Library: Health Informatics: General

Health Informatics Research Databases

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Health Sciences Databases (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Searches 10 health sciences databases simultaneously: Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database: Health & Medicine, Career & Technical Education Database: Health & Medicine, Consumer Health Database, Health & Medical Collection, Health Administration Database, India Database: Health & Medicine, Nursing & Allied Health Database, Psychology Database, Public Health Database, and Research Library: Health & Medicine.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window Provides access to nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines as well as the Lexi-PALS Drug Guide.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window Comprehensive coverage of all areas of nursing and allied health with access to more than 770 journals and 275 ebooks.
ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences and Physical Sciences Collections This link opens in a new window Access to over 1,550 full text journals in health & life sciences, chemistry, computer science, physics, mathematics, and earth & planetary sciences. On the results page, green icons mean the full text is available (white means abstract only). Please note: Articles are available from 1995 to present only.
SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window An interdisciplinary database that contains over 1,000 full text, online journals in the fields of business, education, health, the humanities, law enforcement, criminology, and other social sciences. Several of these journals are the most authoritative and influential in their fields. Access from 1999-present.
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Assoc. This link opens in a new window Full text available from 1998-present. An international, peer-reviewed, general medical journal that contains groundbreaking research and insightful commentary from leaders across the broad spectrum of health care.
PubMed Central This link opens in a new window A free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature and primary research reports from the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).

Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window eBooks on a range of subjects such as business, information technology, education, engineering, health, history, humanities, life & physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.

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Films On Demand (Health & Medicine) The Health & Medicine collection of the Films On Demand database includes over 5,000 full-length streaming videos in the fields of health sciences and medicine.
Alexander Street Videos (Health & Society) Defines and explores today’s latest medical progress in health and wellness issues and their impact on society via documentaries, profiles, reports, and interviews.
Khan Academy (Health & Medicine) Videos on health and medicine topics

ImageQuest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images from more than 50 collections including Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, and the National Geographic Society.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.

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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window The largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, this database contains articles, maps, images, videos, and yearbooks from 1993 to present. Use it instead of Wikipedia for your research!
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window More than 50 reference eBooks in business, communications, history, law, literature, medicine, nation & world, science, and technology.

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Selected Resources

Mastering Healthcare Informatics by Patricia Sengstack; Charles Boicey; Sigma Theta Tau International Staff (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9781938835667
Publication Date: 2014-12-01
Health Informatics by Gordon Brown
ISBN: 9781640550056
Publication Date: 2018-09-01
Health Informatics: Improving Patient Care by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT (Editor)
ISBN: 9781780171432
Publication Date: 2012-06-29
Nursing Informatics
ISBN: 9781558105799
Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Applied Medical Informatics A peer reviewed journal publishing original papers, reports and reviews in the fields of methodology for medical research and clinical studies.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making A peer reviewed journal about the design, development, implementation, use and evaluation of health information technologies and decision-making within the healthcare setting.
Health Informatics Journal A peer reviewed journal providing international, interdisciplinary research from the fields of informatics, telematics, health, computer science, engineering and management.
Informatics for Health & Social Care A peer reviewed journal promoting evidenced-based informatics as applied to the domain of health and social care.
International Journal of Medical Informatics An international, peer reviewed journal providing original results and interpretative reviews concerning the field of medical informatics.
Journal of Biomedical Informatics A peer reviewed, scientific journal covering research in health informatics or in translational bioinformatics.
Journal of Patient Safety A peer reviewed journal dedicated to both rigorous research and field application articles covering all areas of patient safety and quality healthcare.

American Health Information Management Association (AHiMA) "AHIMA is the premier association of health information management (HIM) professionals worldwide. Serving 52 affiliated component state associations and more than 103,000 health information professionals, it is recognized as the leading source of "HIM knowledge," a respected authority for rigorous professional education and training."
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) "AMIA aims to lead the way in transforming health care through trusted science, education, and the practice of informatics. AMIA connects a broad community of professionals and students interested in informatics. AMIA is the bridge for knowledge and collaboration across a continuum, from basic and applied research to the consumer and public health arenas."
American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) Provides publications, educational opportunities and more for professional nurses and associates specializing and interested in informatics to improve the health of populations, communities, families and individuals by optimizing information management and communication.
American Society of Health Informatics Managers (ASHIM)
American Telemedicine Association (ATA) "ATA is a non-profit association based in Washington DC with a membership network of more than 10,000 industry leaders and healthcare professionals."
Health Level Seven International (HL7) "Founded in 1987, Health Level Seven International (HL7) is a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited standards developing organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery and evaluation of health services."
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) "HIMSS is a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information and technology. HIMSS leads efforts to optimize health engagements and care outcomes using information technology."
National Institutes of Health Informatics (NiHi) "NIHI is a Canada-wide institute bringing together experts in Health Informatics (HI)."

How to use this guide

This guide is designed to help you with your research, introducing a range of Health Informatics resources available to you. The Health Informatics Research Databases box lists recommended databases in your subject area that you can search to find articles, eBooks, etc.

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