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Welcome to the Health Sciences Library Guide for studies in Child Life and Pediatric Psychosocial Care. This guide has gathered relevant resources to help you succeed in your program.
Key Databases
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Emcare This link opens in a new window Emcare is a global nursing and healthcare database covering nursing specialties, allied health, midwifery, psychiatry, emergency care, healthcare management, education, and both clinical and non-clinical fields.
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CINAHL This link opens in a new window Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Professional literature of nursing, allied health, biomedicine, and healthcare.
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Embase This link opens in a new window Biomedical database with coverage that encompasses more European and International content than Medline.
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MEDLINE This link opens in a new window A comprehensive source of life sciences and biomedical bibliographic information. A free version of MEDLINE is offered through PUBMED.
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PsycINFO (Ovid) This link opens in a new window Abstracts literature in psychology, medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, and linguistics from journals, books, reports, conferences, theses, and dissertations.
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ERIC This link opens in a new window ERIC is a digital library of education resources, offering access to journal articles, reports, theses, and more. It includes RIE and CIJE indexes, with 107,000+ free full-text documents via the U.S. Dept. of Education at (http://www.eric.ed.gov/).
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Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window A leading sociology database indexing 1,800+ global journals since 1952. Covers social sciences like anthropology, criminology, education, and urban studies. Includes abstracts of books, chapters, reviews, dissertations, and conference papers.
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SPORTDiscus This link opens in a new window Comprehensive database covering sport, fitness, and related fields. Includes journals, monographs, 22,000+ theses, and articles in 60 languages. Access limited to 8 users at a time.
Clinical Tools
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DynaMed This link opens in a new window Evidence-based tool covering diseases, disorders, and symptoms—includes etiology, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, prevention, and drug info. For best access, use Internet Explorer 11 or the latest Firefox, Chrome, or Edge.
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Best Practice This link opens in a new window A decision-support tool at the point of care. Latest research evidence, guidelines, and expert opinion are combined and presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Incorporates BMJ Clinical Evidence.
Additional Resources
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Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window The Library includes evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, methodology reviews, clinical trials, and more with a focus on evidence-based health care.
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Canadian Public Documents Collection This link opens in a new window Collection of monograph publications from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, university research centres. From Scholars Portal, search within the Canadian Public Documents Collection
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Campbell Collaboration Provides systematic reviews in the fields of crime and justice, disability, education, international development, knowledge translation and implementation, nutrition, and social welfare.
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JSTOR JSTOR collections provide access to a digital archive of journals in the areas of Arts, Business, Economics, and Sciences. JSTOR includes the entire runs of these journals, from the very first issue to the volumes published a few years ago. JSTOR is a backfile collection and excludes the most recent issues (as part of the terms of the agreement with the journal publishers). Each journal has a "moving wall" after which the current issues are added to JSTOR.
Citation Style Guides
- Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (available in print only)
- Library Guides: APA Style Guide (McMaster)
- APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources
- Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format (Purdue University Online Writing Lab)
- Guide to APA Style (University of Toledo)
- Guide to Citing Canadian Government Publications (Mount Allison University)
- RefWorks (bibliobraphic citation management software)
