Reference Sources - What are they?
Reference sources:
- are an excellent place to start research
- provide background information
- include basic information sources like dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, chronologies, and research guides.
Some of the most common types of reference sources are:
- Bibliographies: Provide list of sources (books, articles, etc.) for specific subjects. May include annotations.
- Guides to Research: Provide list of sources (books, articles, etc.) for specific subjects. May include annotations
- Subject Encyclopedias: Provide in-depth, scholarly articles, focused on a specific subject or discipline. Often include bibliographies.
Reference Databases
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Credo ReferenceOver 1,390 reference books offering more than 3.6 million full-text articles. Also offers around 100 videos and tutorials on aspects of research skills, evaluating information, avoiding plagiarism, study skills, and creating and delivering presentations.
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Gale OneFile: Health and MedicineFormerly Health Reference Center: Academic.
Integrated collection of medical and professional periodicals, general interest health and fitness magazines, medical references and pamphlets. Designed for nursing and allied health students. More than 14,000 full-text publications, over 5,000 of which are peer-reviewed journals. -
Health Source: Nursing/Academic EditionCovers nursing and allied health topics. Full-text of articles from over 600 journals and citations and abstracts from another 850 journals.
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Health Source: Consumer EditionConsumer health information. Access to nearly 300 full-text consumer health periodicals with indexing and abstracts for more than 300 additional periodicals. Full-text access to a variety of pamphlets and health reference books.
Suggested Sources
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Mosby's Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Call Number: R733 .F743 2004ISBN: 0323026265Publication Date: 2004-03-26 -
The Encyclopedia of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Call Number: R733 .N38 2004ISBN: 0816049971Publication Date: 2004-01-01 -
Nurse's Handbook of Alternative and Complementary Therapies by Call Number: R733 .N87 2003ISBN: 1582551669Publication Date: 2002-07-31 -
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Fundamentals of Nursing by Call Number: RT42 .P68 1998ISBN: 9780130455291Publication Date: 2003-08-12 -
Encyclopedia of Sports Science and Medicine by Call Number: GV558 .E53 1997ISBN: 0028646657Publication Date: 1997-04-01
