Introduction to library research for nursing

1. Introduction to library researchfor nursing Information resources, and how to use them. This tutorial will introduce you to the basic tools and resources available either in the library or through the library website. It will define key library terms for you and highlight them in red. Terms underlined in blue will link you to the actual sites. This tutorialalso provides you with discussion questions and exercises so you can actively participate in the tutorial on your own.

2. Navagating the new library homepage To access the library page from the new college website, click on Academics and then Mahoney Library on the left side of the page. Click on a resource to access its content. The library website, has been redesigned to be more user friendly, and better organized. It may require you to enter in your user name and password (the same used for your CSE email) Databases by subject : listing key databases for each academic discipline Research tools and other major categoriesto accesslibrary resources Subject guides: Library resources organized by academic discipline. You have now accessed one of our databases. Online & Print Journals For locating full text of journal articles Encyclopedias& other online reference sources Ask Us: live online chat session with a librarian . Direct access to Ebscoand other database providers. Click on the login button. Coolcatour online library catalog How to: answers to frequently asked questions

3. Accessing subject guides You may choose to bypass the library homepage and go directly to the Nursing subject guide. Here you will find all the major resources for nursing grouped in one centralized location. Direct links to key databases for nursing Click on the Subject Guides link on the library homepage.. Citation style guides Select Nursing & Allied Health. Online reference sources such as Health Reference Center. Important print resources

4. Books Reference collection. Encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs etc. providing useful overviews to begin your research. Reference books must be used in the library and cannot be checked out. 1. Facts on File: an extensive collection of subject specific encyclopedias. • 2. Encyclopedia Britannica: Online version of the standard reference work. Selected reference works are also available online. Access these sources through the link Encyclopedias & Reference from the library home page. a. Health Reference Center: Resource within Facts on File, providing overviews of a wide range of health and medical topics. Coverage of medical issues can be found here as well.

5. Searching for resources: Coolcat Shared catalog for Mahoney Library and the FDU libraries. Coolcat: Online catalog available from the library homepage for searching for books, videos and other resources in the CSE & FDU library collections. This includes items from our Circulating Collection: books, and other resources that can be borrowed by CSE students with an active College ID and library barcode. Barcodes are available at the library circulation desk. Results for an author search on Twain. 198 records found for Mark Twain. additional search screens available CSE students can also borrow books from the FDU libraries. This does not include e-books, which are available to FDU students only. Click Coolcat Advanced Search for more options. Limit results to a specific date range Limit results to a specific location and collection. The catalog has been redesigned, making it easer to use with more searching options. • Select the kind of search you wish to perform. • Limit the results to different library collections. • Select advanced search for more options. • You can also select subject and author search. Mahoney Library

6. Coolcat: Accessing the records Once you click the search button, the results screen will appear. 1. Search terms & number of records found will be at the top of the screen. 2. Add a filter to limit the results of your search to a particular collection. 3. Click on the boxes to the left of records you are interested in. 4. Click Print, Export, E-mail or Add to List buttons for the records selected. 5. Select your format and click on Click to Print. Call number and the library location of the item will appear on the record. Print Add filter CSE Mahoney Library Mahoney Library

7. Mahoney Library Opening up the full record. The open record provides access to additional information about the resource. • TheCall Number, a unique number assigned to each item in the library collection • is at the bottom of the • record, along with the • book’s location in the • library. Click on the title to open up the record. 2. Print, Export, Email commands are on the right side of the page. Click on Choice to access the review 3. Listing of chapters and subject headings found in the middle of the page. 4. Google books is also available for added information (turn off popup blockers first). 5. Reviews & more provide access to book reviews and additional info.

8. Coolcat exercises • Find a book about case studies in nursing available in Mahoney Library. Write down the title and the call number. 2. Find some general information about the pulmonary system in one of our online reference sources. Which source did you use? 3. Look for a video on autism produced after 2000, available in Mahoney Library. How many videos on autism did you find? Write down the title and the call number. 4. Which library in Coolcat owns “Ballads of Marko Kraljevic”? Write down the call number. 5. Find a book about your current research topic. Write down the title and the call number. Which library has the book?

9. Periodicals Periodicals: Also known as journals, magazines or serials, are written works published on a regular basis, usually as a series of volumes and issues. This distinguishes them from books which are published only once. • Peer reviewedjournals: Scholarly journals whose content has been reviewed by • professionals in the field before publication. • Most databases now allow you to limit the results of a search to just articles from peer • reviewed journals. • E-journals: Journals available in • electronic form through full text • databases. E-journals have the • same literary content as their print • counterparts. They may lack certain • graphic elements, like photographs • and illustrations, but in most other • ways they are identical.

10. Tools for accessing periodicals Indexes: Annual publications used for searching journals by either author or subject. Many indexes date back to the early the 20th century providing access that most databases do not. Databases: Digital searching tools developing from indexes that allowed for greater flexibility in searching across multiple searching terms and over a span of years. • Most databases now provide abstracts -a brief summary of what the article is • about, which indexes cannot do. • Full text databases: Databases providing access to the full content of articles • drawn from many journals and spanning many years. While most databases still • contain some records without full text, they can now search the other databases • for the full text record.

