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Engl 202c-Internet Resource Guide
Engl 202c-Internet Resource Guide
Engl 202c-Internet Resource Guide
Table of Contents
I. Preface II. Professional Resources A. The New England Journal of Medicine B. The Journal of the American Medical Association C. PubMed III. Government Resources A. Catalog of U.S. Government Publications B. Statistical Abstract of the United States IV. Resources for Gaining Hands-on Experience A. Penn State Student Affairs: University Health Services B. Mount Nittany Health V. Resume-Building Resources A. Penn State: Student Organization Directory B. Penn State: Eberly College of Science C. Physician Assistant Education Association 3
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Preface
Whats in the Guide?
This guide contains valuable information regarding online communication resources for undergraduate science students seeking a career in healthcare. More specifically, this guide provides abstracts and usage tips for key research tools, online professional journals, professional societies, and other Internet sites. These online resources have a central focus of science, medicine, and healthcare. Each of the resources included in this guide was carefully chosen with the guides audience in mind. These resources are highly credible and contain a wealth of information pertaining to your educational and professional goals.
PubMed
Location: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed Abstract: PubMed is an online database that consists of over 23 million citations for biomedical literature from life science journals, MEDLINE, and online books. It is a free resource that is developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). PubMed citations and abstracts, which date from the late 1940s to present day, are focused in the fields of biomedicine and health, covering portions of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering. The search box at the top of the home page allows you to search by a keyword or phrase. In order to access an article, click on the Title link (as shown in Figure 1 below), and a separate page containing the articles abstract will open. In the upper right-hand side of this page, you can either click on the Free in PMC free full-text archive button, if it is available, or the Get it! Penn State button, if you are using the Penn State network. The Get it! Penn State button allows you to access the article through the Penn State Library website. This information is relevant and useful for undergraduate students who are pursuing a career in healthcare because this database contains links to full text articles and abstracts that can help you gather research for laboratory reports and research papers. PubMed can also keep you up-to-date with the latest medical breakthroughs and technological advances. Figure 1 is an example of what the search results page looks like.
Tips: The search results are sorted by recently added, however, you can change the filter using the drop-down menu at the top of the results page Clicking on the PubMed Quick Start Guide link on the left-hand side of the home page provides answers to important questions, such as How do I search PubMed? and How can I save my results? Use the Quick Tour links, which walk you through how to do a simple subject search or search by author step-by-step. These links can be located by clicking on the PubMed Quick Start Guide link on the home page To search PubMed by subject, do not use punctuation, tags, or operators Suggestions will be displayed as you type key words or terms into the search box. Click Turn off in the bottom right-hand corner of the drop-down menu to temporarily disable the autocomplete feature
Figure 2. Sample Record View of Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives, and Physician Assistants in Physician Offices
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