Nursing Research

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Dictionaries/Encyclopedias

*There will be many more dictionaries and encyclopedias within each individual library. The two listed above are available in both the Birnbaum Library and Mortola Library reference collections. Browse nearby Call Number areas to locate additional resources.

Databases

Cinahl (Cumulative index to nursing and allied health literature) Indexes nursing, allied health, biomedical and consumer health journals from 1983 to present.

Cochrane Library The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases, the most central being the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - "Cochrane Reviews are full text articles reviewing the effects of healthcare. The reviews are highly structured and systematic, with evidence included or excluded on the basis of explicit quality criteria, to minimise bias. Data [from similar randomised trails] are often combined statistically (with meta-analysis) to increase the power of the findings of numerous studies, each too small to produce reliable results individually."

Health Reference Center Academic Indexing of 205 medical journals and consumer health magazines; Full Text of more than 150 of these titles as well as Full Text of health related articles from 1,500 general interest periodicals.

Health Source Nursing Academic Provides nearly 590 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 627 journals

Medline Now accessed through Ebsco. Journals published internationally, covering all areas of medicine. 1966 to the present. Updated daily.

PsycINFO The PsycINFO database includes references and summaries for journal articles, books, book chapters, and technical reports, and references to dissertations. Over 1,300 journals in more than 30 languages and English-language books are represented in the database. Includes literature from an array of related disciplines, such as education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, medicine, nursing, law, and social work. Covers 1887- present.

Stat!Ref A collection of full-text electronic books in the Nursing and Healthcare fields, including titles such as Current Critical Care Diagnosis & Treatment, Geriatric Medicine: An Evidence Based Approach, the Merck Manual, Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Cardiology and more. (Available through February 2006).
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Citation Style

• View the online APA citation guide
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th edition Washington: APA, 2001. Location: Mortola Ready Ref BF76.7 .P83 2001

APA Format for a journal article, example:

Latvala, E., Janhonen, S., & Wahlberg, K. (1999). Patient initiatives during the assessment

and planning of psychiatric nursing in a hospital environment. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 29, 64-71.

APA Format for journal article from a full-text database, example:

Shrier, Ian. (2003). Tai chi retards bone loss and improves muscle strength. Physician &

Sportsmedicine, 31, 16-7. Retrieved October 11, 2004 from Health Source: Nursing/Academic database.

General Databases

Academic Search Premier Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

Research Library  This database has abstracts as well as full text articles covering humanities, social sciences, general science, and business information.  Approximately one third of the titles are available full text.

I have a citation, now what do I do?

Web Resources

The Joanna Briggs Institute http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au
Access to Systematic Reviews, Best Practices and more - many available for free.

National Guideline Clearinghouse http://www.guideline.gov
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

How to read a paper: Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) - http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/315/7109/672
This is an article about how to read papers that summarize other papers such as systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Users' Guides to Evidence Based Practice. http://www.cche.net/principles/content_all.asp These Guides were originally published as a series in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The Cochrane Collaboration - http://www.cochrane.org Provides background information to systematic reviews. Pace Library does subscribe to the Cochrane Library, and you should enter it through the link on the Library's database page.

Evidence Based Nursing Online. http://www.evidencebasednursing.com This online journal currently has a free trial. You may search or browse through the current issue or past issues.

The Pace University Library has selected Internet resources in Nursing available as well. These sites have bee briefly annotated and have been selected by Librarians and Faculty.