Health Sciences & Medicine 

Recommended

Abstracts, Databases, & Indexes

• Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database -  
• CINAHL Plus with Full Text -  
• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews -  
• Dissertations and Theses -  
• Google Scholar -  
• Health Business FullTEXT -  
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition -  
• Medline (EBSCO) -  
• MedlinePlus -  
• PubMed -  
• Web of Science -  

Dictionaries & Thesauri

• Medicine [Subject Dictionaries] -  
• Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions -  
• Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online -  

Directories

• ClinicalTrials.gov -  

Encyclopedias

• Credo Reference -  
• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine -  
• Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health -  
• Gale Virtual Reference Library -  
• Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online -  
• Oxford Reference Online Premium -  
• Primal Pictures -  

Facts & Statistics

• Health United States -  
• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) -  

Handbooks

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR -  
• Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine -  
• Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide -  
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy -  

Helmke Library Guides

• Biology Course Guides -  
• FIND IT Tutorial -  
• Finding Articles Tutorial -  
• Helmke Library Tour -  
• Is Your Journal Scholarly? -  
• Is Your Web Site Credible? -  
• Library of Congress Classification -  
• Nursing Course Guides -  
• Patents and Trademarks -  

Internet Search Engines

• Google -  

Library Catalogs

• IUCAT Catalog (Indiana University's online library catalog) -  
• WorldCat -  

Patents & Trademarks

• Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Database -  
• Patents and Trademarks -  
• Trademark Electronic Business Center -  

Style, Publishing, & Writing Guides

• AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (Service Desk R119 .A533 2007, [shelf 1a]) -  
• APA Style.org: Electronic References -  
• Citing Medicine: the NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers -  
• Online Writing Lab at Purdue (OWL) -  
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Service Desk BF76.7 .P83 2010) -  

Web sites

• Flu.gov -  

Useful

Abstracts, Databases, & Indexes

• Academic Search Premier -  
• ACP-Journal Club -  
• AgeSource/AgeStates Worldwide -  
• Anthropology Plus -  
• Bioethics Research from the Kennedy Institute of Ethics -  
• Biomedical Reference Collections -  
• Cancer.gov (PubMed) -  
• Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CCTR) -  
• Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects -  
• EBM Reviews Full Text -  
• EBSCOhost Databases -  
• Health and Psychosocial Instruments -  
• Health Source: Consumer Edition -  
• Health Technology Assessment -  
• Healthstar -  
• Hospitality & Tourism Index -  
• IngentaConnect -  
• INSPIRE Indiana Virtual Library -  
• Journals@Ovid (Full Text) -  
• JSTOR -  
• Lancet Archive -  
• LexisNexis Statistical -  
• Medline (Web of Science) -  
• MEDLINEŽ Daily Update -  
• MEDLINEŽ In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations (PREM) -  
• National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature -  
• NHS Economic Evaluation Database -  
• OLDMEDLINE -  
• Popline -  
• ResearchNow -  
• Search 360 -  
• TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) Database -  
• Your Journals@Ovid -  

Bibliographies

• iBidX - IPFW Faculty Scholarly Works Database -  

Biographies

• 19th Century Indiana Physicians -  

Dictionaries & Thesauri

• Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units -  

Directories

• Associations Unlimited -  
• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Psychology (Ready Reference BF30 .C25, [shelf 18]) -  
• HealthFinder.gov -  

Encyclopedias

• Columbia Encyclopedia -  
• Encyclopedia of Bioethics -  
• Encyclopedia of Reproduction (Science Reference QP251 .E48125 1998) -  
• Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders -  

Facts & Statistics

• International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) -  
• Journal Citation Reports -  
• LexisNexis Statistical -  

Handbooks

• Books@Ovid -  
• Bookshelf (NCBI) -  
• Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements -  
• Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Pediatrics -  
• Handbook of Stress, Coping, and Health: Implications for Nursing Research, Theory, and Practice -  
• Mosby's Handbook of Herbs & Natural Supplements -  
• Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics (Science Reference RJ45 .N4 2007) -  
• Oski's Pediatrics: Principles & Practice -  
• Paediatrics: a Clinical Guide for Nurse Practitioners -  

Helmke Library Guides

• Creating Effective Library Assignments -  
• Foraging For Information Worksheet (PDF) -  
• Information Literacy Tool Kits -  
• Medical Anthropology and Transcultural Health Care -  
• Plagiarism Information -  
• Statistical Sources -  
• West Nile Virus -  

Library Catalogs

• IUCAT Library Help Topics -  
• IUCAT Library Locations -  
• IUCAT Request Delivery Fact Sheet -  
• IUCAT Shelving Locations -  
• Searching IUCAT Tutorial -  

Primary Sources

• eHRAF Archaeology -  
• eHRAF World Cultures -  
• LexisNexis Statistical -  
• Medicine, Health, and Bioethics: Essential Primary Sources -  
• ResearchNow -  

Quotations

• Oxford Dictionary of Quotations -  

Reviews

• Book Review Index Online -  

Style, Publishing, & Writing Guides

• Chicago Manual of Style (Service Desk Z253 .U69 2003, [shelf 1A]) -  
• Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing (Service Desk Z286 .E43 C65 2003, [shelf 1a]) -  
• Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Sourcebook for Educators, Students, and Librarians (Ready Reference Z692.C65 E44 2004, [shelf 18]) -  
• Form & Style: Research Papers, Reports, Theses (Service Desk LB2369 .C3 2008, [shelf 1a]) -  
• Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: A Handbook for Students and Faculty (Ready Reference LB2369 .M377, [shelf 18]) -  
• Handbook of NonSexist Writing (Reference PN218 .M5 1988) -  
• IPFW Editorial Style Guide -  
• Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers (Service Desk LB2369 .T8 2007, [shelf 1a]) -  
• Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication -