CCSF Library: Licensed Vocational/Practical Nursing: Articles

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Library subscription databases for LVN

American Journal of Nursing This link opens in a new window
Evidence-based, peer-reviewed clinical information and original research, discussion of relevant and controversial professional issues, adherence to the standards of journalistic integrity and excellence, and promotion of nursing perspectives to the health care community and the public.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Good source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 750 journals indexed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
Health and Medicine (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources. 1980-
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Providing nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) This link opens in a new window
Access to full text articles from the Journal of the American Medical Association from 1998-present. Other JAMA publications will show on the site, but our paid access is for JAMA only. A trusted resource for medical professionals.
MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
New England Journal of Medicine This link opens in a new window
This influential peer-reviewed journal provides access to research and key information at the intersection of biomedical science and clinical practice, in an understandable and clinically useful format. Through the NEJM Archive, every article published in NEJM since 1812 — a rich history of modern medicine — is available and completely searchable online.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Contains citations and abstracts from more than 4,600 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. The file contains over 11 million citations dating back to the mid 1960's. Abstracts and ability to filter for free full-text articles.

Free databases on the Web

Medline
Providing authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more.

National Guideline Clearinghouse
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

TOXNET
National Library of Medicine online database of toxicology information

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy - Online
Online version, with features not available in the print version, and "continuously updated to ensure that the information is as up-to-date as possible."