Thursday, October 15, 2009

Essential Nursing Resources 2009

Essential Nursing Resources
by Janet G. Schnall and June Levy [eds.]
Interagency Council on Information Resources in Nursing (ICIRN)
The 25th edition of the Essential Nursing Resources list is now available from ICIRN. This valuable resource which includes both print and electronic materials, serves as a guide for locating nursing information resources "in support of nursing practice, education, administration, and research activities".
Click on the title to access the hyperlinked version from ICIRN.
Also available in .pdf.


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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

CINAHL Database Makes Research Easier

"In the 1950s there were seven nursing journals;
today there are close to 500.

It’s essential that any kind of student, in nursing or any other field, has access to information because that’s part of the learning experience. They are required to do research and, in order to do it in a timely manner, they need a biblographic database. The one that covers nursing is CINAHL, ...”
June Levy, Director of CINAHL Information Systems.


As IUON students you have access to the CINAHL database
through your EBSCO login; via the regular EBSCO interface
or the new Nursing Reference Center interface.
[See the links in the sidebar.]

CINAHL = "Cumulative Index for Nursing & Allied Health Literature"
Title link to article by Christina Orlovsky posted on NurseZone.com

Check out this great CINAHL tutorial:
"Using CINAHL Plus with Full Text to Find Medical Information"
by James Carson, Librarian at Lake-Sumter Community College.

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