Medical Assisting


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Journal Databases

Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile is the comprehensive premier source for authoritative, peer-reviewed full-text scholarly content across the academic disciplines.

CINAHL Complete
CINAHL Complete provides access to literature in nursing and 17 allied health disciplines from 1937 to present. The database indexes over 5,000 journal in the nursing field and health related fields. It also offers access to full-text and abstracted articles, evidence-based care sheets, and more.
Use this Toolkit for tips on how to use CINAHL Complete

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) (OPEN)
A collection of citations and abstracts of biomedical literature for health care professionals from the National Center for Biotechnology Information, a part of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

EBSCOhost
A large collection of scholarly and popular articles in a broad range of subjects.

Gale
Gale hosts a number of databases that cover a wide array of topics including both scholarly and popular articles.

Medline/PubMed (OPEN)
A collection of citations and abstracts of biomedical literature for health care professionals from the National Center for Biotechnology Information, a part of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Phlebotomy Today (OPEN)
Phlebotomy Today continues the Center for Phlebotomy Education’s tradition of providing quality information to the phlebotomy community.

ProQuest Central
A large collection of scholarly and popular articles on a broad range on subjects.

ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health
This database offers reliable, comprehensive coverage of the fields of nursing and allied health including journals (many full-text and peer-reviewed), dissertations, reference books and more.

PTSDpubs
Produced by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD, this database provides citations and abstracts to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other psychological effects of trauma.

PubMed (OPEN)
PubMed® comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

eBook Databases

eBook Clinical Collection from EBSCO
This eBook collection was built specifically to support clinical professionals, researchers, and students of medical disciplines.

eBooks from EBSCOhost
Over 4,000 eBooks in science, medicine, technology and liberal arts. In addition to new books, this database contains NetLibrary titles.

Health Reference Series Online
Each volume is comprised of a wide variety of articles from authoritative sources to inform and educate readers about a disease or disorder, giving comprehensive information needed to understand a particular medical condition.

R2 Digital Library.
R2 Digital Library is an eBook platform featuring a comprehensive collection of eBooks for allied health, health informatics, surgical technology, radiologic technology, massage, and nursing. You can create an individual login (top right corner of login page) to save your bookmarks, citations, references, and images.
View this short video on using R2 Digital Library.

Reference Databases

AHFS Consumer Medication Information
AHFS Consumer Medication Information is published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Updated monthly, the AHFS includes more than a thousand drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers.

Credo Reference
An excellent place to begin your research on an unfamiliar topic.

DailyMed (OPEN)
A collection of drug listings as submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) (OPEN)
Standards from the Joint Commission, the accrediting organization that certifies nearly 21,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States.

Occupational Outlook Handbook (OPEN)
Career information on hundreds of occupations. Published by the U. S. Department of Labor.

Guides

Medical Assisting Guide

Research Guides


Subject Librarian

Allison Vazquez, MLIS

Contact info
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