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NURS 4113 — Transition to BSN — Vessier @ RSC
Welcome!
I am Ona Lou Britton, campus librarian at Chambers Library on the UCO campus. Please consult this blog for assistance with Dr. Vessier’s nursing assignments.
Searching with CINAHL
CINAHL – Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Comprehensive database for articles pertaining to nursing and allied health; global in scope.
Tips:
- Limit search to scholarly/peer-reviewed journals
- Limit Publication Type to Research for articles containing research reports
Searching CINAHL with subject headings
CINAHL categorizes its subject matter with a specific set of headings. Searching using these headings often yields more targeted results than regular keyword searching. This handout from the University of Nebraska explains the searching process. Watch this video for a brief demonstration of how to search using subject headings.
Medline — Comprehensive in-depth coverage of materials on all aspects of medicine. Directed to physicians more than nurses or allied health fields.
MeSH Subject Headings
Medline uses MeSH, Medical Subject Headings, to classify their entries. MeSH headings are searchable using the same method used for CINAHL.
HealthSource Nursing/Academic – Many full text articles on all aspects of health
Tip: Limit search to scholarly/peer-reviewed journals on the Refine Search tab
Other Databases to Consider
PsycInfo — Comprehensive database for psychology materials
Tip: Consider checking PsycInfo for information about mental conditions or conditions where mental issues might be a factor, such as post-partum depression.
SocIndex — Comprehensive database for the social sciences
Tip: Consider checking SocIndex when ethnicity, economic factors, or age are pertinent to a condition or treatment.
Searching Databases Simultaneously
EBSCO has an option for searching several databases at once. However, the limiters and subject headings vary from database to database, making this kind of search less precise. Still, it is useful in many instances. Watch this video for a demonstration.
Handouts:
The Basics library guide — Consult to review searching techniques, locations, call numbers, etc.
APA Style Guide – Consult this guide for correct information on citing sources
Need Help? Just Ask Us! for more assistance!
NURS 4113 — Transition to BSN — Vessier
Welcome!
I am Ona Lou Britton, Reference/Instruction librarian at Chambers Library. Please consult this blog for assistance with Dr. Vessier’s nursing assignments.
Searching with CINAHL
CINAHL – Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Comprehensive database for articles pertaining to nursing and allied health; global in scope.
Tips:
- Limit search to scholarly/peer-reviewed journals
- Limit Publication Type to Research for articles containing research reports
Searching CINAHL with subject headings
CINAHL categorizes its subject matter with a specific set of headings. Searching using these headings often yields more targeted results than regular keyword searching. This handout from the University of Nebraska explains the searching process. Watch this video for a brief demonstration of how to search using subject headings.
Medline — Comprehensive in-depth coverage of materials on all aspects of medicine. Directed to physicians more than nurses or allied health fields.
MeSH Subject Headings
Medline uses MeSH, Medical Subject Headings, to classify their entries. MeSH headings are searchable using the same method used for CINAHL.
HealthSource Nursing/Academic — Many full text articles on all aspects of health
Tip: Limit search to scholarly/peer-reviewed journals on the Refine Search tab
Natural Standard – Aggregates and synthesizes data on complementary and alternative therapies. Includes rankings for natural remedies and information on interaction with other medication.
Other Databases to Consider
PsycInfo — Comprehensive database for psychology materials
Tip: Consider checking PsycInfo for information about mental conditions or conditions where mental health might be a factor, such as post-partum depression.
SocIndex — Comprehensive database for the social sciences
Tip: Consider checking SocIndex when ethnicity, economic factors, gender, or age are pertinent to a condition or treatment.
Searching Databases Simultaneously
EBSCO has an option for searching several databases at once. However, the limiters and subject headings vary from database to database, making this kind of search less precise. Still, it is useful in many instances. Watch this video for a demonstration.
Handouts:
The Basics library guide — Consult to review searching techniques, locations, call numbers, etc.
APA Style Guide – Consult this guide for correct information on citing sources
Need Help? Just Ask Us! for more assistance!
NURS 4113 — Transition to BSN — Vessier @ RSC
Welcome!
I am Ona Lou Britton, Reference/Instruction librarian at Chambers Library. Please consult this blog for assistance with Dr. Vessier’s nursing assignments.
Searching with CINAHL
CINAHL – Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Comprehensive database for articles pertaining to nursing and allied health; global in scope.
