KEAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
GUIDE
Nursing Science Research Resources
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Circulating Books, Electronic Books, and U.S. Government
Documents
To find circulating books, as well as electronic books and U.S. government online documents, on wide-ranging
topics using your key words or ideas:
 Go to the Kean University Library’s home page located at http://library.kean.edu.
 Click Books, E-books, Videos, & More to access the Kean Catalog.
 Type your key words in the search box underneath Find This:
 Limit your search results to particular types of records (such as, Main Collection books, Reference
Collection books, or U.S. Government Online Document) by selecting an option from the Limit Your
Search menu.
 Click Search.
 Evaluate your search results.
 Make note of the Library Location designation for any titles of interest. A designation of Main Collection
means that the book is a circulating title, while Reference Collection means that the book does not
circulate. A designation of U.S. Government Online Document or Electronic Resource means that the
item is available online; you may access the material online by clicking the title, then clicking the
hyperlink next to the words Linked Resource.
 Make note of the call number and status for any Main Collection titles of interest. When a Main
Collection book’s Status is Available, this means that the book is not checked out. Circulating titles are
located in the Main Collection on the second and third floors of the Kean University Library.
Reference Books
Listed below are reference titles provided for quick look-up by call number in the Reference Collection located
on the first floor of the Library. The first column displays the reference call number. The second column
displays the corresponding title.
Call Numbers
REF GN 502 .H336 2005
REF GT 2850 .E53 2003
REF HM 756 .E53 2003
REF R16 .E53 2003
REF HM 17 .E57
REF HQ 21 .I68 1997
REF HQ 1061 .E534 2002
REF HQ 1073 .E543 2001
REF HQ 1073 .H36 2003
REF QP 82.2 .S8 H357 2000
REF R121 .E529 2005
REF R 733 .G34 2000
REF R 733 .N38 2004
REF RA 418 .E354 2004
REF RA 418.5 .F3 H36 2005
REF RC 49 .H327 2003
REF RC 437 .G35 2003
REF RC 963 .A3 K348 2004
Reference Titles
Dictionary of Multicultural Psychology
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Encyclopedia of Community
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender
Encyclopedia of Sociology
International Encyclopedia of Sexuality
Encyclopedia of Aging
Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
Handbook of Death & Dying
Handbook of Stress, Coping, and Health
Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Encyclopedia of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology
Handbook of Families and Health
Handbook of Mind-Body Medicine for Primary Care
Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Encyclopedia of Health & Behavior
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Periodicals
Provided below is a list of select journals available in electronic format through the Library’s databases. To
check holdings information for these titles and numerous other journals, go to the Library’s Periodicals List
available from the Library’s homepage (http://library.kean.edu) by clicking Periodicals List and then clicking
Periodicals List again.
American Journal of Nursing
International Journal of Nursing Studies
International Journal of Nursing Practice
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Journal of Cultural Diversity
Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Journal of Transcultural Nursing
Nurse Educator
Nursing Research
Research in Nursing and Health
Western Journal of Nursing Research
Electronic Databases
To start using the Library’s electronic databases to search for articles on certain topics using your key words,
go to the Library’s home page (http://library.kean.edu). Click Articles & More to access the Databases. The
databases are organized in two different lists. In one list the databases are listed alphabetically, and in the other
list the databases are listed by subject or format. Brief directions are provided on the next pages to help you
navigate these electronic databases. [Note: When you are off-campus, you will be asked to enter your Kean
Library bar code after you click on a database name. Your bar code is located on the back of your Kean
University photo ID card.]
EBSCOhost
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To search the EBSCOhost Research Databases for scholarly articles using
your key terms:
Click the letter E on the Jump to menu.
Click EBSCOhost Nursing, Health and Medical Resources (EBSCOhost).
Select databases pertinent to your research topic.
Click Continue.
Type your key terms in the search box labeled Find:
Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain
all of the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one or more of the
grouped terms (not necessarily all of the grouped terms). Use the asterisk
(*) as a truncation symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the
word root and all of its possible word endings. For example, type:
(breastfeed* or breast feed*) and (black* or afr* american*) and cultur*
Limit your results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the field (in
other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting Scholarly
(Peer Reviewed) Journals under the Limit your results heading.
Click Search.
Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text
article is available online for a specific item, you will see one or more of the
following links immediately below the item: HTML Full Text, PDF Full
Text, or Linked Full Text. Click one of these links to view the full-text
article.
E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking E-mail located at
the top of your screen.
If full-text link options are not present, click the TOUR button to check the
availability of full-text for the article in other Kean University Library
databases.
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ProQuest Health
Management
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Ethnic NewsWatch
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To search ProQuest Health Management for scholarly articles using
your key terms:
Click the letter P on the Jump to menu.
Click ProQuest Health Management (ProQuest).
Type your key terms in the box underneath Basic Search.
Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain
all of the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one or more of the
grouped terms (not necessarily all of the grouped terms). Use the asterisk
(*) as a truncation symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the
word root and all of its possible word endings. For example, type:
(hispanic* or latin*) and postpartum and depression* and cultur*
Limit your results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the field (in
other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting Scholarly
journals, including peer-reviewed.
Click Search.
Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text
article is available online for a specific item, you will see a Full Text link, a
Text + Graphics link, a Page Image - PDF link, or a combination of theses
links immediately below the item. Click one of these links to view the fulltext article.
E-mail the article you are viewing by clicking Email located at the top lefthand side of your screen.
If full-text link options are not present and you are on-campus, click Find a
copy, then click TOUR Full Text or Check for full text via Tour Resolver to
check the availability of full text for the article in other Kean University
Library databases.
To search Ethnic NewsWatch for scholarly articles using your key terms:
Click the letter E on the Jump to menu.
Click Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest).
Click English.
Type your key terms in the box underneath Basic Search.
Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain
all of the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one or more of the
grouped terms (not necessarily all of the grouped terms). Use the asterisk
(*) as a truncation symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the
word root and all of its possible word endings. For example, type:
african american and diabet*
Limit your results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the field (in
other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting Scholarly
journals, including peer-reviewed.
Click Search.
Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text
article is available online for a specific item, you will see a Full Text link, a
Text + Graphics link, a Page Image - PDF link, or a combination of theses
links immediately below the item. Click one of these links to view the fulltext article.
E-mail the article you are viewing by clicking Email located at the top lefthand side of your screen.
If full-text link options are not present and you are on-campus, click Find a
copy, then click TOUR Full Text or Check for full text via Tour Resolver to
check the availability of full text for the article in other Kean University
Library databases.
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GenderWatch
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ScienceDirect
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To search GenderWatch for scholarly articles using your key terms:
Click the letter G on the Jump to menu.
Click GenderWatch (ProQuest).
Click Continue.
Type your key terms in the box underneath Basic Search.
Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain
all of the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one or more of the
grouped terms (not necessarily all of the grouped terms). Use the asterisk
(*) as a truncation symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the
word root and all of its possible word endings. For example, type:
mental health and latina*
Limit your results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the field (in
other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting Scholarly
journals, including peer-reviewed.
Click Search.
Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text
article is available online for a specific item, you will see a Full Text link, a
Text + Graphics link, a Page Image - PDF link, or a combination of theses
links immediately below the item. Click one of these links to view the fulltext article.
E-mail the article you are viewing by clicking Email located at the top lefthand side of your screen.
If full-text link options are not present and you are on-campus, click Find a
copy, then click TOUR Full Text or Check for full text via Tour Resolver to
check the availability of full text for the article in other Kean University
Library databases.
To search ScienceDirect for scholarly articles using your key terms:
Click the letter S on the Jump to menu.
Click ScienceDirect (Elsevier).
Click the Search button to access the Basic Search Template.
Type your key terms in the first and second boxes next to Term(s):.
Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain
all of the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one or more of the
grouped terms (not necessarily all of the grouped terms). Use the asterisk
(*) as a truncation symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the
word root and all of its possible word endings. For example, type:
First Search Box: select* sex* or sex select* or sex ratio*
Second Search Box: chin*
Click Search.
Result: The first 100 article titles will be displayed. If the full-text article is
available online for a specific item, you will see a Full Text + Links link, a
PDF link, or both immediately below the item. Click one of these links to
view the full-text article.
E-mail the full-text article you are viewing by clicking Summary Plus,
Abstract, or Full Text + Links, then click E-mail Article located at the top of
the article or abstract.
