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Meet Your Librarians

Debra

Debra Lee Boddington, M.L.S.
Assistant Professor, Librarian
Liaison and Education Librarian
Phone: 501-686-6748
Email:DLBoddington@uams.edu

 

 

Sheila

Sheila Thomas, MA(LS), MEd
Assistant Professor, Librarian
Research and Clinical Search Services Librarian
Phone: 501-686-6736
Email: slthomas2@uams.edu


Drug & Clinical Summary Resources

Lexi Comp
Point of care source for pharmacology and clinical information. Clinical applications include drug interactions, tablet & capsule identification, medical calculations and patient advisory leaflets.
tutorial


MICROMEDEX

Referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine. (on campus only)


Clin-eguide
Point-of-care tool that provides coverage in the areas of clinical, drug, & guidelines.


DynaMed

Daily updated point of care summaries in outline form of diseases, disorders, and symptoms, with treatment & histories. Calculators.
tutorial


UpToDate

Concise summaires in article form. topic reviews of published evidence with recommendations for patient care.
tutorial

more clinical resources....

Finding Articles

CINAHL Plus with Full-Text 
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. The premiere research article database for nursing literature. tutorial | Quick Tips

PubMed  
The most comprehensive resource for locating biomedical journal
articles and contains significant nursing and nursing-related research
that compliments CINAHL. tutorial

PsycInfo
Journal literature related to psychosocial aspects of health,
nursing, patient care, mental health, and medicine.
tutorial

more eResources…..

 

Finding Books

eBooks
Browse or search by title options, subject, ISBN, DOI. For subject searching, select from the drop down box "Title Contains ALL Words". Use the term NURS* (truncation symbol * looks for nurse, nurses, nursing).

Print Books
Search the UAMS Library Catalog by title or topic such as:
Nursing Theory, Palliative care, Geriatric Nurs* (truncation symbol * looks for nurse, nurses, nursing)


Finding Journals

eJournals
Browse or search by title options, subject, ISSN, DOI, PubMed ID. For subject searching, select from the drop down box "Title Contains ALL Words". Use the term NURS* (truncation symbol * looks for nurse, nurses, nursing).

Print Journals and ejournals not in eJournals page.
Search the UAMS Library Catalog by title, keyword, subject, etc.


Writing & Citing

Grammar & Composition (OWL Purdue)

APA Formatting & Style Guide (OWL Purdue)

Plagiarism & Copyright

Scholarly Publishing Guidelines

 

EBP Resources

Cochrane Library
Find systematic Reviews

National Guideline Clearinghouse
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines with links to full-text guidelines when available.
tutorial 

TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) Database
Simultaneously search  for systematic reviews, practice guidelines, cmedical image databases, e-textbooks, etc.


Guides

Guide to Locating Test & Instruments

Guide to Health Statistics

Guide to Grey Literature

RefWorks Central

more guides…..


Aditional Resources

Image Resources

Mobile Devices & Resources

UAMS College of Nursing Home Page

Blackboard

Student Resources

Financial Aid Exit Counseling