For questions regarding the selection of materials for the collection, please contact Mangala Krishnamurthy at Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering. For reference assistance or to arrange a library instruction class, also contact Mangala Krishnamurthy. Please select one of the following options or scroll down to browse choices: Looking for books and journals on Nursing? Here's where to look: Books - You may use the online catalog [http://library.ua.edu] to obtain the location and call number of print books in the UA Libraries. The catalog will also tell you if UA Libraries has a license for an electronic book. You may search by book title, book author or editor (last name first), Keyword, subject heading, and other options. Journal title - You may also search the online catalog by the title of the journal to determine whether the library has a subscription to the journal title, electronically or in print; and which years of a journal title are available electronically and which years are available in print. UA Theses - You may also use the online catalog to locate UA Master's and Ph. D. theses by searching as an Author the following: university of alabama. dept of (name here). Full text of many University of Alabama dissertations and theses published after 1996 is available in electronic format to UA faculty, staff, and students, in the Current Research @ the University of Alabama database and also in Digital Dissertations. Need journal articles, technical reports or conference papers? Search these databases and print indexes for citations and/or full text. Some of the databases will contain full text articles and reports. Some will have links to full text articles and reports. For many databases, the Libraries have configured a button labeled Article Linker to help you determine if the Libraries has access to a given article or journal title. You may also search the online catalog by journal title to determine whether the Libraries have the journal volume in which a needed article is located. ACCESS KEY: UA- - - - - - - - Available to UA campus computers Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text CINAHL Plus with Full Text provides authoritative coverage for over 3000 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. CINAHL Plus with Full Text covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters, as well as Evidence-Based Care Sheet. Database: Cochrane Library The Cochrane Library is designed to supply evidence-based information to people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels. The Cochrane Library contains Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register. Access: UA, Remote Database: Health Source: Nursing/Academic Provides over 520 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 560 journals. This product offering also includes USP Pharmacopoeia DI: Volume II Advice for the Lay Patient and Stedman's Medical Dictionary - providing users with access to terminology of genetics, oncology, pediatrics, pulmonology, emergency medicine, bacteriology, and laboratory medicine. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from a number of journals related to the field of nursing. Access: UA, Remote Database: ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source Provides abstracting and indexing for more than 525 titles, with over 470 titles in full-text in nursing and allied health. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source covers over 70 wide-ranging topics. Access: UA, Remote Database: PubMed PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources R2 Digital Library is a web-based application that aggregates health sciences book content (Inter-disciplinary) from leading publishers on a single platform. ( E-Books - All Full Text) Database: Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded) Database: ScienceDirect (Elsevier) Additional relevant databases may also be found through the UA Libraries database menus for SEL.....Science and Engineering Library (Rodgers Library) Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide REF RM 301.12.457 2004 Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary REF R 121 .D73 2003 REF RT51. S655 REF RT120.I5 S75 REF RM 125 .P472 2004 REF RT 21. G353 Rodgers Library has many more handbooks, both in print and electronic. Use the online catalog to locate more titles. Also find Nursing reference books by browsing "R-RT" call numbers in the Reference area. R2 Digital Library Coverage: Varies Description: R2 Digital Library is a web-based application that aggregates health sciences book content (Inter-disciplinary) from leading publishers on a single platform. Restriction: Limited to 1 simultaneous user. Access: UA, Remote Primary Subjects: Nursing & Medicine Material Type: E-Books (All Full Text)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
RD 32-63 1-43
Surgical Nursing
RD 596
Neurosurgical Nursing
RD 753
Orthopedic Nursing
RE 88
Opthalmic Nursing
RG 105
Gynecological Nursing
RG 950-RG 960
Obstetrics Nursing
RJ 131-RJ 138
Pediatrics-Growth and Development; Medical Rehabilitation
RJ 245-RJ 253
Pediatric Nursing
RT1- RT120
Nursing Care, assessment, Standards
Display long/detailed form of each entry to view notes field indicating master's thesis or Ph. D. thesis.
