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Nursing |
This guide suggests resources for
research in the field of nursing and related fields.
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Background
Information | Facts & Figures
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Find Books | Organizations
| Web Resources
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Background
Information (Overview Sources)
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Encyclopedias and other reference
works are an excellent place to start a research project or
simply learn more about a particular topic. They provide
topic summaries, context, and bibliographies for further reading.
Sources with call #s preceded by R, are located in Kent
Reference, main floor.
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Encyclopedia Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior |
R 362.2903 En19 |
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Encyclopedia of Health Care Management |
R 362.1068 En195 |
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Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition |
R 613.203 En195 |
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Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine |
R 615.503 G1317 |
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Historical Encyclopedia of Nursing |
R 610.7309 Sh52h |
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& Figures (Fact Sources) |
Use dictionaries, statistical works, atlases, handbooks and
similar works to find and check facts about topics, people,
or events. Sources with call #s preceded by R, are
located in Kent Reference, main floor.
| The Human Body:
An Illustrated Guide to Its
Structure, Function, and Disorders |
R 612.00222 H88 |
| Merck Manual of
Health &Aging |
R 613.0438 M537 |
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Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference |
R 616.075 P14m6 |
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Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary |
R 610.3 M8513 |
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Nursing Drug Reference |
R 615.1 M85 |
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Nurses' Guide to Clinical Procedures |
R 610.73 Sm672n4 |
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Nurses' Handbook of Health Assessment |
R 610.73 W3885n4 |
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PDR Nurse's Drug Handbook |
R 615 P299 |
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Professional Guide to Diseases |
R 616 P9428 |
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Articles |
Search indexes, abstracts, and databases
to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. For
a complete list of Kent Library's online indexes and databases
& to access these online resources,
see the Find:
articles page (http://library.semo.edu/find/articles.asp).
To find articles and scholarly/peer-reviewed articles
use the following online databases:
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Find General
Collection Books |
Use the Kent
Library Catalog (http://library.semo.edu/find/books.shtml)
to find books, periodicals (journals, magazines, & newspapers),
videos, government documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you
to use your own words as search terms.
Subject heading searches use Library of Congress subject
headings. Printed volumes of these headings are located near
the Reference Desk on the main floor. Here are a couple of
suggestions to try.
communication in nursing
community health nursing
family nursing
intensive care nursing
nursing
nursing assessment
nursing care plans
nursing diagnosis
nursing ethics
nursing law and legislation
primary nursing
psychiatric nursing
rural nursing
surgical nursing
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Browse the shelves by Dewey Decimal call
number.
174 nursing ethics
344 nursing law and legislation
610 - 619 nursing, medicine & health
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Organizations |
Professional organizations and/or
societies often provide very useful topic related information.
American Nurses Association
American Nurses
Credentialing Center
National League for Nursing
Nursing Associations
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Resources |
allnurses.com
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention: Data & Statistics
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Human Anatomy Online
Librarians' Index to
the Internet: Health
Medical Images on the Web
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Merck Manuals online
National Center for Health
Statistics
National Institute
of Nursing Research
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine
Nursing
Center
Professional
Nursing Network
RxList: the Internet Drug Index
U. S. Department of Health &
Human Services
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For a list of Web searching
tools, see Kent Library's
Find: web searching tools page (http://library.semo.edu/find/webpages.shtml).
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