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The Learning Commons provides access to a number of useful reference sources online.
Why use this database?
Credo Reference allows access to hundreds of reference books, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, subject-specific texts, and many more. The Mind Map feature helps draw connections between different aspects of a topic.
What you need to know:
This database is useful for locating background and general information in almost all subject areas to help you better understand your topic.
Why use this database?
Health and Medicine (Gale) includes articles from nursing and allied health journals.
What you need to know:
This database is useful for anyone doing research in a health-related field/topic.
Why use this database?
Health Reference Center contains information about diseases and health conditions, treatments, procedures, nutrition, and body systems, as well as videos, illustrations, and visual media to aid you in your research and studies.
What you need to know:
This link will take you to the Infobase Learning portal. Once there, select “Health Reference Center.”
Why use this database?
Health Source – Consumer Edition provides information from magazines and reference books on many health topics, including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health.
What you need to know:
This database is useful for finding general information on specific health issues for personal use or for papers. Articles are not from scholarly sources.
Wikipedia can be a good place to start your research when you know nothing about a topic. Occasionally, you can even find good sources among the References and External Links listed on Wikipedia pages -- where the Wikipedia authors found out their information.
However, it is rarely acceptable to use Wikipedia as a source in an academic paper. Ask your instructor if you are unsure.
