Fall 2014

Amy Schleigh HayesTechnology & Electronic Resources Librarian(973) 290-4258aschleigh@cse.edu

Nursing Research

Topic Outline

Starting Point: Nursing Subject Guide

Finding Books via CoolCat, WorldCat

InterLibrary Loan

Searching library databases, finding scholarly journal articles, dissertations

Searching the web, finding academic content

Starting Point for Nursing Research

http://www.cse.edu/academics/mahoney-library/guides/nursing.dot

Finding Books

Searching CoolCat: https://coolcat.fdu.edu/CoolCat is the online catalog

that CSE and FDU share. You can limit your search to CSE only, or search across both (and borrow books from FDU as well).

Use the Call Number to Locate the Book: Books on nursing, medicine and health are found in

the 610-619 range. These are located upstairs in the left wing. (Exception are reference books, which are in the Reference Room on main level of the library.)

What if you don’t find it?

WorldCathttp://www.worldcat.org/WorldCat searches across many of the academic, public, other libraries throughout the United States, and beyond. It is useful for identifying books relevant to your research, even if we don’t have them at CSE.

Nearby Libraries:http://www.cse.edu/academics/mahoney-library/about/nearby-libraries.dot

Reciprocal Borrowing at other NJ college libraries:http://www.cse.edu/academics/mahoney-library/about/reciprocal-borrowing.dot

How Do I…Request/Borrow from Other Libraries?http://www.cse.edu/academics/mahoney-library/about/interlibraryloan.dotForms available for book request and article request

Articles via Library Subscription Databases

Online & Print Journals List:http://atoz.ebsco.com/Search/10584Use this if you have the article citation or know the name of the journal.

Databases A-Z List:http://www.cse.edu/academics/mahoney-library/research/databases.dotUse this to go straight to a database, if you know the name.

Subject Guides:http://www.cse.edu/academics/mahoney-library/guides/Use these to identify databases appropriate for a given subject.

Peer Review:http://www.cse.edu/academics/mahoney-library/research/peerreview.dot

Understand more about peer review and why its important.

Key Multidisciplinary Databases

Reference Content see Encyclopedias & Reference page Health Reference Center from Facts on File Reference USA

(directory of healthcare organizations and professionals) Gale Virtual Reference Library:

see especially Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine & Health

Periodical Articles see Databases A-Z page

Academic Search Premier (70% scholarly, many FT) ProQuest databases Omnifile Full Text Mega SAGE Premier Journals (scholarly) Lexis Nexis Academic (for news, not scholarly)

Streaming Video see Databases A-Z page Films on Demand- contains nursing/medical videos

Key Subject Databases Health Sciences, Medicine & Nursing

CINAHL with Full Text MEDLINE/PubMed (Ebsco or NLM) Nursing @ Ovid Science Direct ProQuest Health & Medicine Health Source: Nursing/Academic

Education Education Research Complete ERIC Education Full Text

Database Searching Techniques

Take a look around, see what your options areKeep your searches simple

Zero in on the key words and phrases for your topic Don’t use small, unimportant words like the, in, this, that,

on, etc.Use limiters as appropriate

Scholarly (peer-reviewed), Full Text, Date, Number of Pages…

Be aware of what you’re searching If you’re searching the entire document text (keyword),

your results may be too broad If you’re searching article title only, your results may be too

narrow Try to search the subject headings (also called

descriptors in some databases) or abstracts (article summary)

Medline, PubMed, which one is it?

Medline Basics

What’s the difference between Medline and PubMed?http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/dif_med_pub.html

PubMed Tutorialshttp://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBD13A2628C7A9965http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html

What is MeSH?http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/video/index.html

Journal Title Abbreviationshttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/constructitle.html#oneexam

Online Guides and Tutorials

Ebsco databases (CINAHL, Medline, etc.)

