NURS 4741: Professional Nursing Concepts III Lab (Hamilton)
This research guide lists sources from AUM's Library and others on the Web that you can use for research on nursing topics. If you have questions, please:
- go to the Reference Desk on the Library's second floor
- call the Reference Desk at 334-244-3649 when we are open
- Ask A Librarian by e-mail
Alabama Statistics
Statistics for the state of Alabama are available in the Library's Reference collection (2nd floor), in Government Documents (3rd floor, Phase I), and online.
National statistics are often broken down by states, so you'll also find health statistics for Alabama in some of the sources listed in the National Statistics section below.
Statistics Online
- Alabama Department of Public Health
- A to Z Contents
- Annual Reports
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics
- Healthy Alabama 2010
- Issues of Alabama's Health
- Alabama Rural Health Association
- Alabama State Data Center
- statehealthfacts.org
- LexisNexis Statistical (AUM)
Statistics in Reference & Government Documents
- Alabama Vital Statistics
Reference Desk: HA 221 .A375 2005
online- Statistical Atlas of Alabama
Reference Desk: HA 225 .S72 2002- County Health Profiles, Alabama
Reference Desk: HA 221 .C68 2005
online- Selected Indicators of Rural Health Status in Alabama
Reference Desk: RA 771.6 .A2 S4 2003
online- Alabama Atlas of Racial Disparities in Mortality June 2002
Government Documents: Alabama Table- Access to Health Risk Behavior in the United States: A State-by-state Look at Teens and Adults
Reference: RA 776.9 .A33 2004- County and City Extra: Annual Metro, City, and County Data Book
Reference: HA 203 .C68 2007- State Rankings: A Statistical View of the 50 United States
Reference Desk: HA 203 .U17 2007- State Trends: Measuring Change in the 50 United States
Reference: HA 203 .S83 2007
National Statistics
The AUM Library is a regional depository for federal government documents. Government Documents is located on the 3rd floor of the Library, Phase I. Government information is also available full text on the Web.
National statistics are often broken down by states, so you'll also find health statistics for Alabama in some of these sources.
Finding Statistics
- FedStats
- USA.gov
- GPO Access
- healthfinder.gov - Statistics
- LexisNexis Statistical (AUM)
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
Reference Desk: HA 202 .A1
Government Documents Ready Reference: C3.134- Statistical Resources on the Web: Health
U.S. Government Agencies
- Department of Health & Human Services
- Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Institutes of Health
- U.S. Census Bureau
Journal Articles & Systematic Reviews
To find journal articles, use the Library's online databases which are accessible off campus.
The entire text of many articles is included in the Library's databases. If an article is not in the database you are searching, you may be able to find it in another database or in the Library's Periodicals Collection:
- by clicking on Article Linker
OR- by typing the journal title into Serials Solutions (AUM)
Journals in the Periodicals Collection on the second floor of the Library are arranged by call number. Ask at the Reference Desk if you need assistance.
You may request articles that are not available in the Library or the databases through Interlibrary Loan.
All residents of Alabama have access to the Alabama Virtual Library databases free of charge. This means that health care professionals and their patients have access to the entire text of thousands of articles published in scholarly journals and magazines. These databases are indicated by (AVL) on the list at the right.
Nursing, Medicine, & Health Databases
- CINAHL Plus with Full Text (AUM)
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic (AUM) (AVL)
- LexisNexis Academic (AUM) - click on Medical
- MEDLINE (AUM) (AVL) - available through OCLC FirstSearch
- ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source (AUM)
- PsycINFO (AUM)
- PubMed - from the National Library of Medicine
- Journals - find full journal titles from abbreviated titles
- PubMed Tutorial
Systematic Reviews
- Cochrane Library (AUM)
