Research Guides: Nurse Anesthesia: Home

Research and Education Librarian

Talicia Tarver

Contact:

Health Sciences Library
509 N. 12th St.
Richmond, VA
23298-0582

804-827-2095

Best Bets

AccessAnesthesiology
Search anesthesiology reference tools for practice guidelines, procedure videos, drug information, and quick answers. Includes full-text clinical textbooks for anesthesiology.

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A limited number of users can view the content at one time; some users may have to wait a few minutes for access.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Expanded version of the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature with full text for over 600 journals, plus evidence-based care sheets, legal cases, drug records, and more than 200 books.

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(1937 - present) VCU access only
Cochrane Library
Database of Cochrane Collaboration systematic reviews healthcare evidence. Also includes databases of clinical trials, other systematic reviews, and review methodology.
ECRI Institute
After the National Clearinghouse Guidelines was shutdown in July 2018, the ECRI Institute has compiled this repository in response to serve as a "continuously updated repository gives you access to expertly vetted evidence-based Guideline Briefs based on guidelines from participating guideline developers, medical specialty societies, and other healthcare organizations." Registration is required and currently free.
PubMed/MEDLINE
The primary database of information in biomedical and health sciences fields.

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VCU access only
UpToDate
Clinical information tool providing reviewed clinical reference material. Includes pharmaceutical information, patient handouts, graphics. Provided by the VCU Health System.

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Personalized Information Services

If you have not found what you are looking for in 10 minutes ... it's time to call your librarian.

Your librarian can provide many information based services for free, including:

Systematic Reviews - assistance with searching, citation management, and appraisal.
Expert Literature Searches
Evidence Based Practice Searches
Citation Management assistance
and more.

We can also come to your office, lab or faculty meeting, or class to give presentations on:

PubMed, CINAHL, PsycInfo, or any other VCU Libraries resource
Finding images or protocols