Databases by Subject
Databases Listed by Subject
For a full description of the databases see the page titled databases A-Z.
For access to databases, come to the Knowledge Resource Library for the passwords.
Access to these databases are for Platt College, do not give passwords to anybody other than Platt College.
LIRN access (Proquest and Gale Infotrac)
EBSCO access (CINAHL and other EBSCO databases)
Nursing
- CINAHL
- Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Source (Joanna Briggs Institute evidence summaries, best practices information sheets and systematic reviews accessible through this Proquest database)
- Proquest Health and Medical Complete
- Video Training and Cultural Compentency Brief Go to the LIRN link first and type in five digit code, connect to proquest and paste the url into the browser http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=554&TS=1273789892&clientId=83182
- Proquest Psychology
- Academic Search Premier
- Academic OneFile
- Micromedex
- PubMed Always use this custom url for Platt College. Do no click the icon within pubmed.gov. After launching search, look for special filters on the top right hand side such as full text and nursing journals. Click on blue library holdings icon for Platt College full text.
- Pubmed Single Citation Matcher This will check Platt College EBSCO databases for full text. Look for blue library holdings icon for Platt College full text.
- Trip
- PICO tool
- Medlineplus consumer health information
Images
- Photospin Also has fonts, illustration, audio and video. Accessible by userid and password. See instructor for details.
Business
- Business Source Premier
- Business and Company Resource Center http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
- Computer Database http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
- General Business File ASAP http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
- Literature Resource Center http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
Newspapers, Magazines and Pamplets
- Gale Infotrac Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
- EBSCO Newspaper Source
- Proquest National Newspapers
- Medlineplus
Drugs
General & Interdisciplinary
- Academic OneFile http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
- Academic Search Premier http://search.ebscohost.com
- Expanded Academic ASAP http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
Humanities
- Academic One File http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
- Expanded Academic ASAP http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
- Literature Resource Center http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
Literature
- Literature Resource Center http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
Psychology
- Proquest Psychology http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
- Academic Search Premier http://search.ebscohost.com
Science & Technology
- Academic Search Premier http://search.ebscohost.com
- GreenFILE http://search.ebscohost.com
- Academic OneFile http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
- Computer Database http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
- Expanded Academic ASAP http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
Social Sciences
- Academic Search Premier http://search.ebscohost.com
Book Reviews
- Bowker’s Books in Print http://www.lirn.net/services.shtml
Government/Statistics
- portal to government information http://www.usa.gov
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