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Nursing

Locating Nursing Books

Outline of the Dewey Decimal Classification for Nursing Use these call numbers to browse the shelves in the Nonfiction and Reference Collections.

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

Examples of KEYWORD searches    Select the Keyword search option in the Boreham Library Catalog to locate books using any word or combination of words.

culture and nursing nurse and arkansas nursing and research


A Selected List of Nursing Reference Books

Ref 610.73677 A1277cps
Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery

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 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 Literature
Indexing 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.



Nursing Journals

Paper Only Subscriptions
Some 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 Association
http://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://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/dokuwiki/hslwiki/doku.php?id=nursing_sites

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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