Tennessee State University Brown-Daniel Library Resources for Nursing

Prepared by: Nancy Henthorne

Scope and Definition Nursing: Provision at various levels of preparation, of services that are essential to or helpful in the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health and well-being or in the prevention of illness, as of infants, of the sick and injured, or of others for any reason unable to provide such services themselves. (Dorland’s, 2000)

Electronic Access to Books Online Catalog Athena Interlibrary Loan (ILLIAD) NetLibrary

Selected Print Resources – Stack Area – Third Floor Nursing as a profession: RT. Pediatrics: RJ Internal Medicine: RC Public Health: RA Surgery: RD Science: Q (QD, chemistry, QH, biology, QM, anatomy. TX: Nutrition

Selected Print Reference Sources Patient Care Standards – RT85.5.M36 Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied – Health – RT21.G Physicians’ Desk Reference – RS75.P Historical Encyclopedia of Nursing – RT31.S

Selected Print Reference Sources (cont.) Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary – R121.D Research Survival Guide – RT81.5.D Internet Resource Guide for Nurses and Health Professionals – RT50.5. M Professional Guide to Diseases – RT65.P

Periodical Holdings May be accessed by: – Notebooks located in both libraries, listing title, call or shelf number, Main or Williams Campus, and dates. – Periodical Holdings link on the library web page, which includes links to title and subject lists, along with a link to Print and Online Journals. Periodical Holdings

Selected Nursing Journals American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Journal of Advanced Nursing Journal of Nursing Education Journal of Professional Nursing Journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses Journal of Transcultural Nursing Nursing Nursing Forum

Selected Nursing Journals (cont.) Journal of Nursing Scholarship Nursing Administration Quarterly RN: National Magazine for Nursing Western Journal of Nursing Research Nursing Management Nursing Practitioner Journal of Holistic Nursing Patient Care

Selected Nursing Journals (cont.) Pain Management Nursing Journal of Gerontological Nursing Research in Nursing and Health Journal of American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Nursing and Health Care Perspectives

Electronic Resources Evaluations Government Resources Forms Journals Reserves Periodical Holdings

Electronic Resources (cont.)  May be accessed through Databases by subject or title via Library Home Pagesubjecttitle Library  InfoTrac (full text) InfoTrac – Health and Wellness Resource Center Health and Wellness Resource Center – Health Reference Center Academic Health Reference Center Academic  EbscoHost EbscoHost – Academic Search Premier Academic Search Premier – CINAHL with Full Text CINAHL – Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

Electronic Resources (cont.) Cambridge Scientific Abstracts – PsycInfo PsycInfo – PsycARTICLES PsycARTICLES – Nursing Collection (Proquest) Nursing Collection (Proquest) Lexis-Nexis (Medical research) Lexis-Nexis Marcive WebDOCS-Express Search Librarians' Index to the Internet Internet Public Library

Helpful Web Sites National League for Nursing Tennessee Board of Nursing National Student Nurses' Association American Nurses Association Tennessee Department of Health

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