NURSING

1. NURSING RENITA KRASNODEBSKI, LIAISON x4239 ROBERT WAKS x4240

2. WHERE DO I BEGIN? CHOOSE A TOPIC (e.g. Nursing Research) How do we go about choosing a topic? Begin with the Reference collection: Encyclopedia of Nursing Research Fitzpatrick , Joyce J. & Wallace Meredith (Eds.) New York, Springer Pub. c. 2006 REF 610.73 E563 nr

3. PRIMARY, SECONDARY OR TERTIARY RESOURCES Here are some definitions and examples to help you identify the various categories: Primary – original and new research. e. g. Newspaper articles, original scholarly works and transcripts, statistics Secondary – Interprets, analyzes and evaluates primary sources. e.g. Books, Commentaries, Bibliographies, Popular Magazine articles, Biographical Works Tertiary – Indexes that compile and organize information from primary and secondary sources in a specific subject area. e.g. Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Directories

4. MAHONEY LIBRARY WEBPAGE Subject Guide Databases WorldCat Newspapers Encyclopedias CoolCat- online catalog for CSE and FDU How to… Locate Full-Text Borrow from other libraries Cite Your Sources Reference Messaging. RefWorks Get Help Mahoney Library

5. NURSING & ALLIED HEALTH SUBJECT GUIDE Databases Websites Citation Guide CoolCat Catalog How to Borrow from Other Libraries Mahoney Library

6. BOOKS REFERENCE CIRCULATING • ‘R’ or ‘Ref’ on book spine before call # • Does not circulate • Current but not like newspapers, magazines or journals • e.g. encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, reports… Examples of Reference titles in Nursing • Springhouse nurse’s drug guide • Nurse’s handbook of patient education • The Lippincott manual of nursing practice • Mosby’s medical, nursing, & allied health dictionary • Has call # on book spine to locate in library collection. • Circulates for 28 days • Current and historical • e.g. anthologies, series, novels, books on a subject… NO TEXTBOOKS Examples of Circulating titles on “Nursing” • Reading, understanding, and applying nursing research • Teaching nursing: developing a student-centered learning environment • Dual diagnosis nursing • Nursing theorists and their work • The complexities of care: nursing reconsidered

7. COOLCAT- ONLINE CATALOG FOR CSE AND FDU Title keyword search Nursing Theorists Nursing Theorists as Title Keyword Mahoney Library

8. LOCATING BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY COLLECTION Limit to CSE holdings or sources from 2006 and after -Year of book -Locate book by call number -Is the book on the shelf Mahoney Library

9. TYPES OF JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES CONSUMER TRADE • Focus is lay reader • Many advertisements • Written by an anonymous author or freelance writer • Easy reading e.g. Health News Arthritis Today Caring Today • Geared towards a reader from a particular trade • Some advertisements from industry • Targets specifically to industry • Some graphs, charts, photos • Uses technical terminology e.g. Journal of Community Nursing RN Nursing News

10. JOURNALS: SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS • Article can be peer reviewed or refereed • Written by a subject expert • Minimal advertising • Original research including studies and reports e.g. Journal of Holistic Nursing Journal of Nursing Education Worldviews on evidence-based nursing

11. ONLINE AND PRINT JOURNALS Search a journal title e.g. Nursing Management Select Health and Biological Sciences and Nursing Mahoney Library Mahoney Library

12. ULRICHS PERIODICALS DIRECTORYUseful for finding out subject areas of journals and determining their level of scholarship Publisher Information Document Type Refereed and Scholarly Year of publication Refereed/peer-reviewed Description of journal Available online or in print sSSubject Mahoney Library

13. SEARCHING FOR AN ARTICLEType in your username and password to access a database DATABASES, A-Z SEARCH DATABASES ALPHABETICALLY DATABASES BY SUBJECT NURSING & ALLIED HEALTH Mahoney Library

14. SEARCHING CINAHL Peer Reviewed Limit by Date Range Case Study Mahoney Library

15. CINAHL SUBJECT HEADINGS Click anywhere in box to begin tutorial Mahoney Library

16. HEALTH SOURCE: NURSING ACADEMIC EDITION BSN in Title ten years in Abstract Scholarly/Peer Reviewed Mahoney Library

17. HEALTH SOURCE: NURSING ACADEMIC EDITION SEARCH FOR FULL TEXT Search for Full Text Mahoney Library

18. HEALTH SOURCE: NURSING ACADEMIC EDITION SEARCH FOR FULL TEXT Match the year of citation (2006) with the database with the appropriate date range Mahoney Library

19. HEALTH SOURCE: NURSING ACADEMIC EDITION SEARCH FOR FULL TEXT Match date range of citation 2006 vol. 69 issue 10 Mahoney Library

20. JOURNALS @ OVID Advanced Search Use quotes to keep terms together “patient safety” Expand Limits Studies and Scholarly Works Limit by span of years Mahoney Library

21. WORLDCAT • A list of library holdings of books, periodicals and audiovisuals from around the world. • Locate books and journals when not available at CSE. • NJ libraries appear first • Available under ‘Quick Links’ on Mahoney Library Home Page Mahoney Library

22. WORLDCAT Search for journal title Nursing Management Select Serial Publications ----------------------- New Jersey libraries appear first in results list. Mahoney Library

23. NEED A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE? Newspapers Online found on Mahoney Library Home Page provides links to online Newspapers and newspaper databases. Also included are a number of key news sites on the web.

24. INTERCAMPUS/INTERLIBRARY LOANS Article and Book Request Forms for Interlibray Loans Get a Book from FDU through Intercampus Loans Mahoney Library

25. SELECTING WEBSITES Criteria for evaluating websites: • Up-to-date information • Credibility of author or organization • Domains – e.g. .com; .edu; .gov; .org • Links to resources and may have list of references • New Jersey State Nursing Association http://www.njsna.org/ • Trip Database- Evidence based Medicine http://www.tripdatabase.com/index.html • National Institute of Nursing Research www.nih.gov/about/almanac/organization/NINR.htm • Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Accreditation/

26. EVALUATING RESOURCES Criteria to look for: 1. Currency 2. A balance of primary, secondary or tertiary resources 3. Credibility of the publication - Scholarly and peer reviewed journals - Government document 4. Identity of the author - A professional from a reputable institution - Author’s name cited in other scholarly works 5. Does the resource have a bibliography

27. HOW DO I CITE SOURCES? 1. Print copies of citation guides on Reserve and in Reference Additional guidesavailable online through Mahoney Library Home Page (How do I …?-Cite sources – Style Guides) 2. Convert a citation to APA in databases such as Proquest or Academic Search Premier 3. RefWorks:an online bibliographic web-based manager that will create your bibliographies for you. See your reference librarian for further information.

28. NEED ASSISTANCE? • Meet with a Reference Librarian or call the Reference Desk at x4248. • Schedule an individual or group appointment with a research librarian.

29. ASKONLINE Found under the link Ask Online under the How do I… from the Library Home Page. Complete form to e-mail a Reference Librarian Mahoney Library

30. REFERENCE MESSAGING CHAT WITH A LIBRARIAN TYPE YOUR QUESTION ON THE MAHONEY LIBRARY HOME PAGE Mahoney Library

31. HAPPY RESEARCH HUNTING!