Tips:
- Limit search to scholarly/peer-reviewed journals
- Limit Publication Type to Research for articles containing research reports
Searching CINAHL with subject headings
CINAHL categorizes its subject matter with a specific set of headings. Searching using these headings often yields more targeted results than regular keyword searching. This handout from the University of Nebraska explains the searching process. Watch this video for a brief demonstration of how to search using subject headings.
Medline — Comprehensive in-depth coverage of materials on all aspects of medicine. Directed to physicians more than nurses or allied health fields.
MeSH Subject Headings
Medline uses MeSH, Medical Subject Headings, to classify their entries. MeSH headings are searchable using the same method used for CINAHL.
HealthSource Nursing/Academic — Many full text articles on all aspects of health
Tip: Limit search to scholarly/peer-reviewed journals on the Refine Search tab
Other Databases to Consider
PsycInfo — Comprehensive database for psychology materials
Tip: Consider checking PsycInfo for information about mental conditions or conditions where mental issues might be a factor, such as post-partum depression.
SocIndex — Comprehensive database for the social sciences
Tip: Consider checking SocIndex when ethnicity, economic factors, or age are pertinent to a condition or treatment.
Searching Databases Simultaneously
EBSCO has an option for searching several databases at once. However, the limiters and subject headings vary from database to database, making this kind of search less precise. Still, it is useful in many instances. Watch this video for a demonstration.
Handouts:
The Basics library guide — Consult to review searching techniques, locations, call numbers, etc.
APA Style Guide – Consult this guide for correct information on citing sources
Need Help? Just Ask Us! for more assistance!
Prof. Vessier’s NURS Class
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Scholarly versus Popular
Database Searching
Database Searching Tips
Interlibrary Loan
Scholarly/academic literature versus popular literature
First, just a simple tip: scholarly/academic/peer-reviewed/referred all mean the same thing.
According to our library glossary, peer-reviewed means “articles reviewed and critiqued by noted experts (”peers”) in the same discipline; sometimes called ‘refereed’”library.uco.edu/sp/glossary/index.html
Thus when you’re taking a look at an article from Time or Scientific American, you’re not looking at scholarly articles. Instead, you’re looking at something called “popular literature” or news that is written for the general public about scholarly and or scientific studies, etc.
In short–
Peer-reviewed
- Written by a scholar or a researcher
- Written for academia
- Full documentation
- Original or primary research
Popular
- Written for general public
- Written by reporters or free-lance writers
- No or minimal documentation
- No original research- secondary literature
When you are in need of an scholarly source or even a popular source, you can turn to our library databases (which can be accessed on and off campus with your UCO email username and password).
The Library databases can be found at http://library.uco.edu/databases/
Once on the library databases’ page, you can sort the databases by subject using the upper left-hand corner drop-down box.
Thus, if you were looking for articles about a certain physical condition, you might choose Nursing or Health and Medicine.
If you were searching for mental conditions, you might choose Psychology as your subject…
Searching tips in our databases
Some cool things you can do to make your search more specific or to yield more results is to use advanced search operators.
One such operator is OR
OR will increase the number of results retrieved because it is looking for similar terms.
Thus, if you’re searching for steroids, you’re also searching for performance enhancing drugs, etc.
” “ will only search for words right next to each other.
It’s called a phrase search. If you want to do a search on performance enhancing drugs, you might want to put ” ” around the phrase like so “performance enhancing drugs”.
Otherwise the database will just look for those words separately; not necessarily next to each other.
Yet another trick is the * ending.
This is called the truncation or wildcard ending. Adding a * to a word like athlet* will search for the following words: athlete, athletes, athletics, atheletic, athletism, etc., etc.
What if we don’t own a certain book, cd, dvd, article?
When you need a book or article that Chambers Library doesn’t own, Interlibrary Loan can usually borrow it for you from another library.
Two things to remember about Interlibrary Loan
1.) Allow 7 days!
2.) It’s free
To search for books, cds, dvds, etc. use WorldCat (http://library.uco.edu/cats/) then look for the “Interlibrary Loan” link in the section “External Resources” on your item’s record page.
For articles, usually when you pull up a result in the library’s databases that we don’t have access to, an ILL link will appear on the “Find It” button’s page. If not, please contact us at the Reference desk for assistance.
You can always fill out an ILL form online by first logging in athttp://eres.uco.edu/illiad/logon.html then choosing the appropriate form (”request a photocopy” or “request a book or visual material”).
Please remember that if you ever need a hand in with research, you can always contact us at the Reference desk via email, phone (405-974-2878), chat, or text!
And, you can always email me personally @ alemon2@uco.edu!
I’ll see you around the library!
Amanda
