New E-Resources at Northwestern

Northwestern University Library now has access to 80 Sage reference handbooks.  Access is via the Library’s catalog NUcat or from the following list.

Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention

The Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention covers areas such as the neurobiology of addiction, models of addiction, sociocultural perspectives on drug use, family and community factors, prevention theories and techniques, professional issues, the criminal justice system and substance abuse, and assessment and diagnosis. Focuses on concepts of addiction and treatment practices, but also addresses commonly used and abused drugs, including recreational, prescription, and over-the-counter. – Publisher’s blurb.

Future Prescriber

Future Prescriber provides information on new drugs from early development through to launch. It also covers significant developments with drugs that are currently available and discusses the potential impact of prescribing policy changes. Future Prescriber is circulated to those with a particular responsibility for managing prescribing budgets and those involved in decision making and planning around the introduction of new drugs. – Publisher’s blurb.

Africa-Wide NiPAD

Northwestern University Library’s subscription to Africa-Wide NiPAD has been greatly expanded.

The database has been enhanced to include over 900,000 additional records. This enhancement is the result of the incorporation of the entire African Healthline database, which will continue to be updated within Africa-wide NiPAD.

The database now has the ability to search on records from African Healthline exclusively, as well as the two other databases that make up Africa-wide NiPAD (African Studies, and South African Studies), using a new search limiter, called Database Subset. African HealthLine is an electronic information resource which is an aggregation of 13 bibliographic databases from around the world.  Databases include HealthLit, African subset of MEDLINE, Index to South African Periodicals, Health Link Worldwide, Medicines information Centre and Current and complete research in South Africa Database.  The databases are sourced worldwide and cover all aspects of health. – Publisher’s blurb.

Cochrane Library

Access to the Cochrane Library of databases is now available on the Evanston Campus.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.   The databases are: Cochrane database of systematic reviews; Database of abstracts of reviews of effects (DARE); Cochrane central register of controlled trials (CENTRAL); Cochrane methodology register (CMR); Health technology assessment database (HTA); and NHS Economic evaluation database (NHS EED).

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

The journal publishes original contributions dealing with psychological aspects of the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders arising out of dysfunction of the central nervous system. – Publisher’s blurb.

InnovAit

InnovAiT is a journal for Associates in Training (AiTs) of the Royal College of General Practitioners that promotes excellence in primary care and quality education. Rotating through the whole new curriculum for the nMRCGP on a three year cycle, InnovAiT supports and assists the learning and development of AiTs as they progress through training.

European Journal of Echocardiography

The European Journal of Echocardiography is published on behalf of the European Association of Echocardiography, a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology. It publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed articles on the ultrasonic examination of the cardiovascular system, including ischaemic heart disease, valve disease, cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, and cardiovascular disease. – Publisher’s blurb.

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Nicotine and Tobacco Research aims to provide a forum for empirical findings, critical reviews, and conceptual papers on the many aspects of nicotine tobacco, including research from the biobehavioral, neurobiological, molecular biologic, epidemiological, prevention, and treatment arenas. – Publisher’s blurb.

Journals of Gerontology, Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

The Journals of Gerontology, Series A publishes articles on the biological aspects of aging in areas such as biochemistry, biodemography, cellular and molecular biology, comparative and evolutionary biology, endocrinology, exercise sciences, genetics, immunology, morphology, neuroscience, nutrition, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, vertebrate and invertebrate genetics, and biological underpinnings of late life diseases. – Publisher’s blurb.