Using the Library for NURS 4153 For Prof. Tourelle’s Class

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Library 101

WHY USE THE LIBRARY? Google ain’t that great You don’t have to pay for articles

Google ain’t that great

You don’t have to pay for articles

Google ain’t that great You don’t have to pay for articles Control WHY USE THE LIBRARY?

Google ain’t that great

You don’t have to pay for articles

Control

WHY USE THE LIBRARY?

Google ain’t that great You don’t have to pay for articles Control Because you’re already paying for it, so use it! WHY USE THE LIBRARY?

Google ain’t that great

You don’t have to pay for articles

Control

Because you’re already paying for it, so use it!

Library Resources Library Databases (search for articles electronically) UCO Catalog (for locating materials in our library) Interlibrary Loan (search for and request items we don’t own)

Library Databases

(search for articles electronically)

UCO Catalog (for locating materials in our library)

Interlibrary Loan

(search for and request items we don’t own)

Peer-reviewed vs. Popular 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

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

Double-checking Peer-reviewed Ulrich’s Periodical Directory “Find Articles (Databases)” Gives information about serials Does NOT provide articles Use journal not article name when searching

Ulrich’s Periodical Directory

“Find Articles (Databases)”

Gives information about serials

Does NOT provide articles

Use journal not article name when searching

Searching tips Keywords Pick the most important words Find more keywords Online thesaurus, article record, etc., etc. There’s more than one database AND, OR, NOT The lovely Boolean operators ? (for catalog), * (for database) Truncate this “ ” Phrase searching (in Google and beyond)

Keywords

Pick the most important words

Find more keywords

Online thesaurus, article record, etc., etc.

There’s more than one database

AND, OR, NOT

The lovely Boolean operators

? (for catalog), * (for database)

Truncate this

“ ”

Phrase searching (in Google and beyond)

Databases to consider: CINAHL Nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines from 1,700 journals. Full text material includes 58 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments, clinical trials. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Nursing, nursing specialties, health, medicine, alternative medicine, care and treatment options,and allied disciplines. Sources are from 520 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines; abstracts for over 550 journals. Includes Stedman's Medical Dictionary PsycInfo Psychology, mental health, addictions and treatment, therapies, experiments, case studies, pharmacology, physiology, psychiatric nursing, linguistics, social work. PsycInfo also provides links to PsycArticles, which contain full text articles from all publications of the American Psychological Association. SocIndex SocIndex contains full text for 235 core journals dating back to 1895, and 72 priority coverage journals. This database also includes full text for 545 books and monographs, and full text for 6,601 conference papers. SocIndex covers all subjects in the social sciences, including sociology, anthropology, cultural issues, public policy and administration, social planning, community development, and behavioral studies.

CINAHL

Nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines from 1,700 journals. Full text material includes 58 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments, clinical trials.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

Nursing, nursing specialties, health, medicine, alternative medicine, care and treatment options,and allied disciplines. Sources are from 520 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines; abstracts for over 550 journals. Includes Stedman's Medical Dictionary

PsycInfo

Psychology, mental health, addictions and treatment, therapies, experiments, case studies, pharmacology, physiology, psychiatric nursing, linguistics, social work. PsycInfo also provides links to PsycArticles, which contain full text articles from all publications of the American Psychological Association.

SocIndex

SocIndex contains full text for 235 core journals dating back to 1895, and 72 priority coverage journals. This database also includes full text for 545 books and monographs, and full text for 6,601 conference papers. SocIndex covers all subjects in the social sciences, including sociology, anthropology, cultural issues, public policy and administration, social planning, community development, and behavioral studies.

When searching the catalog: Drop the drop-down box to “Boolean” In order to use your “”s, ?s, and ANDs The catalog does not search articles The databases search for articles ;) Utilize the “Subject Headings” Barton, Clara Nightingale, Florence Pediatric nursing

Drop the drop-down box to “Boolean”

In order to use your “”s, ?s, and ANDs

The catalog does not search articles

The databases search for articles ;)

Utilize the “Subject Headings”

Barton, Clara

Nightingale, Florence

Pediatric nursing

Interlibrary loan (ILL) Need something and we don’t own it? Use ILL; it’s free! http://library.uco.edu/services/serv_ill.cfm Request articles from our databases Ever get a search that doesn’t “find it”? Just click “Request this item through ILL” Search for books outside our catalog http://library.uco.edu/cats/index.cfm Then Choose “WorldCat”

Need something and we don’t own it?

Use ILL; it’s free!

http://library.uco.edu/services/serv_ill.cfm

Request articles from our databases

Ever get a search that doesn’t “find it”?

Just click “Request this item through ILL”

Search for books outside our catalog

http://library.uco.edu/cats/index.cfm

Then Choose “WorldCat”

Finally, remember… Any questions? Then AskUs! http://library.uco.edu/ask/