Xavier University: Library: Database Guides: Radiologic Technology

CINAHL Plus (Cummulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) (1937-present; updated weekly; upgraded to include more full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) indexes over 3,024 nursing and allied health journals, with complete coverage of journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association. It includes every US nursing journal published and covers nursing, biomedicine, consumer health, alternative/complementary medicine, health sciences librarianship, and 17 allied health disciplines, including occupational and physical therapy. It includes searchable cited references for more than 1,160 journals and provides full-text for hundreds of journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. It features Quick Lessons, Clinical Queries, and Evidence-Based Care Sheets. It is produced by CINAHL Information Systems and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing. Evidence-Based Practice Tip: To limit search results to articles with some level of evidence: Type your search strategy in the textboxes provided. At your search results, click Search Options (in right menu). The Search Options window will open and in the Publication Type selectbox click Research. Then click the Search button at top or bottom of the Search Options window.

Academic Search Complete (1985-present; updated daily; more full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) is a multidisciplinary database that covers nearly all academic areas of study. It indexes and abstracts over 9,300 journals, many of them peer-reviewed (4,400), and provides full-text for over 5,300 journals. It also includes indexing and abstracts for books, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 journals. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Google Scholar (much full-text; RefWorks & FIND IT @ XU help) provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research. Use the advanced search for maximum search capabilities and use Scholar preferences to display FIND IT @ XU and RefWorks direct export links.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (1984-present; updated daily; much full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 850 journals, of which 450 are peer reviewed and 550 are full-text. It covers many medical disciplines with a strong focus on nursing and allied health. It includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide which provides up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs. It is published by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

MEDLINE, EBSCO (some full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care and pre-clinical sciences. It indexes over 4,800 current biomedical journals. It includes citations from Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, and Index to Dental Literature. It is produced by the National Library of Medicine and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing. Evidence-Based Practice Tip: To limit search results to articles with some level of evidence: Type your search strategy in the textboxes provided. At your search results, click Search Options (in right menu). The Search Options window will open and in the Publication Type selectbox hold down the Ctrl key and click Clinical Trial (and all clinical trial phases), Controlled Clinical Trial, Meta-Analysis, and Randomized Controlled Trial. Then click the Search button at top or bottom of the Search Options window.

Oxford Reference Online, Medicine (all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help) is a cross-searchable database of 6 encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference works covering the body, medical terms, medicinal drugs, medicine, nursing, psychology and sports science. It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.

PubMed (mid1950s-present; updated daily; some full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides free access to the bibliographic information contained in MEDLINE and OLD MEDLINE. It provides abstracts and indexing for over 5,000 periodicals in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care and preclinical sciences. Coverage is worldwide with extensive links to genomic information. It also includes the MEDLINE subsets AIDSLINE, BIOETHICSLINE, and HEALTHSTAR - search these subsets separately by clicking Topic-Specific Queries and then selecting the subset you want. It is produced by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the user interface is provided by the Entrez retrieval system of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Evidence-Based Practice Tip: To limit search results to articles with some level of evidence: Click Clinical Queries in the left sidebar. Select an appropriate Category and Emphasis. Use a broad Emphasis to retrieve more articles. If necessary, select other limits (e.g., English language or date) to reduce retrieval.

Science Citation Index (SCI) (alternative link; 1980-present; updated weekly; some full-text; RefWorks Help; tutorial; citation alerts; saving searches & creating alerts; journal titles) provides bibliographic information and cited references for over 5,700 scientific research journals. It covers agriculture, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, dentistry, ecology, engineering, environmental sciences, geography, mathematics, medicine, physics, plant sciences, psychiatry, veterinary sciences, and zoology. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Click Change Limits and Settings to search only this database. Click Register or Sign In to save searches and receive search history and citation alerts. Evidence-Based Practice Tip: To limit search results to articles with some level of evidence: Type your topic in the textboxes provided. Type your academic disicipline (e.g., occupational therapy, social work, nursing) in the next available textbox. Type research in the next available textbox. Click the down arrow adjacent to the last two textboxes and select Topic.

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) (alternative link; 1980-present; updated weekly; some full-text; RefWorks Help; tutorial; citation alerts; saving searches & creating alerts; journal titles) provides bibliographic information and cited references for over 1,700 social sciences journals. It covers anthropology, business, communication, demography, economics, education, ethnic studies, family studies, health policy, history, information & library science, international relations, law, management, nursing, political science, psychology, public administration, rehabilitation, social work, sociology, substance abuse, transportation, urban studies, women's studies. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Click Change Limits and Settings to search only this database. Click Register or Sign In to save searches and receive search history and citation alerts. Evidence-Based Practice Tip: To limit search results to articles with some level of evidence: Type your topic in the textboxes provided. Type your academic discipline (e.g., occupational therapy, social work, nursing) in the next available textbox. Type research in the next available textbox. Click the down arrow adjacent to the last two textboxes and select Topic.

