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
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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

• Micromedex http://www.thomsonhc.com/micromedex2/librarian

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