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Foundations of Nursing
NURS 301; Professors M. J. Greene, J. Williams, & C. Stearns
September 6, 2007
Guide for finding sources at the George T. Potter Library
Susan B. Kurzmann
- Library Homepage
- Find Books
- Reference Material
- Find Articles (Databases)
- Websites
- Journal Finder / Interlibrary Loan
- Bibliographies
I. Library Homepage: http://library.ramapo.edu
Your access point to the catalog (OPAC), databases, interlibrary loan forms, etc.
II. Find Books
- Catalog: Use this to find books, periodical titles (NOT articles ), government documents, reserve items, music, and movies owned by the Library. You may limit a search by language, year(s) of publication, type of material, etc. This may take a few seconds to load.
- In Basic Search, search the catalog using Keywords to find material
- For example: search for nursing or nurses to locate a broad range of material and look for ideas for your project
- Use quotation marks around a multi-word phrase, e.g., "acute care"
- Use the Subject Browse feature if you know the relevant Library of Congress (LC) subject heading, for example:
Nursing--Social aspects
Nursing--Practice--United States
Industrial nursing
Diabetes--Complications
Non-insulin-dependant diabetes
- Use quotation marks around a multi-word phrase, e.g., "acute care"
- For example: search for nursing or nurses to locate a broad range of material and look for ideas for your project
- Go to Advanced Search
OR
The Boolean search terms are built in for your use to enable the catalog to provide more focused results:
AND: you are commanding the system to search for material that addresses both terms you've entered
OR: you are commanding the system to search for material on either of the search terms you have entered
NOT: you are commanding the system to search for material on the first term you have entered and to exclude any material on the second term you have entered
Tips
- Start with broad searches. It's much easier to discard too much rather than start with too little.
- If you don't know the Subject Heading, use the Related Records tab located on the top of a catalog record to get to the headings. This will help you focus in on more relevant material.
- You can "virtually" browse the shelves by clicking on the call number in a record and viewing the records for similar items.
III. Reference Material
The reference stacks are located on the 3rd floor (this is also the library's entrance).
| General Reference Works: | |
| A Cross Section of Nursing Research: Journal Articles for Discussion and Evaluation | Ref RT81.5 .C76 2005 |
| Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research | Ref RT81.5 .P69 2006 |
| Encyclopedia of Nursing Research | Ref RT81.5 .E53 2006 |
| Foundations of Nursing Theory: Contributions of 12 Key Theorists | Ref RT84.5 .F68 1995 |
| *The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health | Ref RT21 .G353 2002 |
| Historical Encyclopedia of Nursing | Ref RT 31 .S66 1999 |
| Lippincott Manual f Nursing Practice | Ref RT 51 .B78 2006 |
| Medical-Surgical Nursing Care Plans: Nursing Diagnoses & Interventions | Ref RT49 .J34 1996 |
| The Merck Manual: Of Diagnosis and Therapy | Ready Reference RC55 .M4 2006 |
Mosby's Medical Dictionary |
Ref R121 .M89 2006 |
| Nursing Theorists and Their Work | Ref RT84.5 N9 1998 |
| PDR: Guide to Drug Interactions, Side Effects, and Indications | Ref RS75 .P3 2007 |
| Stedman's Abbrev.: Abbreviations, Acronyms & Symbols | Ref R123 .S69 1999 |
| Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children | Ref RJ245 .W47 2003 |
| Diseases: | |
| Cambridge Historical Dictionary of Disease | Ref RC41 .C365 2003 |
| [Epidemics and Pandemics: Their Impacts on Human History] | *Online reference - enter title in our catalog |
| Human Diseases and Conditions | Ref RC81 .A2 H75 2000 |
| Statistical Handbook on Infectious Diseases | Ref RA643 .W33 2003 |
| World Epidemics: A Cultural Chronology of Disease from Prehistory to the Era of SARS | Ref RA649 .S65 2003 |
IV. Find Articles (Databases)
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Some useful Databases for finding articles:
CINAHL: Coverage from 1982-present NOTE: When only a citation is included, click on the Check availability at Ramapo link to see if the full text of the article is available in our collection. |
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| Health Management Journals | Largely full-text. NOTE: When only a citation is included, click on the Find a copy link and then on Check for full text via 1Cate to see if the full text of the article is available in our collection. |
| MEDLINE (via EBSCO) | Index from the National Library of Medicine NOTE: When only a citation is included, click on the Check availability at Ramapo link to see if the full text of the article is available in our collection. |
| Nursing and Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive | Abstracts and many full-text articles |
| Additional Medical Databases: | |
| Biological Sciences (JSTOR) | Full-text articles from scholarly journals |
| Biomedical Reference Center Collection: Comprehensive | Full-text articles; mainly scholarly journals |
| Freebies for the moment: | |
| See also: | |
| Alt-HealthWatch | Full-text coverage of the full spectrum of Alternative Medicine subject areas and focuses on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. |
| BasicBiosis | Focuses on general life science research from around the world. NOTE: When only a citation is included, click on the Check availability at Ramapo link to see if the full text of the article is available in our collection. |
| Academic Search Premier | A multi-disciplinary database containing both full-text articles and citations. NOTE: When only a citation is included, click on the Check availability at Ramapo link to see if the full text of the article is available in our collection. |
- Choose database you would like to search
OR
- By using the alphabetic list: Title Directory (A-Z)
V. Websites
- Subject Resources : See Nursing/Medical Resources
- For Internet searching, use the library's link to Evaluating Websites t o determine if the site is authoritative enough to use in your paper
VI. Journal Finder / Interlibrary Loan
Find out if a particular periodical (newspaper, journal, or magazine) is available full-text online, in print in the library, or available on microfilm. A link can be found under Quick Links on the library's homepage
You may borrow a book or article that our library doesn't own. There is a link from the Journal Finder page.
VII. Preparing Bibliographies
- Use Citing Sources and Print Sources for examples of "In-Text Citations" and "Works Cited"
- Style handbooks are located at the circulation desk
- Or, use Diana Hacker Online
- Follow the examples for the citation style requested
Need more help? Visit or call the Reference Desk: 201.684.7574
OR
Use QandA NJ.org, a 24/7 virtual chat service with a reference librarian.