Alternative Health Watch (about 1984-present; updated daily; all full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides access to over 140 international and often peer-reviewed journals. It covers alternative, complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care, medicine and wellness. It includes reports, proceedings, association and consumer newsletters, pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Annual Reviews (some 1932-present; all full-text; XLinks) offers a comprehensive collection of critical reviews written by leading scientists in 30 disciplines within the biomedical, physical, and social sciences. Note: the library has not purchased the full-text all of the academic disciplines represented in this database. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Annual Reviews.

Biological Abstracts & Biosis Previews (1980-present; Abstracts updated twice per month; Previews updated weekly; Video tutorials; RefWorks help; Journal list; Saving searches) contains abstracts and bibliographic references to the worldwide biological, medical, and pharmacological literature. It indexes about 5,000 life sciences journals and includes 1,500 international meetings and discoveries of new organisms, as well as review articles and selected books. It is produced by Thompson Scientific and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

BioMed Central (some full-text; RefWorks Help; XLinks) provides access to 100 online and print-based journals as well as Faculty of 1000, a literature evaluation service. All research articles and most other content are fully and rapidly peer-reviewed. The form of peer review is left to those responsible for the editorial control of participating journals. Authors retain copyright to their articles. It is produced by contributing authors and participating journals, and the user interface is provided by BioMed Central.

Cancer Subset of PubMed (mid 1950s-present; updated daily; RefWorks help; XLinks) worldwide cancer information in MEDLINE/PubMed from over 5,000 periodicals in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care and preclinical sciences. Select the Cancer subject/subset. Users can also search the NLM Catalog for books and other materials. It is produced by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the user interface is provided by the Entrez retrieval system of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Cochrane Database (updated quarterly; systematic reviews full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) contains systematic reviews providing high quality evidence for people providing and receiving care. It includes citations to controlled trials, effectiveness reviews, methodology register, economic evaluations of health care interventions, and healthcare technology assessments. It is produced by the Cochrane Library and the user interface is provided by Wiley InterScience. Evidence-Based Practice Tip: Click Advanced Search. Under Restrict Search by Product uncheck All of Cochrane and check either Cochrane Reviews or Clicnial Trials. All articles in this database should have some level of evidence.

Electronic Journal Center (about 1995-present; updates dependent upon publisher; all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks; saving searches) is a multidisciplinary collection of about 5,000 journals published by Academic Press, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, American Psychological Association (PsycARTICLES), Association of Computing Machinery, Berkeley Electronic Press, BioOne, Blackwell, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Emerald (MCB University Press), Ingenta, Institute of Physics, Kluwer, Lawrence Erlbaum, Optical Society of America, Oxford University Press, Project MUSE, Royal Society of Chemistry, Springer-Verlag, Thieme and Wiley. Scholars can be notified by email about new relevant articles according to subject, author or journal title. It is compiled by and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (eLS) (continuously updated; all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help) is a reference work in the biological sciences for both students and professionals. It contains 4,700 peer-reveiwed articles written by leading scientists in the field. It includes overviews, links to related articles, how to cite, videos, glossaries and excellent graphics that can be printed separately. Articles can be printed, emailed, or exported into bibliographic management services.Many of the article's cited references are linked to full-text. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Wiley.

Health Source: Consumer Edition (1984-present; updated daily; much full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides indexing and abstracts for over 130 full-text consumer health magazines. It covers AIDS, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, aging, fitness, nutrition and dietetics, children’s health, women’s health, and more. It includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, 130 health reference books; 1,000 health-related pamphlets; 4,500 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish); and the Merriam-Webster Medical Desk Dictionary. It is published by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

History of Science, Technology and Medicine (1973-present; updated quarterly; some full-text; RefWorks help) covers the history of all scientific disciplines. Subjects include agricultural sciences, alchemy, anthropology, archaeology, astrology, astronomy, biological sciences, biotechnology, chemistry, computer and information sciences, electronics, engineering, environmental sciences, geography, historiography, mathematics, medical sciences, military technology, natural history, neurosciences, occult sciences, paleontology, pharmacy, physics, psychiatry, psychology, public health and technology. It indexes 9,500 journals as well as conference proceedings, books, dissertations, maps and other materials. It is produced by the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Wellcome Library, Society for the History of Technology, and History of Science Society. The user interface is provided by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).

