NURSING RESOURCES GUIDE
BOOKS & VIDEOSBooks and videos on topics in nursing can be accessed through Max, the library's online catalog.
REFERENCE COLLECTIONThe reference collection contains a wide range of materials on nursing. It includes nursing handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries and directories, as well as pharmacology sources and statistical information. Reference books can be found by searching Max, or by browsing the shelves using the Library of Congress Classification system. Call numbers for Nursing and related fields can be found in the LC classifications for Nursing and Medicine list. Reference books are shelved on the main floor of Scarborough Library.
FINDING ARTICLES IN MEDICAL JOURNALS AND PROFESSIONAL MAGAZINESOne strategy for finding articles in journals and professional nursing magazines is to browse through individual issues of these publications. This method can be useful if you know the name of the journal/magazine and what it covers.
The preferred method for locating articles is to use an index or database. Paper sources that list article citations are generally called indexes. Computer sources that list article citations are generally called databases. The advantage of doing a computer database search is that you can search many publications and multiple years simultaneously. Students have access to online databases on campus as well as off-campus from the Library's main web page. Off-campus use requires the user to have a campus user ID and password.
The Library has EBSCO A to Z that lists the availability of full-text titles accessible to the Library’s users. The service is searchable by titles and subject. Nursing is listed under the heading Medicine.
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) is a database indexing nearly 1,175 journals, including publications of the American Nursing Association and the National League for Nursing, as well as citations to nursing books, dissertations, examination, standards and software. Journals have been indexed since 1982, and abstracted since 1986. CINAHL contains full-text for some journals in nursing. CINAHL is available through EbscoHost.
Medline is another database for locating articles from medical journals. Medline is available from the National Library of Medicine at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query and also from the EBSCOhost service via the Library's main web page. Medline from NLM requires no username and password.
EBSCOhost's Academic Search Premier is a general journal and magazine database that contains some medical and nursing journals. Academic Search Premier is available through the EBSCOhost service listed on the Library's main web page.. Some articles in this database are available in full-text; these can be printed out, emailed, and/or saved to disk.
EBSCOhost’s Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic is also available; it contains over 100 full-text periodical titles covering nursing, medicine, health care, and pre-clinical sciences.
Expanded Academic ASAP is another general journal and magazine database that contains some medical and nursing journals. Use is similar to EBSCOhost’s Academic Search Premier.
In addition, the library has available indexing and abstracting services: PsycINFO via FirstSearch and Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.
Scarborough Library also subscribes to Access Science McGraw Hill; this provides a full-text science encyclopedia. Encyclopedia Britannica is also available online.
NURSING SITES ON THE INTERNETThere are many possible sites on the Internet that contain nursing and medical information. To help you begin your search for information on the Internet try visiting Nursing Sites on the World Wide Web, compiled by librarians at the University of Buffalo Health Sciences Library. You can also consult the list of Nursing Internet Resources prepared by Pat McDowell, part-time reference librarian at Scarborough Library.
CAPHIS, "Web Sites You Can Trust" page prepared by the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) of the Medical Library Association. One very informative site is one maintained by Gloria Miccioli, Researching Medical Literature on the Internet
INTERLIBRARY LOANIf the library does not have a book or periodical you need, you may be able to obtain the material through interlibrary loan. Forms are available at the Public Services and Reference desks. Students pay $1.00 for each ILL request. Materials are usually available within two weeks after the request.