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REFERENCE

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NURSING
  • Canadian Association for the History of Nursing  
    (CAHN) Founded in 1987 the CAHN is an interest group of the Canadian Nurses Association.  Its purpose is to promote interest in the history of nursing and to develop scholarship in the field.  Includes Links to other sites.
  • Canadian RN
    Educational links, job postings and employer directory
  • College of Nurses of Ontario
    The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) is the governing body for registered nurses (RNs) and registered practical nurses (RPNs) in Ontario. Click on the Site Index to navigate.
  • International Council of Nurses
    A federation of national nurses' associations representing nurses in 128 countries. The "Fact Sheets" link is an excellent guide to Nursing and Health issues world wide.
  • The Nursing Theory page
    Links to pages built and maintained by others who have knowledge about a theory
  • Transcultural Nursing
    Contains basic concepts and case studies
  • University of Ottawa Nursing History Research Unit
    Promotes the production and dissemination of new knowledge in Canadian nursing history. Includes links to other sites

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PHARMACOLOGY/THERAPEUTICS

  • Drug Information Databases                                                                                  Brought to you by the Ottawa Valley Regional Drug Information Service and the Ottawa Hospital.
  • Mayo Clinic Drug Information 
    United States Pharmacopeia (USP) - Includes information on herbs, supplements and vitamins
  • RXList (U.S.)
    An Internet Drug Index featuring “Find a Drug” and “Pill Identifier”
  • Drug Calculations Quiz Page  
    Try a drug calculations conversion quiz or get help with dosage calculations.
  • Pharmacology Math: a Tutorial
    Read the tutorial for your area of need before performing the quiz.
  • Body Surface Area Calculator for medication doses
    Calculates body surface area for medication doses and includes descriptive statistics
  • Healthy Ontario
    Consumer information on Canadian prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
  • C-Health - Drug Fact Sheet
    For Canadian consumers, these drug factsheets give you vital information on side effects, correct doses, and what to watch out for.


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NURSING ASSOCIATIONS


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HEALTH RELATED ASSOCIATIONS

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JOURNALS

The Woodroffe, Pembroke & Perth campus LRCs have Medical/Nursing related journals in print.

Please check our online catalogue at: http://www.algonquincollege.com/lrc/ for specific titles holdings.

 

ELECTRONIC DATABASES:  (Restricted to Algonquin College students and staff).

From the LRC’s homepage, click on DATABASES.  Click on SEARCH BY TOPIC and choose Health Sciences in the Subject List.   These products provide abstracts, citations and some full text articles from a variety of Nursing and Medical Journals.

Usernames and Passwords may be required for some Databases – Please call the LRC at 727-4723 Ext. 5834 for these.

 

Find Electronic Journals related to Nursing using the Electronic Journal Locator

Scroll to the bottom of the Databases page and click on the Electronic Journal Locator.

  • Locate a Journal either by title (search the index) or by choosing Health and Biological Sciences in the “choose a subject category” dropdown box.
  • Scroll down and click on to your subject area of interest.
  • You will then find a list of Online Journals for this subject available through the library's databases.
  • Having found the title you want, click on the Database Name and you are ready to search within the Journal.

 

 Some Journals of interest with direct online access:

 

Usernames and Passwords may be required for some sites – Please call the LRC at 727-4723 Ext. 5834 for these.