Subject Guides
Nursing
what are these?
Databases
Biosis
Covers of research in the biological and biomedical sciences. GFU has coverage from 1991 to 2004.
CINAHL with Full Text
Indexing thousands of journals in the fields of nursing and allied health, with full text for more than 600.
Articles, books, research reports, and conference proceedings related to the effects of healthcare, the conduct of controlled trials, the cost and effects of drugs, treatments and procedures, and systematic reviews of healthcare around the world.
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (Cochrane)
Abstracts for systematic reviews of the effects of health care from around the world.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Includes almost 100 indexed and abstracted magazines/journals, 75 full text magazines/journals, 155 full text health reports, over 130 full text health books, the Mirriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, over 5,100 Clinical Reference System reports, and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Nearly 550 full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong.
Health Technology Assessments
Provides details of completed and ongoing health technology assessments (studies of the medical, social, ethical and economic implications of healthcare interventions). Aim is to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care.
Lippincott Premier Nursing Journals
The full text of over 40 research- and practitioner-based peer-reviewed journals.
Medline via Ebsco
Covers the literature of biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences. 1949 to the present.
NHS Economic Evaluation Database
Provides information on the costs and effects of drugs, treatments and procedures. Economic evaluations - the cost-benefit analysis of two or more different medical treatments - are systematically identified, described and appraised for quality while their relative strengths and weaknesses are explored and highlighted.
With over 4 million articles related to specialized care, treatment and management of all types of patients.
Nursing Reference Center
User-friendly point-of-care resource intended for staff nurses, nurse administrators, nursing students, nurse faculty, and hospital librarians. Extensive coverage of clinical evidence and knowledge on conditions and diseases.
Nursing Resource Center (Gale)
Designed to match the "nursing process" workflow, the interface is intuitive to students and facilitates connections between the content and clinical practice.
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
Reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, etc. Provides abstracting and indexing for more than 780 titles, with over 650 titles in full-text, plus more than 12,000 full text dissertations.
PubMed
From the National Library of Medicine, PubMed includes MEDLINE and related databases. Over 18 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. PubMed may link to content we don't have online access to; please contact a librarian if you need assistance.
ScienceDirect College Edition
Full-text access to most Elsevier journals in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Web resources
Mayo Clinic Health - Information
Reliable health information from the Mayo Clinic.
Medline Plus
Consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine.
NursingCenter (Lippincott)
A centralized platform to assist nurses in staying abreast of research and opportunities.
Nursing on the Net: Health Care Resources You Can Use
Available through the National Library of Medicine.
Dictionaries
American nursing : a biographical dictionary
A dictionary of nursing (electronic resource)
Dictionary of nursing theory and research
Medically speaking a dictionary of quotations
on dentistry, medicine, and nursing (electronic resource)
Mosby's dictionary of medicine, nursing & health professions
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of nursing research (electronic resource)
The Gale encyclopedia of nursing & allied health (electronic resource)
Professional organizations
AACN – Education - Additional Resources
A directory of nursing associations and other nursing resources from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
National Student Nurses Association
Finding books
By subject search
Below are some links to various subject searches in the catalog. The subject search is a specific and helpful way to find materials about your area of interest. Explore these or try some of your own subject searches using the "Subject" tab in Foxtrax. For more information on "power searching" by subject, ask your reference librarian.
Chronic diseases NursingIntensive care nursing
Nursing care plans Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Nursing ethics
School nursing
By call number
If you want to browse for books in the library, use the call numbers below to find the subject areas that are of interest to you. You can use them to browse the reference section or the main stacks. The Library of Congress website may have a more detailed outline of call numbers for your subject area.
| RT1-120 | Nursing |
| RT89-120 | Specialties in nursing |
Google search: Nursing
This Google Custom Search engine searches quality, discipline specific web sites selected by the librarians.
