Nurses
Scholarly Resources
- Virgo (catalog) search for for books, journals, videos and other resources available at the UVa libraries
- CINAHL searches the nursing and allied health literature (links to selected full-text journal articles)
- Cochrane Library evidence-based studies on clinical topics
- Essential Evidence Plus medical topics and guidelines with evidence-based answers. DailyPOEMs subscriptions, go to https://www.hsl.virginia.edu/collections/restrict/infopoemform.cfm_unpublished
- Evidence-based Nursing Page resources for researching evidence-based clinical practices
- E-Books full-text books online, which can be searched by title or subject
- Full-Text Journals selected full-text journals including nursing
- Google Scholar scholarly literature in Google including links to the Library's full-text journals
- JBI (The Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database) Over 3,000 records across seven publication types: Evidence Based Recommended Practices, Evidence Summaries, Best Practice Information Sheets, Systematic Reviews, Consumer Information Sheets, Systematic Review Protocols, and Technical Reports
- Kindles Certification exam reviews for various specialties (CNOR, AACN, CCRN, NCLEX-RN, Pediatric CCRN, Med-Surg and more).
- Ovid MEDLINE searches the biomedical literature including some nursing and psych journals (links to selected full-text journal articles)
- PsycTESTS PsycTESTS is a research database that provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test and its development and administration
- PubMed publicly available MEDLINE database with access to the biomedical literature (links to full-text journal articles)
Clinical Resources
- Journal Club
- Clinical Portal
- Practice Guidelines, Protocols, Pathways (Login Required)
- Clinical Trials
- Nursing Procedures and Skills (Lippincott) evidence-based procedures and skills includes color visuals and video clips
- Lab Handbook UVa lab handbook and test directory
- Micromedex includes information related to drugs, acute care, toxicology, and patient education
- UVa Formulary(Login Required)
- UptoDate topic reviews that address specific clinical issues with recommended treatment and management plans
Communication Resources
- Outlook Web Email
- Text Paging (Login Required)
- Health System Technology Services
Accessing Library Resources from Off-Grounds
Presentation Resources
- UVa Multimedia Database medical images, sounds, movies, and teaching cases
- Images for Presentations Resources for medical and non-medical images
- Library Educational Opportunities Learn to create PowerPoint presentations and posters (classes and consultations)