About Us
- Locating Nursing Books
- A Selected List of Nursing Reference Books
- Nursing Research Databases
- Nursing Journals
- Nursing Internet Links
Locating Nursing Books
| 610 | Medical sciences |
| 610.7 | Education, research, nursing, related topics |
| 610.73 | Nursing |
| 610.73069 | Nursing personnel |
| 610.730692 | Professional nurses |
| 610.730693 | Practical nurses |
| 610.7309 | Nursing—history |
| 610.732 | Private duty nursing |
| 610.733 | Institutional nursing and ward management |
| 610.734 | Public health nursing |
| 610.736 | Long-term care nursing |
| 610.7362 | Pediatric nursing |
| 610.7365 | Geriatric nursing |
| 610.73677 | Surgical nursing |
| 610.73678 | Gynecologic and obstetric nursing |
| 610.7368 | Neurological and psychiatric nursing |
| 610.7369 | Nursing with respect to specific diseases |
| 610.9 | Medicine—history |
| 611 | Human anatomy, cytology, histology |
Examples of Library of Congress SUBJECT Heading searches Select the Subject search option in the Boreham Library Catalog to locate books using a controlled set of terminology.
| Chronic Diseases — Psychological Aspects | Nurse and Patient |
| Communication in Nursing | Nursing Assessment |
| Diagnosis, Laboratory | Public Health Nursing |
| Diet Therapy for Children | Terminal Care |
| culture and nursing | nurse and arkansas | nursing and research |
A Selected List of Nursing Reference Books
REF 610.73677 A1277cpsAlexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery REF 616.994 C16097s
Cancer Sourcebook REF 616.075 C9365
Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment REF 610.3 D734
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary Ref 610.73072 En192n
Encyclopedia of Nursing Research Ref 610.69 Ex745h
Exploring Health Care Careers REF 616.0756 J151d
Laboratory Test Handbook Ref 615.1 N938
Nursing Drug Handbook Ref 610.72 L666m
Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice
Nursing Research Databases
Use a research database to locate journal articles on nursing. Be aware that each database will have unique terminology and limiters. Look for a link to either a Subject List or to a Thesaurus where you will find official subject headings, broader and narrower terms, and related terms. Health-Related Databases CINAHL Plus with Full Text : Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health LiteratureIndexing to articles about nursing, allied health, biomedical, consumer health. The Cochrane Library
Provides evidence-based research on the effectiveness of healthcare treatments and interventions. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides full-text to 600 scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also included are abstracts and indexing for more than 850 journals. Medline
Corresponds to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index. Includes thousands of records with substantial abstracts. Health Source: Consumer Edition
Provides full-text for nearly 300 consumer health publications. Health topics include the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health.
ScienceDirect
Provides full-text to over 600 journals in the sciences. Some research databases provide full-text to journal articles or books from within the database with links to either HTML or PDF documents. If full-text is not available (no hot links) then you must determine the best way to locate the document. Follow these general guidelines:
- Is the document a book or a journal article? This information is usually available within the citation.
- Books - Check the Boreham Library Online Catalog to see whether we own the book.
- If not, consider borrowing the book from another library through Interlibrary Loan.
- Click on the Interlibrary Loan option following the citation.
- Allow 10-14 days for delivery and each item costs $1 processing fee.
- Journal Articles - Click on the Find Full Text option following the citation to determine if full-text is available from another database.
If not, consider requesting a photocopy of the article from another library through Interlibrary Loan.
- Click on the Interlibrary Loan option following the citation. Some databases fill in the ILL form automatically; some take you to the Boreham Library ILL form and you must type the item information yourself.
- Allow 7 days for delivery and each item costs $1 processing fee.
- Books - Check the Boreham Library Online Catalog to see whether we own the book.
Nursing Journals
Paper Only SubscriptionsSome publications are only available in paper format. Those available as a paper subscription in the Boreham Library are in this List of Nursing Journals. Online Journals
Many nursing publications are only available online within one of our research databases. This List of Online Journals link will take you to the Journal Locator subject display of nursing journals. Note: Our local paper holdings will also appear in this list with a link to the Boreham Library Catalog. Looking for a title not in the above lists?
Search the Journal Locator by title to determine the availability of full text for other publications.
Nursing Internet Links
Nursing Organizations American Nursing Associationhttp://www.nursingworld.org Arkansas Nurses Association
http://www.arna.org National League of Nursing
http://www.nln.org National Student Nurses Association
http://www.nsna.org Sigma Theta Tau International
http://www.nursingsociety.org
General Health-Related Websites Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov Health Finder
http://www.healthfinder.gov HealthWeb
http://healthweb.org/index.cfm National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov Nursing Sites on the World Wide Web
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/hsl/internet/nsgsites.html NursingCenter
http://nursingcenter.com World Wide Web Sites Related to Nursing
http://www.indwes.edu/ocls/reference/Nursing.html Nursing Jobs Allnurses.com
http://allnurses.com NurseZone
http://www.nursezone.com University of Iowa Site
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/nursing.html Nursing Listservs St. Francis Xavier University - Listservs
http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/fac/rmackinn/nursei.html#LISTS
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