CINAHL with Full Text Search Guidehttp://support.epnet.com/uploads/kb/en_cinahlwithfulltext_pocketguide.pdf

CINAHL with Full Text Help Sheethttp://support.epnet.com/uploads/kb/en_cinahlwithfulltext_helpsheet.doc

PubMed Training Materials from the National Library of

Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html

Key Nursing Journals

American Journal of NursingApplied Nursing ResearchArchives of Psychiatric

NursingCritical Care NurseCritical Care Nursing

Quarterly Journal of Advanced Nursing Journal of American

Psychiatric Nurses Association

Journal of Christian Nursing (in print)

Journal of Nursing Administration

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Journal of Professional Nursing

MCN, American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Nursing Clinics of North America

Nursing ManagementNursing OutlookNursing Research

Journals on Nursing Education

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Journal for Nurses in Staff DevelopmentJournal of Continuing Education in NursingJournal of Nursing EducationNurse Education in PracticeNurse EducatorNursing Education Perspectives

Also of possible interest: New Jersey Nurse, Nurse Leader, Nurse Researcher

All of these journals are available online

Online & Print Journals List

Look up the name of a journal or magazine, to find out if we have access to that journal. The results screen will give you links to any databases where we have full text, as well as list the dates available.

http://atoz.ebsco.com/Search/10584/

Putting databases to work for you

Journal Alerts When you find a particularly useful journal, sign up to

have future tables of contents emailed to youSearch Alerts

Same here – Get new results of your search e-mailed to you as they are added to the database

Databases that offer Alerts

Database Journal Alert

Search Alert

Email RSS

Ebsco

ProQuest

Science Direct

PubMed Google Scholar

Dissertations & Theses

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

Over 1 million available as full text download (pdf)

http://www.cse.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/pqdtft/ip

Research on the (free) Web…

…How do you get to the good stuff?

Think about website domains.edu, .gov, .org, .info, .net, .com, .biz.nj.us, .uk, .de, .jp, .mx

Familiarize yourself with key organizations and government agencies in your field or area of interest …cdc.gov, nih.gov…and search within those domains

Think about file formats: .pdf, .pptResearch reports online are usually in pdf format. Web Search Tools:

http://www.cse.edu/academics/mahoney-library/research/web-search-tools.dot

More Tips for Finding Academic Content Online

Think about currency – Google and Bing allow you to limit your search by date

Try scholarly/academic search tools Google Scholar

Government agencies, think tanks, nonprofits, educational institutions, and other organizations release research reports regularly. Use these sites to filter through them by topic. See ‘Health and Health Care’. FullTextReports: http://fulltextreports.com/ DocuTicker DocuBase:

http://web.docuticker.com/go/docubase/Web Search Tools:

http://www.cse.edu/academics/mahoney-library/research/web-search-tools.dot

Analyzing Results

The best resources will not always or often appear in the top 5 results.

Results depend on terms and limits used, quality of indexing or metadata, general functionality of search tool

There is less overlap across search engines than most people think…i.e., Google ≠ the web

Use multiple strategies –different sets of search terms, different limiters (i.e. format or domain), and multiple search tools. Web Search Tools:

http://www.cse.edu/academics/mahoney-library/research/web-search-tools.dot

A few sites to start with…Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality:

Nursing Research http://www.ahrq.gov/about/nursing/

National Institutes of Healthhttp://www.nih.gov/icd/index.html

HealthFinder.gov Directory of Organizationshttp://www.healthfinder.gov/FindServices/Organizations/

Medline Plus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/ Healthy NJ http://www.healthynj.org/

See Nursing subject guide for more helpful sites

Review and Practice

1. Background information on Alzheimer’s disease2. Dissertation from College of Saint Elizabeth on

nutrition.3. Full text of these two articles:

a) Buchan, J. (2013). Nurses’ turnover: reviewing the evidence, heeding the results? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69(9):1917-1918.

b) Nielsen, B., McMillan, S., & Diaz, E. (1992). Instruments that measure beliefs about cancer from a cultural perspective. Cancer Nursing, 15(2):109-115.

4. Set up a journal alert for Journal of Nursing Education

5. A report on Medicare…6. Statistics on infant deaths in NJ and Morris County7. List of area medical centers and doctors

Librarian Research Assistance

Mahoney Library Reference Desk: (973) 290-4248

Library Hours:Mon-Thurs: 8:30am-9pm | Fri: 8:30am-4:30pm Sat: 10:30am-5:30pm | Sun: 2pm-6pm

Make an Appointment: http://www.cse.edu/academics/mahoney-library/request/appointment.dot

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