Electronic Resource Trials
Trial of ProQuest's Nursing & Allied Health Source Database
(through 12/31/09)
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. This versatile database is designed to meet the needs of researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides abstracting and indexing for more than 850 titles, with over 715 titles in full-text, plus more than 12,000 full text dissertations and all Joanna Briggs Institute resources.
To access the Nursing & Allied Health Source trial go to: http://proquest.umi.com/login
Trial of Joanna Briggs Institute: An Evidence -Based Practice Resource
(through 12/31/09)
The OHSU Library has obtained a trial to the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). JBI is an International not-for-profit research and development organization specializing in Evidence-Based resources for healthcare professionals in nursing, midwifery, medicine, and allied health.
JBI offers resources designed to meet the needs of service providers, health professionals and consumers by connecting the best available international evidence to the point of care. Their mission statement contains even more information.
To access the JBI trial, go to either link:
http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au
http://www.jbiconnect.org
The OHSU Library is considering purchasing EITHER the Joanna Briggs Institute suite of products OR the ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source database.
Please try them out and let us know what you think by completing this quick survey (5 minutes) to help us gather feedback: SURVEY
Trial of Natural Standard
(through 1/31/10)
http://www.naturalstandard.com
Natural Standard is an international research collaboration that aggregates and synthesizes data on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Using a comprehensive methodology and reproducible grading scales, information is created that is evidence-based, consensus-based, and peer-reviewed, tapping into the collective expertise of a multidisciplinary Editorial Board.
Database Features:
-Clinical decision support for dietary supplements, herbs, vitamins, minerals, non-prescription drugs, functional foods, diets, complementary practices (modalities), exercises, and medical conditions with an integrative approach to healthcare.
-Foreign language articles included in literature capture
-Comparative efficacy charts with validated & reproducible evidence grades
-News and events- scientific research updates, products recalls, contaminants, regulatory affairs
-Interaction checker screens international drugs, herbs, foods, supplements, nutrient depletion, labs, brand names, generics, OTCs
-Adverse Effects, Precautions/Contraindications, Dosing/Toxicology, Products Studied, Interactions, Pregnancy/Lactation Data, Medical Conditions, Genomics/Proteomics
-Pharmacology/Mechanism of Action, Pharmacodynamics/Kinetics, Evidence Table, Clinical Trial Analysis, 3rd Party Tested Brands
-Symptom checker, interactive calculators, blog, audio, podcast
-CE modules for multiple healthcare disciplines
-Nutrition Database, Practitioner Database
Trial of SpringerImages
The OHSU Library currently has access to a trial of "SpringerImages" http://www.springerimages.com/.
SpringerImages is a growing collection of scientific images that spans the scientific, technical and medical fields, including high-quality clinical images from Images.MD. The continually updated collection – currently over 1.5 million images – gathers photos, graphs, histograms, figures, and tables, and is available to libraries and their patrons via a searchable online database. The SpringerImages interface enables users to search faster, more broadly and more accurately, through captions, keywords, context and more, even jumping from the image to the source article. Users can create personalized image "sets," and can easily export images for use in their own presentations or lectures. Images obtained from SpringerImages can be used for almost all non-commercial purposes, including integration into presentations and PDF documents.
This access to Springer Images will last through the end of December 2009. Questions? Contact Friday Valentine, Cataloging & Metadata Librarian, (503) 494-0883, valentif@ohsu.edu.
Nursing Reference Center
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=nrc
Note: Available from on-campus only.
Nursing Reference Center offers staff nurses, nurse administrators, nursing students, nurse faculty, and hospital librarians the best available and most recent clinical evidence and knowledge on conditions and diseases, patient education, and drug & reference information from top publishers. A point-of-care reference tool designed to provide relevant clinical resources to nurses, Nursing Reference Center provides access to thousands of full text documents, covering diseases & conditions, labs & diagnostics, as well as drug & reference information from top publishers.
