NURSING 630
Advanced Community Assessment
Dr. Marjorie McCullagh

For Library assistance, contact Marilyn Hedberg (Life Sciences Librarian), Kathy Thomas (Government Documents Librarian), the Main Library reference desk, or the Health Sciences Library.

Online Catalogs

Databases

    Click on Databases from the Libraries home page
      Use the pull-down list "By Subject" and go to
      • Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences
      • Nursing
    You'll find links to and descriptions of many relevant databases including:
    • CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
        Index to journals in all aspects of nursing and allied health, focusing on nursing, health, biomedicine, and consumer health. Indexes more than 2,700 health-related publications; more than 330 journals are available in full-text format. Nursing, allied health, consumer health, alternative therapies, biomedicine, and health administration are just a few of the topics covered in the CINAHL database.
    • Medline
        Index with abstracts to medical and biomedical research published in more than 4,600 research journals. PubMed access to MEDLINE also includes the National Library of Medicine molecular biology databases. In addition to clinical medicine research, the PubMedE database supports research in nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, pre-clinical sciences, environmental science, plant and animal science, biophysics and chemistry. PubMed provides access to selected full-text articles.
    • Sociological Abstracts
        Indexes and abstracts the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,700 periodicals. Also covers selected books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
    • Social Services Abstracts
        Provides coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,600 journals and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
    Web of Science
      This resource offers access to journal articles in the sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities. Web of Science contains over 100 years of valuable research, fully indexed and cross-searchable.

Health Information Resources

Demographic Resources

    Census of Population and Housing printed reports
      See ODIN for specific call numbers and holdings for each state (some are located in off-campus storage-- request via Pull Service form)
    County and City Data Book
      Official population and housing data plus business and other data for all U.S. counties, cities with 25,000 or more inhabitants, and places of 2,500 or more inhabitants.
      • Latest edition: Main Floor - Reference HA202 .A36
      • Older editions: 2nd Floor - General Stacks HA202 .A36
    Statistical Abstract of the United States
      Published since 1878, the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
      • Latest edition: Main Floor - Reference HA202
      • Older editions: 2nd Floor - General Stacks HA202
    Guides to Federal WWW Resources
      FirstGov
        Easy, one-stop access to online Federal Government resources.
      FedStats: Federal Statistics
        Easy access to statistics and information of interest to the public produced by more than 70 Federal Government agencies. Includes Regional Statistics, Demographic/Economic State and County Profiles, and State/Regional Data Centers.