Article Databases for Health Informatics
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CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
1300+ full-text journals available to support nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This resource also provides access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, evidence-based care sheet and quick lesson disease overviews, and continuing education modules.
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Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care. Published on a quarterly basis, the Cochrane Library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care. Download the user guide.
Note: Steps to create a personal account when off campus:
1. Go directly to the Cochrane library website [bypassing your Tower ID authentication].
2. Use the "Sign in" link in the top right corner to either login to an existing account or create a new account.
a. New Accounts: Complete the registration process and SJSU email validation. Then login to your account
b. Existing customers: Log in using your Cochrane Library personal login and password.
3. When you successfully login, this information will appear in the top right corner as Signed in as "your name"
4. Once you complete this login, then return to The Cochrane Library using the link that requires your Tower ID authentication. -
PubMed This link opens in a new windowSearches MEDLINE, the leading database of journal articles in the health sciences, including medicine, nursing, the allied health sciences, public health, and the basic sciences. Coverage is 1946 - present.
OneSearch: Find Books, Articles, and More
To find books and ebooks in OneSearch try this subject search:
Medical informatics
To limit to just ebooks, click on the Books and Full text online from SJSU filters to the left of your results.
Professional Organizations
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AHIMA- The American Health Information Management AssociationFounded in 1928 to improve health record quality, AHIMA has played a leadership role in the effective management of health data and medical records needed to deliver quality healthcare to the public. AHIMA is working to advance the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) by leading key industry initiatives and advocating high and consistent standards.
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AMIA- The American Medical Informatics AssociationAMIA is the professional home of leading informaticians: clinicians, scientists, researchers, educators, students, and other informatics professionals who rely on data to connect people, information, and technology.
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ANIA - American Nursing Informatics AssociationANIA focuses on integrating nursing and information science to better manage and communicate health data.
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HIMMSHIMSS is a global, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information and technology.
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IMIA- The International Medical Informatics AssociationIMIA plays a major global role in the application of information science and technology in the fields of healthcare and research in medical, health and bio-informatics.