The document provides information about databases and resources available through the Shimberg Health Sciences Library at the University of South Florida. It summarizes CINAHL, PsycINFO, HAPI, and other databases that contain scholarly articles, instruments, and literature in nursing, health sciences, psychology and related fields. Contact information is also provided.

1. As always, start your research at the
Shimberg Health Sciences Library
homepage
http://www.library.hsc.usf.edu
Direct links to the databases in this
guide are on the library homepage.
CINAHL
CINAHL, the primary database for
scholarly research articles in the nursing
and allied health literature, is a collection
of over 2, 850 journals and contains more
than 1,000,000 records dating back to
1982. In addition to nursing, it also
contains scientific, medical, and technical
journals, book chapters, and dissertations.
Our CINAHL pamphlet provides an in
depth look at features and options. To
maximize your success, do the following:
Sign In to My EBSCO host. You can
save your searches and use other features.
Create your own username and
password.
• The Advanced Search provides many
options to refine your search: subject
headings, text words, author, etc.
• Peer Reviewed is a check-box option
that limits your search results to Peer
Reviewed (refereed) articles. There are
many limits and subsets options to use.
• Use the icon to
access online full text journals available
from the library.
• Search results can be printed, emailed,
or downloaded.
Cumulative Index to
Nursing and Allied Health Literature
03/09
Director: Beverly A. Shattuck, MS, MBA
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2. HAPI
Health and Psychosocial Instruments
HAPI provides access to information on
measurement instruments (i.e., rating scales,
questionnaires, index measures, interview
schedules, checklists, coding schemes/ manuals,
projective techniques, vignettes/ scenarios,
tests) in the health and psychosocial sciences.
HAPI assists to identify measures needed for
research studies, grant proposals, program
evaluation, client/patient assessment, class
papers/projects, and theses/dissertations.
HAPI does not provide the actual instrument,
but does provide analysis, evaluation, and
citations to locating a variety of instruments.
PsycINFO covers the scholarly
professional and academic literature in
psychology and the related disciplines of
medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology,
education, health administration, law,
public health, and more.
Original research and journal articles,
literature reviews, reports of surveys, case
studies, theoretical discussions,
bibliographies, and descriptions of tests
and apparatus are also included.
Indexed materials are selected from more
than 1,300 journals as well as book
chapters and books in the English
language. Most records have abstracts.
Produced by the
American Psychological Association
PsycINFO
Questions? Study guides, tutorials, and
more are available on the homepage links.
Tips and Guides Searching link for:
• Tutorial for using CINAHL (quick tips)
• Tutorial for PubMed
Frequently Asked Questions link for:
Reference header
• Nursing Instruments and Nursing Theorists
• How to cite a resource (APA style guides)
• Where to find statistics
• Consumer Health
The FAQ may also provide answers to your
questions about Services, Computing, Books
and Journals, and other Reference topics.
Get online, full text articles in PubMed!
Change the Display option from Summary to
Abstract and look for the Online/In Print icons.
Also, use the ‘Limits’ feature to select Nursing
Journals from the Subsets option (see the PubMed
for Nursing guide. Use the link on the library homepage.)
Up-to-date, full-text, medical, health, and wellness
information from journals, pamphlets, authoritative
medical sources, and pertinent Web sites.
All searches include the PDR Family Guides to:
Prescription Drugs; Over-the-Counter Drugs; and
Natural Medicines and Healing Therapies.
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine - for diseases
and medical conditions
Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health
Dictionary
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
- for diseases and medical conditions
Medical & Health Information Directory –
search for:
Provides access to:
1. Health organizations, agencies, schools
2. Journals, newsletters, publishers and Web sites
3. Hospitals and health care facilities, programs,
and special care.
"Virtual" Martindale's Nursing Center
A compilation of links to online nursing
resources, some free, some for sale, some are by
USF subscription. Electronic journals, Online
reference resources, and interactive courses,
databases, and tutorials.
This database is a subset of Health and Wellness
Resource Center. Simultaneous Users: 5 Users
This multi-source database provides access to full
text nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide
variety of personal health information sources. 40
full-text nursing and allied health journals.

3. Another source of full-
text, nursing and allied
health articles. Just click
the Lexis-Nexis link.
HAPI
Health and Psychosocial Instruments
HAPI provides access to information on
measurement instruments (i.e., rating scales,
questionnaires, index measures, interview
schedules, checklists, coding schemes/
manuals, projective techniques, vignettes/
scenarios, tests) in the health and
psychosocial sciences.
HAPI assists to identify measures needed for
research studies, grant proposals, program
evaluation, client/patient assessment, class
papers/projects, and theses/dissertations.
HAPI does not provide the actual instrument,
but does provide analysis, evaluation, and
citations to locating a variety of instruments.
PsycINFO covers the scholarly
professional and academic literature in
psychology and the related disciplines of
medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology,
education, health administration, law,
public health, and more.
Original research and journal articles,
literature reviews, reports of surveys, case
studies, theoretical discussions,
bibliographies, and descriptions of tests
and apparatus are also included.
Indexed materials are selected from more
than 1,300 journals as well as book
chapters and books in the English
language. Most records have abstracts.
Produced by the
American Psychological Association
PsycINFO
Search for FULL-TEXT articles in three areas:
Medical News – articles from medical and health
news sources covering healthcare
Medical Journals – articles from medical and
health journals covering a wide range of medical
topics
Abstracts – The National Library of Medicine’s
Medline (PubMed)
Questions? Study guides, tutorials, and
more are available on the homepage links.
Tips and Guides Searching link for:
• Tutorial for using CINAHL (quick tips)
• Tutorial for PubMed
Frequently Asked Questions link for:
Reference header
• Nursing Instruments and Nursing Theorists
• How to cite a resource (APA style guides)
• Where to find statistics
• Consumer Health
The FAQ may also provide answers to your
questions about Services, Computing, Books
and Journals, and other Reference topics.
Get online, full text articles in PubMed!
Change the Display option from Summary to
Abstract and look for the Online/In Print icons.
Also, use the ‘Limits’ feature to select Nursing
Journals from the Subsets option (see the PubMed
for Nursing guide. Use the link on the library homepage.)
Up-to-date, full-text, medical, health, and wellness
information from journals, pamphlets, authoritative
medical sources, and pertinent Web sites.
All searches include the PDR Family Guides to:
Prescription Drugs; Over-the-Counter Drugs; and
Natural Medicines and Healing Therapies.
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine - for diseases
and medical conditions
Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health
Dictionary
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
- for diseases and medical conditions
Medical & Health Information Directory –
search for:
Provides access to:
1. Health organizations, agencies, schools
2. Journals, newsletters, publishers and Web sites
3. Hospitals and health care facilities, programs,
and special care.