Library Research Nursing and Cultural Diversity Research Anthony Valenti Campus Director Learning Resources

Agenda 4 Library Catalog 4 Electronic Resources 4 Skills for Online Searching 4 Internet Research 4 Library Website 4 Library Services

Edison College Electronic Catalog 4 Includes Books, Journals, and A/V Titles 4 Searchable by Author, Title, Subject, or Keyword 4 Make sure you select Edison College and Collier Campus for items held at this location 4 You do not need to log in to search; However, you do need to log in to view fines and fees, place holds, access e- books, etc.

Suggested Books in the Library 4 Reference Books –Countries and Their Cultures REF GN307.C –Cultures of the World REF GN 307.E Reserve Books –World Religions for Healthcare Professionals BL 65.M4 W –Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness RA T73 S –Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care RA T73 P –Mosby’s Pocket Guide to Cultural Health Assessment RT G

Edison College Access to Electronic Resources –Go to the Library website: –Locate the silver search box on the top of the page. Click on Articles in Databases tab. –You will see a log in screen. Select Edison as your college if not the default –Enter your Connect Card Number, (8 digit Edison ID Number) and your PIN (Default is last 4 digits SS#) –Select a database. The default setting is to display databases by Subject. You may also click on the Alphabetical button to see databases listed by name. –Begin Your Search

Edison College Electronic Resources 4 Online databases –Indexes to articles, book chapters, thesis or other documents: EBSCO, PROQUEST, etc. –Reference Resources: Online versions of Reference Works: Grove Art Online, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, etc. 4 Restricted to Edison College community 4 Sorted alphabetically or by subject 4 Recommended Nursing databases (with searching demonstration) –Nursing Collection (OVID) –CINAHL Plus Full Text (EBSCO) –MEDLINE via EBSCO

Skills for Online Searching 4 Subject or Keyword Search –Identify Key Concepts “Chinese” and “Culture” and “medicine” NOT “What are the Chinese American views of medicine?” 4 Controlled Vocabulary –Different databases may use different terms. Get out your Thesaurus! 4 Boolean Logic –AND, OR, sometimes NOT 4 Limits –Full Text, Scholarly (Peer Reviewed), Date, etc. 4 Truncating –searching multiple variants of word –EX: nurs* = nurse, nurses, nursing, etc. –Can be different symbols #, $, * etc. Each database will be different

Search Results –If Full Text Print, Download, or article – If Citation or Abstract Click on Find Text? link. Perhaps it is available full text in another database. Request Interlibrary Loan for article.

Internet Resources 4 The Internet can provide information; however, proceed with caution! –Anyone can post anything at anytime on the Internet. The Web is populated with an abundance of unreliable and inaccurate information. –People who publish on the Web have an agenda. Be particularly suspicious of.com sites, which are trying to sell you something. –Most scholarly sources are not on the Internet. Only a small percentage of all journals and an even smaller number of books are available on the Internet. –Navigating the vast amount of information available on the Internet can be overwhelming. Only a small percentage of search results generally are relevant

Edison College Library Website 4 Research Guides by Subject –Nursing Guide –databases, books, film, websites, etc. 4 Citation Guide –How to cite the information found during research –APA Style 4 Understanding Plagiarism 4 Library Instruction Survey

Edison College Library Services 4 Research Assistance –Reference Assistance Reference Desk & Individual Assistance 4 Interlibrary Loan Services –If it is not available at library or available full text online, we will try to get it from another library

Research Assistance  Anthony P. Valenti Campus Director, Learning Resources