Allied Health Resources at Renton Technical College Library
Finding Paper and eBooks
Finding Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles
To find everything (ebooks, and journal, newspaper and magazine articles) all at once, type your search in the RTC One Search box on the library's main page. You will get some items that aren't what you wanted with this search.
To get more precise results, search individual databases:
Useful databases:
ProQuest Databases |
Covers all subjects, from medicine to current events to the arts. Includes the full text over 2000 full-text journals, newspapers, and magazines. |
CINAHL with Full Text |
Covers nursing and allied health. Includes the full text of over 600 journals and magazines, on nursing, diseases, health administration and more. |
Gale eBooks |
Encyclopedias on nursing, nutrition, psychology and human development, history, alternative medicine, education and much more. |
Nursing Reference Center |
Articles on nursing skills and procedures, diseases, drug information, patient information, and more.
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More Help On Finding Resources
RTC Nursing LibGuide at http://libguides.rtc.edu/nursing
Finding Creditable Health Information on the Internet
These are US government websites that offer creditable, non-commercial health information:
Other useful sites include:
Look For The HON Code on Medical Web Sites
It can be difficult to decide which websites offer creditable health information. The Health On the Net Foundation has developed the HON Code. Sites that display the HON Code symbol have subscribed to a code of ethics and passed an inspection that requires the site to s cite the sources of their information s indicate the qualifications of the authors of the material s back up any claims made relating to benefits of a practice or medication s make sure their site is accessible s make sure that the authors can be contacted s identify the site's funding sources and s distinguish advertising from editorial content. (From the HON Foundation http://www.hon.ch/.)
Look for the HON symbol when you are evaluating a web site. If it appears, you know that the site has been evaluated for the qualities listed above.
Questions? Please contact the Library at (425) 235-2331, or librarian@RTC.edu.