Table of Contents:

Health Care Databases

Background Information Sources

Web Resources

Research Tips

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Health Care Databases

Article databases provide references, abstracts and sometimes the full article from journals, magazines, books and other published literature.

• MEDLINE (EbscoHost)
  The complete MEDLINE database from 1966 to the present. MEDLINE provides references and abstracts to the research journal literature in all areas of medicine, including emergency medicine.

• CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) 
  References and abstracts to the nursing and allied health literature including articles, books and dissertations from 1982 to the present time.  Many full text articles.

• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
  Over 500 scholarly full text journals covering the health and medical areas. Abstracts and references for over 500 additional journals.

• ScienceDirect College Edition-Health and Life Sciences Journal Collection

Science Direct College Edition is a database of full-text, high quality journals published by Elsevier. Citations & abstracts are provided for pre- 2002 information and for Elsevier journals the library does not subscribe to. 2002 - present.

• BioMed Central

An independent publishing house, committed to providing free access to more than 170 peer-reviewed biomedical research articles. Online journals cover biology, medicine, and the life sciences. Open Access, but new users need to set up an account to use it.

• Academic Search Premier

The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost

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Background Information Sources

Critical Care Transport Field Guide - RC86.7.C98 2001

Critical Thinking in the Emergency Department: Skills to Assess, Analyze, and Act - RT120.E4 C62 2006

Emergency Care - RC86.7.B68 2005
Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured - RC86.7.A43 2005

Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains (2007, National Academies Press)
Emergency Medical Services: At the Crossroads (2007, National Academies Press)

Emergency Medical Services Sourcebook - Ref RA645.5.E493 2002
First Responder - RC86.7.B47 1999
Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point (2007, National Academies Press)

Mastering ACLS - RC87.9.M375 2006
Medical Emergency Teams: Implementation and Outcome Measurement - RC86.7.M443 2006
Mosby's Emergency Nursing Reference - Ref RT120.E4 M69 1996
Mosby's EMT-B Certification Preparation and Review - RC86.9.M34 2002
Mosby's Critical Care and Emergency Drug Reference - Ref RM301.12.K44 1994
Paramedic Care: Principles and Practice - RC86.7.B5964 2005
Prehospital Emergency Pharmacology - RC86.7.B597 2001
Professional Rescuer CPR - RC87.9.P76 2007
Principles of Advanced Trauma Care - RC86.7.H83 2002
Sheehy's Manual of Emergency Care - RC86.8.S54 2005

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Web Resources

Associations/Organizations

• American Academy of Emergency Medicine
• American Ambulance Association
• American Board of Emergency Medicine
• American Trauma Society
• Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services
• Fraternal Order of Paramedics and EMTs Society
• International Trauma Life Support
• National Academies of Emergency Dispatch
• National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
• National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation
• National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration EMS (EMS.gov)
• Utah Dept. of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services

General Websites

• EM-DAT The International Disaster Database
• Emergency Medical Services for Children (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
• Emergency Medicine Articles from eMedicine
• EMS Live
• EMSResponder.com
• EMTB.com Learning Resources
• GIS for Emergency Medical Services
• Lifelong Learning and Self Assessment Reading Lists (ABEM)
• Paramedic Resources and Protocols (NY Emergency Room RN)
• Radiation Event Medical Management (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
• WISER-Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (National Library of Medicine)
• WMD First Responders

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Research Tips

• Clearly identify your information need
• Identify key words and search terms to match your topic
• Develop search statements using advanced search techniques
  • Boolean logic, adjacency searching and truncation
• Use the Online Catalog to find books
• Use Health Professions article databases to find journal articles
• Go back to the online catalog to see if the journals are in Stewart Library and where they are located, or search the Eccles Health Science Library Online Catalog to locate journals in Utah medical and hospital libraries.
• Use Interlibrary loan to get materials that are not in Stewart Library
• Use search engines to find Web information
• Carefully evaluate the information you find for usefulness and quality
• Revise your search terms and strategy to expand or narrow your results, be creative, look in other areas
• Once you have found information from an Internet site you can Email the documents to yourself, print or save them to a floppy disk
• Use appropriate style to document and cite research
• Ask for HELP at  Reference , via phone or email

Contact our Health Sciences Librarian for more help:

G. Megan Davis

Room 149

Stewart Library

megandavis1@weber.edu

801-626-6069