Remote- - - - -Available via remote access to current UA faculty, staff, and students
Open access - Available to the public
Access: UA, Remote
Interdisciplinary database covers major journals in all areas of science and engineering. This database may be searched by subject, author, or cited author. Abstracts are available for most indexed journal articles. 1985-current. Access: UA, Remote
Print: Science Citation Index SEL Ref Z 7401 .S365, 1961, 1965-2001
Full text of most journals from 1995-present, from Elsevier and related publishers. UA's subscription includes full text of selected journals for older years. Database includes abstracts only for most additional years of journals. Some titles and abstracts are available as far back as 1822. Access: UA, Remote
REF.....Reference Section, on the First floor
red......Link to electronic bookDICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Handbook of nursing diagnosis: Definitions and Classifications REF RT48.6. N67 2003-04
Nurses Guide to Clinical Procedures
Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference
PDR [Physicians Desk Reference] nurse's drug handbook
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied HealthHANDBOOKS AND ELECTRONIC BOOKS
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UA purchases selected electronic titles from netLibrary. The netLibrary titles to which we have access are listed in the library online catalog, with links. For off campus access to UA e-book titles from netLibrary, create a personal netLibrary accountwhile on campus.
LITERATURE GUIDES
Information Sources in Science and Technology
SEL REF Z 7401 .H85 1998 • Also available as an electronic book in netLibrary.
Scientific papers and presentations / Martha Davis ; illustrations by Gloria Fry.
T11 .D324 1997
STYLE MANUALS, PUBLISHING, MEETINGS
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (APA)
SEL REF BF 76.7. P83 2001
Chicago Manual of Style
SEL REF Z 253 .U69 2003 • Chicago Manual of Style "Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation"
SCI-JCR: Journal Citation Reports
SEF REF Z 7401 .S366x (Ref Desk)
Also available electronically in Web of Science - Lists impact factors and half-lives for journals in subject categories, including Nursing, Medicine etc." JCR Science Edition online, 2006-
&
JCRsocial sciences journals online 2004-present
HINARI - Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative
ORGANIZATIONS
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
American Association of Critical Care Nursing
American College of Nurse Practitioners
American Nurses Association
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
National Institute of Nursing Research
National League for Nursing
GATEWAYS
Health encyclopedia
CCHS Digital Library
CINAHL Sources
Web sites indexed in the CINAHL database.
Hardin MD- Nursing
HealthWeb Nursing
Includes a comprehensive list of doctoral programs in nursing.
Medscape
Intute is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research.
Health InfoNet of Alabama/ Go Local
A free statewide consumer health information service of the alabama public and medical libraries
National Libraries of Medicine
ToxSeek for Environmental Health and Toxicology
OTHER USEFUL NURSING RELATED WEB SITES
APA Style
Cancer-Related Web Sites
Combined Health Information Database
Directory of Accredited Nursing Programs
Directory of Open Access Journals
HealthWeb Nursing
HospitalWeb
Medical Matrix
Medline Plus
National Library of Medicine's information pages
Nursing Institutes
Women's Health Web Sites (Auburn University)
Capstone College of Nursing
ALERT SERVICES AND CURRENT AWARENESS
ScienceDirect
Register or log in at the top right of the main page. Search for a journal and choose Alert Me when new Journal Issues are available. You can also create a Favorite Journals list. Or perform a search and click on Save as Search Alert.
Web of Science
• Register first time and log in at the top right of ISI Web of Knowledge Home page.
• Click on Open Saved Searches or Citation Alerts from the top right of the ISI Web of Knowledge Home page, from the beginning Web of Science page, or from the Web of Science Advanced Search page.
• Citation Alerts: Receive an email when an article of interest is cited in WoS. In the full record of the article of interest, click on Create Citation Alert.
New Books in Rodgers Library with RSS
Monitor new books received in Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering from your office or from home, wtih a RSS feed set up on your computer.
Community of Science (COS) Available to UA faculty and research staff to search for funding opportunities. Access: log into COS Workbench with individual user names and passwords received from the UA Office of Sponsored Programs (348-8881). Distance Learning Course-Related Pages This page is designed to support the teaching of Nursing 501.502,520,522,530, and RN Mobility Tracks. This tutorial is designed to help Nursing students discover the resources available through the University Libraries. University of Alabama faculty, staff, and students may use UA Libraries Interlibrary Loan [http://www.lib.ua.edu/interlibloan/] to borrow materials not owned or licensed by the University of Alabama Libraries. See Interlibrary Loan's "Frequently Asked Questions about Interlibrary Loan" [http://www.lib.ua.edu/interlibloan/illfaq.htm] for more information. Requests are made electronically at [http://illserver.lib.ua.edu/illiad/logon.html]. Requested journal articles are sent to your email address. Books are picked up at the Service Desk at Gorgas Library, Floor 2. Return to Rodgers Library Reference Guides FUNDING SOURCES FOR RESEARCH
GRANTS.GOV
NSF Active Funding Opportunities
Federal R&D Research Project SummariesDISTANCE EDUCATION COURSES AND TUTORIALS
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