11. Accessing databases from the homepage Databases can be accessed from a number of points on the Library homepage. Ebsco: You can search Ebsco databases directly from the library homepage. Subject Guides: You can access databases through the Subject Guides which lists all the resources available for each academic discipline. Other databases: You can access databases available through Proquest orsearch Google Scholar. Databases by subject: You can access a few key databases for each academic discipline.

12. Searching Ebsco databases Mahoney Library Choose Databases: Allows you to select multiple databases to search at the same time. This is called a Federated Search. Access Subject terms used by the database. Multiple search screens and dropdown menus for searching. Linked Full Text: Limiting search results to full text records Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals: limits results to articles from peer reviewed publications. Publication Year Limit results to a specific date range. Ebsco provides access to wide range of databases, including key nursing resources such as Cinahl, Health Source Nursing and Medline, along with Academic Search Premier

13. Once you click search, your results will appear along with options to narrow your results. Number of records retrieved. Accessing the results of your searches Limit the results to records with full text, coming from scholarly journals, or to a specific date range. Click icons to print, email, or export the record You can copy and paste these citations onto a Word document to help construct a bibliography. Refine your search using one or more suggested subject headings. Click on a title to access its full record Access full text Cite: Creates a citation, a brief record of the article, used in bibliographies and based on AMA, APA and other style guides. Click Find Similar Results for search using all the subjects in the current article. Generate a new search using subjects from the article. Mahoney Library

14. Retrieving sources: Getting articles from full text databases Mahoney Library Many databases provide the actual text of the article being searched. Simply click on the PDF or HTML link to take you to the full text. The text of the electronic version will be identical to the print version. You will be taken to a new screen listing the databases with the full text for the journal and the range coverage they offer. Click on the particular issue you need, to access the article you are looking for. If the full text is not provided, the database can search other databases for full text. Click “Search for full text” or some version of that. Scroll down until you find the article you are looking for. Click on the database providing the coverage you need. Volume & issue

15. Finding the full text for a citation Mahoney Library If you have a citation, and you want to find out which database has the full text, click on the Online & Print Journalslink on the library home page. Online & Print Journals 1. In the new screen, type the journal’s title (not the title of the article) in the field provided. Select the database with the needed coverage and proceed as noted under Retrieving sources.

16. Retrieving sources through Interlibrary loan Interlibrary Loan is a service provided when a book or article is not available in the library’s own collection. The library will attempt to borrow the resource from another library’s collection. Services & borrowing: Library page linked to Inter-library loan page. How to Borrow from Another Library. Request forms • Click on the Services & Borrowinglink from the library home page. • Click How to Borrow from Another Librarybelow Borrowing from other libraries. • 3. Under InterLibrary Loan, click Book Request FormorArticle request form. • 4. Follow the instructions as noted, fill out the form and click on the submit button. The library will call or email you when your item arrives. Mahoney Library

17. Online reference services • Mahoney Library now offers two kinds of online reference services. • A. Ask us, an online chat service with a librarian (available when the library is open). • 1. Scroll down the library homepage until you find the Ask Us screen on the right side of the page. • 2. Type in your question in the lower box • and hit the Enter key on your keyboard. • 3. The reference librarian on duty will • respond to your question as promptly • as time allows. • 4. You can then respond back to engage • in a chat session until your questions • has been answered. • Mahoney Online, our email reference • service. • 1. If the library is not open, or you prefer to • email your question, click on the link • Find Another Way to Contact Us below • the Ask Us screen. • 2. In the next screen, move down to the Online • section and click on the help request form. • 3. Fill out the form and click on the Submit • button. We will try to respond to you within • the next 24 hours. Ask online

18. Database exercises 1. Which database in would you search to find articles on Early Christian theology? Find a full text, peer reviewed article on this topic in the database and write down the full citation. 2. Find the full text for the following citation: Cooper, M. Rediscovering the Immortal Hydra: StemCells and the Question of Epigenesis. Configurations v. 11 no. 1 (Winter 2003) p. 1-26 Which database provided you access to the full text of the article? 3. Find the database CQ Researcher. Use this database to find information on immigration. What kind of information did you find? 4. Which database (or group of databases) would you use to find an article on your current research topic? Using that database (or databases), find a full text, peer reviewed article. Write down the citation.

19. Key library terms for research Definitions for all the terms below can be found in the preceding pages of this powerpoint. 1. Reference collection. 2. Circulating collection. 3. Coolcat. 4. Call number. 5. Periodical. 6. Peer reviewed journal. 7. E-journal. 8. Index. 9. Database. 10. Full text. 11. Abstracts. 12. Citation. 13. Interlibrary loan 14. Federated searching Still have questions? Ask a librarian. A reference librarian is always on duty whenever the library is open. We are here to help. Click on the Library hours link on the Mahoney Library home page for the times we are available.