Research Guides: Nursing: News / Websites

What is APA Style?

APA Style is a standardized writing format, established by the American Psychological Association, which you may need to follow when submitting projects or papers. If you have questions about APA formatting, look at our APA Style Guide.

RefWorks

RefWorks is a powerful online research management tool designed to help you easily gather, organize, store and share your research and to instantly generate citations and bibliographies. See our RefWorks research guide for information about using refworks.

Newspaper Databases

You can access a number of newspapers from the library's website:

Newsbank This link opens in a new window
Newsbank provides 12,000+ full text sources from over 200 countries and 250+ full color PDF versions of newspapers with same day delivery.

Newsbank - Health Topics
Collection of news articles organized around different health topics.

Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Full text for regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, and newspaper columns.
U.S. Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the Chicago Tribune (1985 - present), Los Angeles Times (1985 - present), New York Times (1980 - present), Wall Street Journal (1984 - present) and Washington Post (1987 - present); you can search all five newspapers using the search box on the main page, or select an individual newspaper to search only that paper

Information and News

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
News from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
ANA Nursingworld
All ANA, ANCC, and Foundation information, resources and offerings in one place.
Campaign for Action
A collaborative effort to implement solutions to the challenges facing the nursing profession, and to build upon nurse-based approaches to improving quality and transforming the way Americans receive health care.
Healthy People.gov
A framework and project to improve the health of U.S. citizens.
Medical News Today
Health news and headlines drawn from peer reviewed studies, academic research institutions and medical journals.
NPR Health News
Health news and Podcasts from NPR radio

Find a state board of nursing from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing website:

National Council of State Boards of Nursing
Links to contact information, and websites for member U.S. boards of nursing.

Or, go to the following state boards of nursing directly:

Nurse Practice Acts

US Nurse Practice Acts
Find the Nurse Practice Act for your U.S. state.

Anatomy / Genetics

Anatomy
Genetics

CDC: Genomics and Precision Health
The CDC Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health (OGPPH) provides timely and credible information for the effective and responsible translation of genomics and precision health advances into public health and health care.
Genetic Counseling Cultural Competence Toolkit
Sponsored by the National Society of Genetic Counselors, the toolkit can be taken for CEUs, or you can simply review the information, resources, and cases given at your own pace.
Human Genome Project
The Human Genome Project ran from 1990 to 2003, and has since been subsumed under the National Human Genome Research Institute. The project coordinated was by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Institutes of Health. The current NHGRI website pertaining to the HGP.
Human Genome Project Information Archive
Original website for the Human Genome Project, now an archive.
Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms
Created and sponsored by the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health. Terms run the alphabet from ACGT (acronym for the four bases found in a DNA molecule) to Zebrafish. Each entry offers an oral pronunciation, a text definition, a profile of a researcher in the area, an oral definition by that researcher, and illustrations and animations where appropriate. There's also a self-test, a text-only version, and an iPhone app.

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