How to Access UCF Library Databases and Resources from off campus
UCF
Library Home Page provides links to the UCF library catalog and gateway to
other resources, such as:
http://library.ucf.edu/
Medicine & Health
Resources, such as:
http://library.ucf.edu/Databases/Subjects/medicine_health.htm
EBSCOhost Health Source Plus provides abstracts and indexing for over 430 scholarly journals covering nutrition, exercise, medical self-care, drugs and alcohol and more. Also offers full text from nearly 270 journals with many dating back to 1990. Includes full text for over 1,100 pamphlets and 20 books. Other EBSCOhost databases of possible interest: Alt-HealthWatch, SPORTDiscus, Clinical Reference Systems, and USP DI Volume II, Advice for the Patient.
Popular Indexes,
such as:
http://library.ucf.edu/Databases/Subjects/recommended.htm
Academic Index (WebLUIS database) indexes articles in approximately 1000 scholarly journals and popular magazines in the arts, humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Abstracts are included for some articles. Provides access to ASCII full text of some articles. Dates of coverage: 1982+
WilsonSelect (FirstSearch database) contains indexed and abstracted articles from periodicals, all with ASCII full text online. The database includes records from the following H.W. Wilson databases: Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts. Dates of coverage: 1994+
Other
Library Resources
http://library.ucf.edu/Databases/titles_a-z.htm
JSTOR
provides full text, page image from over 100
scholarly journals, including 8 population studies journals and 9 sociology journals, such
as Demography (1964-1997), Population Index (1935-1985), Population
Studies (1947-1996), and Journal of Health & Social Behavior
(1960-1994).
http://www.jstor.org/jstor/
Resources
for Statistics, Demographics & Census
http://library.ucf.edu/GovDocs/statistics.htm
Florida
Newspapers
http://library.ucf.edu/govdocs/flanews.htm
Orlando Sentinel
(1985+) provides full text of the newspaper.
The UCF Library also has full text of the Orlando Sentinel available on microfilm (1960+).
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/
netLibrary
provides approximately 9,000 full text
ebooks for previewing or 2-hour checkout.
http://www.netlibrary.com/
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UCF Ask A Librarian provides links to
useful Internet sites, telephone reference (407-823-2562), and electronic reference service via a Web form or by e-mail. http://library.ucf.edu/quickref/ |
Other Useful Web Sites:
Top Nursing Sites
http://wwnurse.com/topsites/
City of
Orlando Planning & Development Department
http://www.ci.orlando.fl.us/departments/planning_and_development/dir.html
Orange County Property
Appraiser
http://www.ocpafl.org/
Orlando-Orange
County Health Department
http://www.orchd.state.fl.us/
Public Health
Statistics (Florida Dept of Health)
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/phstats/default.html
Healthy Community
Initiative of Greater Orlando
http://www.hciflorida.org/
Biological,
Agricultural & Medical Sciences (INFOMINE) provides links to scholarly
Internet resource collections.
http://infomine.ucr.edu/search/bioagsearch.phtml
UCF School of
Nursing
http://www.cohpa.ucf.edu/nursing/
rgause@mail.ucf.edu
(407) 823-2563
Last modified: September 26, 2000
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