In this guide, you will find links to library resources, tutorials, and research tips that will help you to find the information you need for your nursing research assignments. If you have questions or need help with your research, use the chat box to the left to chat with a librarian anytime day or night. You may also visit the library to talk with a librarian or email serene.rock@scottsdalecc.edu with your question.
The SCC Library provides access to several nursing and health databases that include research and review articles, medical encyclopedia entries, drug reference entries, streaming videos, and more. View the Searching page in this guide for more information about searching some of these databases.
Highly Recommended Nursing Databases:
CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Nursing and allied health journals
Films on Demand: Nursing Collection: Streaming video collection includes nursing skills, patient care, interventions, nursing foundations, diseases, disorders, disabilities, and more.
Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy: Innovative learning aid that allows students to examine virtual 3D dissections, perform cause-and-effect simulations, and more.
Healthsource: Nursing/Academic Edition: Journals from many medical disciplines
MEDLINE: Medical, nursing, dentistry, veterinary information from the National Library of Medicine
Merck Manuals: Professional and Consumer: Wide range of medical topics, including disorders, tests, diagnoses, and drugs. Online multimedia formats include audio, 3D models, and animations.
Nursing and Allied Health (Gale OneFile): Collection of almost 400 titles for nursing professionals and students.
PubMed: National Library of Medicine’s/National Institutes of Health’s database of life science and biomedical topics.
View a complete listing of health and medical databases available through SCC.