Tennessee State University
Brown-Daniel Library
Resources for Nursing
Prepared by:
Nancy Henthorne
Scope and Definition
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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
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Online Catalog
Athena
Interlibrary Loan (ILLIAD)
NetLibrary
Selected Print Resources – Stack
Area – Third Floor
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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
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Patient Care Standards – RT85.5 .M36
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied –
Health – RT21 .G353 2002
Physicians’ Desk Reference – RS75 .P5
2002
Historical Encyclopedia of Nursing – RT31
.S66 1999
Selected Print Reference Sources
(cont.)
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Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary –
R121 .D73 2000
Research Survival Guide – RT81.5 .D65
1998
Internet Resource Guide for Nurses and
Health Professionals – RT50.5 . M37 2001
Professional Guide to Diseases – RT65
.P69 2001
Periodical Holdings
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May be accessed by:
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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.
Selected Nursing Journals
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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.)
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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.)
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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
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Evaluations
Government Resources
Forms
Journals
Reserves
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Periodical Holdings
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Electronic Resources (cont.)
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May be accessed through Databases by subject or title via
Library Home Page
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InfoTrac (full text)
– Health and Wellness Resource Center
– Health Reference Center Academic
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EbscoHost
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Academic Search Premier
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CINAHL with Full Text
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
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Electronic Resources (cont.)
• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
PsycInfo
– PsycARTICLES
– Nursing Collection (Proquest)
Lexis-Nexis (Medical research)
Marcive WebDOCS-Express Search
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Internet Public Library
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Helpful Web Sites
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National League for Nursing
Tennessee Board of Nursing
National Student Nurses' Association
American Nurses Association
Tennessee Department of Health
Conclusion
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