean, health promotion, health research, research study, St. Kitts, womens health
HSR Methods is a new Web site for health services researchers from AcademyHealth.
The site provides key links, resources and current information on health services research methods and seeks to promote dialogue among health services researchers.
Labels: AcademyHealth, health research, health services, research methods, resources for researchers
"In the 1950s there were seven nursing journals;
today there are close to 500.
It’s essential that any kind of student, in nursing or any other field, has access to information because that’s part of the learning experience. They are required to do research and, in order to do it in a timely manner, they need a biblographic database. The one that covers nursing is CINAHL, ...”
June Levy, Director of CINAHL Information Systems.
As IUON students you have access to the
CINAHL database
through your EBSCO login; via the regular
EBSCO interface
or the new
Nursing Reference Center interface.
[See the links in the sidebar.]CINAHL = "Cumulative Index for Nursing & Allied Health Literature"
Title link to article by Christina Orlovsky posted on NurseZone.comCheck out this great CINAHL tutorial:
"Using CINAHL Plus with Full Text to Find Medical Information"by
James Carson, Librarian at Lake-Sumter Community College.
Labels: CINAHL, health research, journal database, nursing literature, tutorials