Lastly, find full-text articles cited in the article by scrolling to the
references section at the end of the article and clicking Full Text via CrossRef
when provided for relevant citations.
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Health Reference Center
Academic
To search Health Reference Center Academic for scholarly articles
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Cochrane Library
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using your key terms:
Click the letter H on the Jump to menu.
Click Health Reference Center Academic (Thomson GALE).
The search form defaults to Subject guide search. Instead, click Keyword
search on the left-hand side of the screen to access a basic keyword search
form.
Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain
all of the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one or more of the
grouped terms (not necessarily all of the grouped terms). Use the asterisk
(*) as a truncation symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the
word root and all of its possible word endings. For example, type:
evil eye* and cultur*
Limit your results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the field (in
other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting refereed
publications under the Limit the current search (optional) heading.
Click Search.
Result: The retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text article
is available online for a specific item, you will see one or more of the
following links immediately below the item: Text or Text with graphics.
Click one of these links to view the full-text article.
E-mail the full-text article you are viewing by clicking E-mail or Retrieval
located on the left-hand side of your screen.
To search the Cochrane Library for evidence-based medical information:
Click the letter C on the Jump to menu.
Click Cochrane Library (Wiley Interscience).
Click Advanced Search on the right-hand side of the screen.
Type your key terms in the first through fifth boxes underneath Search For:
Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain
all of the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one or more of the
grouped terms (not necessarily all of the grouped terms). Use the asterisk
(*) as a truncation symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the
word root and all of its possible word endings. For example, type:
First Search Box: acupunctur*
Second Search Box: smok*
In the scroll-down box to the right of each of the search boxes, select a field
in which the database should search for your keywords. For instance,
select Search All Text to search full-text documents (a very broad search) or
select Title, Abstract, or Keywords for more focused searching.
Below the heading Restrict Search by Product (underneath the search boxes),
either select All of The Cochrane Library or select one of the databases
included within the Cochrane Library, such as The Cochrane Database of
Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of
Effects (Other Reviews), The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
(Clinical Trials), or The Cochrane Methodology Register (Methods Studies).
Click Search.
Result: Click Record to view a retrieved document record.
Click PDF on the left-hand side of the screen to view the full-text
document.
Select Save or Print from the Adobe Acrobat Reader toolbar to either save
or print the document.
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eHRAF
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To search eHRAF Collection of Ethnography for cultural information:
Click the letter E on the Jump to menu.
Click eHRAF Collection of Ethnography (Human Relations Area Files).
Click Search on the top of the screen.
Type your key terms in the first through third search boxes underneath the
Exact word or phrase heading.
Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain
all of the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one or more of the
grouped terms (not necessarily all of the grouped terms). Use the asterisk
(*) as a truncation symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the
word root and all of its possible word endings. For example, type:
First Search Box: female*
Second Search Box: genital*
Third Search Box: mutilat*
Click Search on the top of your right-hand screen.
Result: All results will be displayed on the retrieved screen.
Internet Resources
Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org
Native Health Databases
http://hsc.unm.edu/library/nhd/index.cfm
BMJ- British Medical Journal
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com
New England Journal of Medicine
http://content.nejm.org/
CAM on PubMed
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nccam/camonpubmed.html
Office of Minority Health
http://www.omhrc.gov
The Cross-Cultural Health Care Program
http://www.xculture.org
Pan American Health Organization
http://www.paho.org
Cultural Profiles Project
http://www.settlement.org/cp
POPLINE
http://db.jhuccp.org/popinform/basic.html
DiversityRx
http://www.diversityrx.org
PUBMed
http://www.pubmed.gov
Ethnomed
Ethnic Medicine Information from Harborview Medical Center
http://www.ethnomed.org
PUBMed Central (PMC)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov
Transcultural Nursing Society
http://www.tcns.org
Family Health International (FHI)
http://www.fhi.org
UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org
Inter-Source
http://www.intercultures.ca
The World Bank Group
http://www.worldbank.org
The Lancet
http://www.thelancet.com
World Health Organization (WHO)
http://www.who.org
Minority Health Concerns
http://nnlm.gov/mcr/resources/community/minority.html
Copyright © 2007, Kean University Library
Created by Ms. Caroline Geck and Ms. Linda Cifelli. September 17, 2007
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