INSPEC (1969-present; updated weekly; some full-text; RefWorks help; video tutorial; saving searches) provides access to the world's scientific and technical literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, and information technology. It is produced by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

INSPEC Archive (1898-1968; RefWorks help; video tutorial) provides access to Science Abstracts journals and covers over 70 years of international scientific and technical literature in physics and engineering. It is produced by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Lexi-PALS Drug Guide (updated monthly; all full-text; video tutorials) was formerly incorporated into Health Source (both the nursing & consumer editions), but is now separate database. It provides vital information on medications for patients through its Patient Advisory Leaflets. It contains over 1,450 medication and natural product leaflets representing the most commonly used medications, with an additional 600 leaflets in Spanish. It is produced by Lexi-Comp, Inc. and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

LexisNexis Academic (all full-text; RefWorks help; alternative access; Shepardize handout) covers a wide variety of subjects including law, government, international affairs, politics, current events, business and medicine. Legal research provides federal and state cases, Shepard's citations, federal and state codes, tax law, Canadian court cases and legislation, law reviews, and patents. Business research allows users to create company profiles, lists, and comparisons, as well as SEC filings, account and country profiles. Company reports can be created and data can be downloaded into spreadsheets. The People tab allows users to find obituaries, elected officials, and industry contacts. It is compiled by and the user interface is provided by LexisNexis.

LWW Nursing Collection (coverage beginning in 1995 to 2006-present; all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks test) indexes and abstracts 193 nursing periodicals with links to the full-text for all article in the journals. Users can search by keyword(s), enter a citation, or browse journals by subject category or by name from an A-Z list. In the browse mode, users can set up an RSS feed of the table of contents for any journal in the collection. Search results provide view abstract, find similar, find citing articles, TOC of the journal, and view the complete reference. The complete reference includes references cited by the author(s). It is produced by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and the user interface is provided by Wolters Klluwer | OVID. To begin searching, click the Continue button and then Your Journals@Ovid. This database permits only one concurrent user per journal within the database.

Natural and Alternative Treatments (1997-present; all full-text) provides accurate, unbiased information on natural health. It contains articles on herbs and supplements, medical conditions, drug interactions, alternative therapies and homeopathy. Articles are based on double-blind, placebo-controlled studies and other forms of meaningful scientific evidence. More than 12,000 such studies are cited in the material, and new studies are added as they appear. The evidence-based content has been developed and reviewed by a team of physicians and pharmacologists with the goal of providing reliable information without exaggeration or misrepresentation. The user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Oxford Reference Online, Physical Sciences & Mathematics (all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help) is a cross-searchable database of 7 encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference works covering astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, physics, scientists, statistics, and technology as well as weights, measures and units. It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.

ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source (formerly ProQuest Nursing Journals; 1986-present; all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks; title list) offers the full-text of 444 nursing and related publications. Special resource links on the home page includes Evidence Summaries, Systematic Reviews, and Best Practice Information Sheets from the Joanna Briggs Institute. There are also cultural competency briefs by religion and ethnicity as well as 75 video training programs. Study paths permit users to view full-text articles recommended by a board of experienced nurse educators on topics relevant to the typical nursing curriculum in practical and registered nursing. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by ProQuest.

ProQuest Statistical Datasets (formerly LexisNexis Statistical; exportable data; users guide) includes datasets from many sources, including the US government, international organizations, and the private sector. It covers all subject areas, including banking and finance, criminal justice and law, education, energy resources and demand, food and agriculture, government and politics, health and vital statistics, housing and construction, industry and commerce, international; labor and employment, natural resources and environment, population and income, prices and cost of living, stocks and commodities, and transportation and travel. Users can search datasets by keyword; browse datasets by subject or source; display datasets by trend, map or ranking; and output datasets in print, PDF, delimited, Excel or SAS formats. Datasets can be limited by date and geographic area (country, state, county). Years available varies by dataset; for example, births 1999-present and breast cancer 1973-present. It also features datasets currently in the news, such as crude oil price, 30-year fixed mortgage rate, airline on-time arrival rate, campaign contributions for both Obama and McCain, gasoline prices, the prime rate and the unemployment rate. It is compiled by and the user interface is provided by ProQuest. Users will need to run the Java installation.

Science Online (all full-text; XLinks) is an online encyclopedia and NOT the journal, Science. It offers a comprehensive, curriculum-oriented overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines including biology and life sciences, chemistry, computer science, earth science, environmental science, forensic science, mathematics, physics, space and astronomy, and weather and climate. Content is organized by subject area and type of resource, as well as by national and state science education standards. It contains over 6,800 printable diagrams, illustrations and images; hundreds of videos and flash animations; over 1,000 science experiments and activities indexed by grade and time required; thousands of biographies of key scientists; thousands of definitions; a searchable timeline of science history; and national and state science education standards. Special features include Editor's Selection of the Month and Focus On. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Facts on File.