Nursing

Books

Textbooks
Search for nursing textbooks by course number via this list of textbooks on reserve. Also search by title in the Library's catalog. Request textbooks at the Circulation Desk. Use these books for up to two hours in the Library.
Call numbers are designated by course number, e.g. NUR 305.

Print Books
Search for books in the Library's catalog. Also find print materials via the "Books and eBooks" tab on the Library website. Search by topic, title, author, etc.

• Circulating Books: Located on the Lower Level. Check out up to 10 books for 2 weeks at a time with your FSC ID
• Reference Books: Located on the First Floor. Must be used within the Library. Includes encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, test prep books, etc.

eBooks
Search for ebooks via the "Books and eBooks" tab on the Library website. Search by topic, title, author, etc.

Stat!Ref
Also search Stat!Ref, a database of nursing ebooks.

Access from off campus with your FSC username and password.

More Library Resources
Models of bones and muscles are available to check out at the Circulation Desk. Use these materials for up to two hours in the Library.

NUR 401

Research for NUR 401 Slide Deck

Keeper-Study Evaluation Video

Additional Annotated Bibliography Resources: 

• How to Create an Annotated Bibliography
• How to Write an Annotated Bibliography 
• OWL @ Purdue: What is an Annotated Bibliography?
• Research Process Step by Step: Annotated Bibliography 
• Walden University Sample Annotated Bibliography  

Websites

Below is a select list of websites featuring authoritative Nursing and health related content.

Google Scholar

Medline Plus
Reliable and up-to-date health information from the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine. Includes directories, medical encyclopedia, medical dictionary, extensive content on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.

National Institute of Health (NIH) The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency. NIH’s mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability.

TRIP Database (Turning Research into Practice)
Clinical search engine for high-quality research evidence. Includes a PICO search.

Prescribers Digital Reference (PDR) Search
Browse PDR's full list of drug information alphabetically by choosing the first letter of the drug you are tying to locate

PubMed Central (PMC)
Free archive of biomedical and life sciences journal articles from the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine.

MeSH Tree Structure 

Cochrane
Summaries of research studies and news articles in the fields of health and medicine. Content is contributed from leaders in health research around the world.

The Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository

An open-access digital academic and clinical scholarship service that freely collects, preserves, and disseminates full-text nursing research and evidence-based practice materials.

U.S. Preventative Services Task Force
Information from a panel of experts in primary care and prevention. Includes systematic reviews and recommendations in primary care and prevention, resources for educating health professionals, and tools for primary care providers. Also see list of topic guides to recommendations.

National Center for Health Statistics
National health statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Citing Sources

See below for basic guidelines and examples of APA citation style.
APA Style Quiz

Why Cite?

Why you need to cite sources:

• Citing sources is the only way to use other people’s work without plagiarizing (i.e. if you are using any resource [journal article, book, website, report, interview, etc.], you NEED to give credit to the original source).
• The readers of your work need citations to learn more about your ideas and where they came from.
• Citing sources shows the amount of research you’ve done.
• Citing sources strengthens your work by lending outside support to your ideas.

In-Text Citations

In-text citations give credit to sources in the body of your paper. Use in-text citations when paraphrasing, directly quoting, or using ideas from sources.

• APA citation style uses the author-date method for in-text citations: Author(s)’ last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text.
• Names may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the date should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence.
• Include page numbers if you are directly quoting the material. 

See APA How to Format Citations and Helpful Tips

Reference List

Citations in the Reference List must correspond to in-text citations; The word or phrase you use in your in-text citations must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry in the Reference List.

See APA Sample Title Page and Reference List

Formatting

• • Separate page labeled “References,” double-spaced, same margins as rest of paper.
  • Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches to create a hanging indent.

Author Names

• • Alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work.
  • Authors' names are inverted (last name, first initial).
  • List all authors of a particular work for up to and including seven authors. If the work has more than seven authors, list the first six authors and then use ellipses (...) after the sixth author's name. After the ellipses, list the last author's name of the work.

Capitalization and Punctuation

• • Capitalize only the first word of a title and subtitle and proper nouns (books, chapters, articles, web pages).
  • Italicize titles of longer works such as books and journals.
  • Do not italicize, underline, or put quotes around the titles of shorter works such as journal articles or essays in edited collections.

NoodleTools

Access NoodleTools

NoodleTools is a citation manager that can help you generate and format citations correctly.

• Select the type of resource you are citing (article, book, website, etc.) and NoodleTools will prompt you to enter required information. A citation is then generated in your selected format.
• NoodleTools requires an account, so every time you log in your citations will be saved for you.
• When you are finished entering information, a reference list can be generated for you and exported to MS Word or Google Docs.

Citation Help

For more details and examples of APA citation style, visit the following websites:

• Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
  • APA Formatting and Style Guide
  • APA Sample Paper
• APA: The Basics of APA Style Tutorial 
• The Writer’s Handbook: APA Documentation Guide (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Plagiarism.org: How Do I Cite Sources?

Associations

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) 

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

American Nurses Association

National Student Nurses Association

New York State Nurses Association

List of additional nursing organizations