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Databases
Includes "quick pick" links and descriptions of the 12 most popular databases at the Health Science Center Libraries, as well as links to the full list of databases available through UF.
Off-Campus Access
Follow the instructions found here to access the library's materials remotely. EZProxy login page with links to VPN information and download.
UF Library Catalog
Search the complete collections of all of the UF Libraries including both print and electronic items.
eJournals List
Search for specific journals available electronically, or browse by category.
eBooks List
A link to the the collections of E-Books that are available.

Mobile Resources

Guide to Mobile Resources for Health

http://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/mobilehealth

UF Libraries Mobile Page

http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/mobile2/

PubMed for Handhelds

http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/

HSC Library Workshops

Validated Health Instruments & Questionnaires

RAND Health Care Surveys
The RAND Corporation, a nonprofit global policy think tank, provides access to its survey instruments free of charge. The list of health survey instruments includes instruments on aging, homelessness, health economics, HIV, mental health, quality of care, and more.
National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR): Measures Registry
The Measures Registry is a searchable database of diet and physical activity measures relevant to childhood obesity research. Its purpose is to standardize use of common measures and research methods across childhood obesity research at the individual, community, and population levels.
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Measures are tools and methodologies used to assess individuals’ diet, physical activity, and the environments in which these behaviors occur. Examples of measures include questionnaires, instruments, diaries, logs, electronic devices, direct observations of people or environments, protocols, GIS and analytic techniques.

Health & Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)( Ovid ) This link opens in a new window
Health and Psychosocial Instruments provides access to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, and organizational behavior.
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print This link opens in a new window
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 3,000 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within diverse areas. Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users include test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).

Measuring Health by Ian McDowell
ISBN: 9780195165678
Publication Date: 2006-03-09
Availability: print book, 1 copy on reserve (In-Library Use only)
Worldwide economic constraints on health care systems have highlighted the importance of evidence-based medicine and evidence-based health policy. The resulting clinical trials and health services research studies require instruments to monitor the outcomes of care and the output of the health system. However, the over-abundance of competing measurement scales can make choosing a measure difficult at best. Measuring Health provides in-depth reviews of over 100 of the leading health measurement tools and serves as a guide for choosing among them.

Nursing Librarian

Margaret Ansell

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HSC Library C2-226D

352-273-8410

Subjects: Health & Human Performance, Nursing

Access Info

Access to electronic resources should be seamless from any UF networked computer, although some computers in Shands may require remote access.

Eligibility for Access: UF students/faculty/staff members with a valid UF-ID/Gator1 Card

Remote Access for all E-Resources: http://cms.uflib.ufl.edu/offcampus

Some databases, journals and resources listed in this guide are freely available, and some are paid subscriptions by UF. If you can't access full-text, search the library catalog for the book/journal title to see if the library has a subscription.

If the library does not have access to the full-text of an article, you can request a free copy via InterlibraryLoan. The full-text will be emailed within 2-3 business days. Books and other items can also be obtained via ILL, although they take longer to process.

Articles requested as "Rush" (needed for clinical emergencies) can be delivered in 4 hrs or less.

Do NOT pay to order articles without consulting with your liaison librarian!