The following selections are starting points for your research.
Reference Books (Selective):
Used to locate background information
Atlas of Human Anatomy (Netter) [REF] QM 25 .N46 2006
Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Allied Health [REF] R121 .M65 2003
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health 5 v. [REF] RT 21 .G353 2006
Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice [REF] RT 51 .B78 2001
Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference [REF] RM 138 .M67 2008
Nursing, the Finest Art : An Illustrated History [REF] RT31 .D66 1996
Circulating Books (Selective)
Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul : 101 Stories To Celebrate, Honor & Inspire the Nursing Profession RT 61 .C376 2001
Math for nurses RT68 .B68 2006
Nurse's legal handbook RT86.73 .N855 2004
eBooks (Selective; NetLibrary Account required)
Careers in Nursing
Caring for Patients From Different Cultures
Davis's NCLEX-RN Review (2001)
Fundamentals of Nursing : Standards & Practice
Nursing Assistant Exam
Search the Library Catalog
Search the Library Catalog using some of the suggested subjects listed below. Subject headings consist of words, groups of words, or acronyms that are used to describe the subject of a work and utilized in searching the catalog and other online databases to enhance retreival.
Subject Headings
- Communication in Nursing
- Geriatric Nursing
- Nurses
- Nursing
- Nursing Assessment
- Nursing Care Plans
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Practical Nursing
- Surgical Nursing
- Transcultural Nursing
Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings (set of red volumes by the Reference Desk) to find other related subject headings to search.
Most books on Nursing are classified as RT in the Library of Congress Classification System. You may wish to browse the shelves in this area. Look in both the Reference Collection and the General Collection.
Search the Library Databases for Articles
To find periodical and newspaper articles, select one of the databases listed under "Online Databases." If the full text is not available for an article online, these databases will provide a brief citation to the article.
Please keep in mind that the Library does not own every journal listed in these sources. To find out if the library does own a specific title perform a Title search in the Library Catalog or look up the magazine or journal title in GateWay's Journal Locator. For those periodicals that we do not carry, Interlibrary Loan is available for requesting such resources, but may take up to 3 weeks, and there may be a charge from the lending library.
Suggested Databases:
- EBSCOhost
- MEDLINE [NLM's PubMed: Free web access; Links Out to full text on the web]
- OVID LW&W Nursing & Health Professions Premier Collection (Click on YourJournals to search our subscription with full text access to 64+ titles)
Nursing Journals of Interest (Selective)
- American Journal of Nursing
- Arizona Nurse
- Imprint (National Student Nurses Association)
- Journal of Practical Nursing
- Men in Nursing
- Nursing
- Nursing Made Incredibly Easy
- Outlook
- RN
Websites of Interest