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Need help getting started on a research project? This 13 minute introductory video may help.
Library databases, including
CINAHL Plus with Full Text, MedLine with Full Text, PsycInfo,
Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition, Education Research Complete, ERIC, the Professional Development Collection, and Academic Search Complete are a major source of high quality information on nursing and related topics. These include descriptions of of articles published in nursing research journals, nursing magazines, medical journals and magazines and journals in related fields that provide some of the most dependable and up-to-date information available.
The library's collection of books provides longer works on established practices in the field and may be of particular use to those preparing to teach.
The open web can also provide useful and high quality information, although each new website should be examined carefully to verify the authority of the author, the point of view or bias of the sponsor, and the quality of the information.
Many of the sources linked in this guide are purchased by the library for your use. When you click on these links from a computer not connected through the campus network you will need to identify yourself by entering your campus network username and password. This is the same username and password as you use to access BlueLink and Desire2Learn.
Use the tabs above for more detailed instructions.
Contact me:
vswinney@okcu.edu or 405-208-5072
CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the most extensive nursing and allied health literature database available.
MedLine with Full Text is the most comprehensive database of articles on medicine available. You can limit to articles related to nursing in the options under "Journal and citation subset." Medline is also available freely on the internet at PubMedCentral.
PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) is the premier psychology database and indexes many articles related to nursing and psychology.
Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition is another source of academic articles on nursing.
Education Research Complete, ERIC and the Professional Development Collection include articles on nursing education.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) is a general database that includes many articles related to science, medicine, and nursing.
Most of the library's collection of nursing journals is online. You will be able to click on PDF (or sometimes HTML) links in the databases and read, save, email, or print complete articles.
However, a few journals that are not available online are available in the library's collection. Any time you find information about an article that doesn't include a link to the full text (even if you found the information somewhere other than a library database), you can use the library's journals list to find out if we have the journal for the date you need. You will need the title of the journal or magazine (often listed as "source" or italicized, or underlined) and the date and page numbers of the article you want.
The library's journals list can also be browsed by subject. You may find the Medicine and Health Sciences list or the specific Nursing list useful.
We can request any of the articles we don't own through Interlibrary Loan. Most items arrive in 3 days to 3 weeks. If you can't wait, you may want to see if the OUHSC library has the titles. (Check out the More tab above for more information.)
Current issues of magazines and journals are shelved alphabetically by title on the "periodical" shelves on the first floor of the library. These titles include:
American Journal of Nursing
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Cancer Nursing
Caring
Geriatric Nursing
The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
Journal of Holistic Nursing
Journal of Nursing Administration
Journal of Transcultural Nursing
MCN, the American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing
Nurse Education Today
Nurse Educator
Nursing
Nursing Management
Nursing Outlook
Nursing Science Quarterly
Select a single database (for example CINAHL+) at a time for more search control
....limit to full text
....limit to Scholarly or Peer Reviewed Articles
....use subject headings
Create an account
....save articles to folders
....set your preferences to send articles to your email account with APA Style citations
Search the Library Catalog
using the search box above. The catalog includes all of the books and
videos in the library's physical collection and over 100 online nursing
titles through Ebrary.
Search Ebrary for online books the library owns.
Browse The National Academies Press
for free online versions of reports from the National Academy of
Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine
and the National Research Council. You can browse topics or use the
search box to find books by key word.
Search WorldCat
to find books in the collections of most of the world's libraries. Use
the "borrow this time from another library" link to request a copy of
anything you find. Most items arrive in 3 days to 3 weeks.
Gahart, B. L., & Nazareno, A. R. (2010). Intravenous medications: A handbook for nurses and other allied health personnel. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
R 615.58 G123i26 2010
Merck & Co., Merck Sharp & Dohme., & Merck Research Laboratories. (2006). The Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy. Whitehouse Station, N.J: Merck.
R 615 M555
Mosby, Inc. (2009). Mosby's dictionary of medicine, nursing & health professions. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby/Elsevier.
R 610.7303 M85d8 2009
PDR Network. (2011). Physicians’ desk reference. Montvale, NJ: PDR Network, LLC.
R 615.1 P567
Nursing 2012 Drug Handbook. (2012). Philadelphia, Pa. : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
R 615.1 L666n32 2012
Skidmore-Roth, Linda. (2012). Mosby’s 2012 Nursing Drug Reference. St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier/Mosby.
R 615.1 M85s25 2012
Oxford Reference Online provides access to several reference books related to nursing, including:
Searching by Subject Headings often creates the best results. Some examples:
General examples:
Nursing
Nurse and Patient
Patient Advocacy
Medical Care
Public Health – United States
Health Policy – United States
Delivery of Health Care
Specific areas of nursing examples:
Surgical Nursing
Nursing Diagnosis
Nursing Assessment
Specific disease or condition examples:
Arrythmia – nursing
AIDS - nursing
Browsing the shelves is another good option. Books are arranged by Dewey Decimal numbers:
Dewey Decimal Numbers for Nursing
610 Medicine & Health (including Nursing)
611 Human anatomy, cytology, histology
612 Human physiology
613 Personal health & safety
614 Incidence & prevention of disease
615 Pharmacology & therapeutics
618 Gynecology, obstetrics, pediatrics & geriatrics
362 Cultural and societal aspects of nursing
Locations for nursing materials
1st floor Reference
3rd floor Circulating Collection
5th floor Oversize Collection (for items too tall for regular shelves)
basement storage Historic Circulating Materials
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses provides access to abstracts of dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present and the full text many (most dissertations published since 1997 and some from before that date).
The Bird Library of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is available to all Oklahoma residents and has an extensive nursing collection. Visit their web page and choose "Online Catalog" from the Quick Links menu to make sure they have the specific items you need.
If they don't have the items you need, you can request them through interlibrary loan by choosing the "Borrow Items from Another Library" link on the left. Most items arrive in 3 days to 3 weeks.
One of the keys to finding what you want in any database is understanding what key words will be used in the items you want. In the case of reports of qualitative and quantitative research, it is important to realize that most articles that specifically mention these general terms report on mixed methods research projects.
It works best to search CINAHL Plus with Full Text using the "Advanced Search" option. Search for your topic and check the box to limit to Research Articles. Then look for these key terms in the abstracts ...
Qualitative
Case Study
Content Analysis
Documentary Analysis
Ethnographic
Field Notes
Focus Group
Grounded Theory
Interview
Narrative Analysis
Observation
Open Ended
Phenomenological
Quantitative
Before-and-after
Chi Square Test
Cohort
Control Group
Cross sectional
Experimental
Intervention
Pretest-Posttest
Randomized
Regression Analysis
Treatment outcomes
[names of specific tests used]
Additional limits that may be helpful include Journal Subset (use <ctrl> and a mouse click to limit to "Nursing") and the check boxes for limiting to Peer Reviewed and Full Text. You can also remove articles that are reviews of research from the results by adding NOT systematic review in PT Publication Type in the second search box at the top of the page.
