Guide to Nursing Literature: Selected Resources

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This guide will help you get started with your research. Need additional help? Stop by the Reference Services Department located on the first floor (ED II) or make an individual or group appointment with a librarian: LibraryReferenceDesk@uams.edu (501) 686-6734 (7:30 - 6pm M-F).

Search for Journal/Research Articles, Conference Papers, Dissertations by Topic

eResources

CINAHL Plus with Full-Text – Ebsco database
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. The premiere research database for nursing literature.
Quick Search Tips
Tutorial (8 min)

PubMed MEDLINE
Clinical and biomedical research articles and literature. Refine your search by year, age groups, practice guidelines, nursing journals, and more using the Limits tab in PubMed.
Search Strategy Development

Web of Science (Science and Social Science Citation Index)
Includes literature in public health, political science, anthropology, urban studies and more.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - Ebsco database
Coverage of nursing and allied health journal literature.

PsycInfo – Ebsco database
Journal literature related to psychosocial aspects of health and mental illness.

SocIndex with Full-Text – Ebsco database
Literature related to society and health.

Mental Measurements Yearbook – Ebsco database
Critical reviews and descriptive information of published, standardized tests covering education, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas.
Guide to Searching

National Guidelines Clearinghouse
Comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents.

ERIC – Ebsco database
Contains some nursing education literature.

WorldCat - FirstSearch
Includes databases for searching dissertations, conference papers and proceedings.

Images.MD
Locate health sciences charts, illustrations, and photographs for educational presentations.

Search Journals owned by the Library

eJournals
Search and browse eJournals by title. If there is not a match, search our print journal collection.

Print Journals
All print journals are listed in the UAMS Library online catalog and are located alphabetically by journal title on the 2nd (1990 - present) and 3rd (1989 - 1966) floors. Journals older than 1966 are stored outside the library and can be requested: Storage Item Request Form.

Search for Books owned by the Library

eBooks
See sections for nursing, pediatrics, geriatrics, psychiatry, etc. Some examples are:

Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses
Diseases and Disorders: A Nursing Therapeutics Manual
Foundations of Nursing Research
Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice
Nursing Care Plans & Documentation
5-Minute Pediatric Consult

Print Books
Search the UAMS Library online catalog by book title or broad topic such as:

Nursing Theory
Palliative care
Geriatric Nurs* (truncation symbol *, looks for nurse, nursing)

Fines for overdue books are $1.00 per day per book. UAMS nursing theses and dissertations are arranged by year then author's last name on the third floor with the book collection in the call number area: W 4 Ar48t.

Writing & Citing

• Avoiding Plagiarism
• Direct Quotes or Paraphrasing
• Style Manuals
• RefWorks - An online tool used to create a personal database of literature and online resources.

Course Quick Links

• UAMS College of Nursing
• WebCT
• Course eReserves
• Print & AV Reserves
• Learning Resource Center

Last Updated: 08/15/2007