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NUR 200 - Introduction to Professional Nursing
For assistance in locating information on any nursing topic, please contact Sheila Johnson at sheilaj@usm.maine.edu or 780-4690. Prefer to send an IM or e-mail question? Click Ask a Librarian.
Off Campus Library Access If you do not already have a USM ID card:
Your Library Barcode Number To access a number of library services and the databases you will need to enter your library barcode, the number on your ID card beginning with 2502200. Library Glossary To understand some of the terms used in the library class, consult this glossary for definitions.
A complete list of services is available on the library page. Some of these are:
When you have completed this exercise please go to your Blackboard course page and review the 2nd library tutorial.
State your Search Topic and Identify Major Concepts (Keywords) and Synonyms Before you start searching for information it's important to take these steps:
Connect Concepts and Truncate Terms Once you’ve identified your major concepts, you need to specify how these will be searched. This is done by selecting or typing connecting words or Boolean operators. When you truncate a term, various word endings will automatically be searched simultaneously.
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Journal articles are the most current sources of information, and many are based on recent nursing research. The best way to find articles is to use a periodical subscription database (online index). A. What about Google?
B. Peer-Reviewed Journals Many scholarly articles located in databases are found in peer-reviewed journals. C. Library Subscription Databases As a USM student you have access to almost 200 library databases and many thousands of article records. This databases table lists the best indexes to use for searching nursing and medical topics. D. Search by Major Concepts (Keywords) To search your concepts simply type them in, separated by the connecting words and/or/not.
E. Search by Subject (Cinahl Headings) and Save Search What's a subject heading? Each article record in Cinahl is assigned subject headings. Knowing what these are takes the guesswork out of searching. Once you identify the subject heading used for a concept, you don’t need to search other synonyms for the same term. Searching by Cinahl Headings also gives you access to a powerful feature called Explode. Saving your search to the Ebsco server will make it available for future use.
F. Rerun a Saved Search and Limit Results Your saved search can be retrieved by using the Rerun feature. The Refine Search tab will let you limit, and narrow, your search results by dates, peer review articles, age groups, language etc.
G. Save, E-mail or Print Journal Citations You can create a bibliography from your search results, and save it in APA format.
H. Obtain Full Text Articles Some online articles are embedded within the database, and are marked Full Text. Others are accessible from the publisher’s website or another database, but are not always marked with the full text note. To find these you need to select the Article Linker icon.
I. Request Articles on Interlibrary Loan Don’t be discouraged if the articles you need are not available in full text. You can request them on Interlibrary Loan and receive an electronic copy within 3-5 working days.
Check with your instructors before using Internet resources for your assignments. Some will prefer that you use the pre-selected sites listed in your course material. Others will want you to use library databases exclusively. When selecting Internet resources it is important to evaluate the quality of any websites that you use. Consult the USM Library’s Evaluating Web Resources guide, or Evaluating Web Pages (UC Berkley) for evaluation criteria. The National Cancer Institute has an excellent guide on How to Evaluate Health information on the Internet. The following is a selected list of websites that you may find useful. For a more comprehensive list consult the Nursing subject guide. Associations and Organizations Maine State Nurses Association Gives information on student loans, continuing education opportunities, practice issues, and legislative priorities. Nursing World Official site of the American Nurses Association. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing site lists scholarships, conferences, organizations and other information of interest. Student Nurses Association of Maine Includes links to scholarships, employment opportunities, resume help and interview tips. General Resources Hardin MD Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources Comprehensive meta directory from the University of Iowa that provides access to resource lists in medical and health-related subjects. Organized by disease and specialty. Learning Resource Center USM’s nursing department has developed an excellent list of Links , including interactive nursing and medical sites. MedWeb's Nursing Page Emory University’s searchable list of over 300 sites on all aspects of nursing. Nursing on the Net: A Web Sampler of Resources for Nursing ... An extensive list of sites developed by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. Nursing Sites on the World Wide Web Selective list of nursing sites from the University of Buffalo's Health Sciences Library. The Virtual Nursing Center A multimedia site with study guides, patient care simulations, and links to other interactive pages. Produced by Jim Martindale.
Accurate, properly formatted footnotes and bibliographies are indicators of good academic research, and the ethical/legal use of information. The standard citation style for nursing courses is APA (American Psychological Association). APA Guides
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