Library Resources Guide - NURSING

• Books
• Reference Books
• Periodicals
• Periodical Indexes
• Internet Resources

compiled by Frank Butorac, October 2008

Books

Books can be located by Author, Title or Subject in the computer catalog. The Call Number in the top left-hand corner of the screen serves to locate the books on the shelves. Example of Subject Headings for books related to this curriculum are:

• Critical care Nursing
• Intensive Care Nursing
• Maternal-Child Nursing
• Nurse Practitioners
• Nursing Care Plans
• Obstetrical Nursing
• Postoperative Care - Nursing
• Pediatric Nursing
• Surgical Nursing

Selected books in this library include:

• Ref RC 55 .M4 -- Merck Manual
• Ref R 121, T18 -- Tabers Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
• Ref RT 65 .L37 1996 -- Mosby's Handbook of Diseases
• Ref RT 120 .E4 m69 2000 -- Mosby's Emergency Nursing, 2nd ed.
• Ref RJ 370 .S66 1998 -- Manual of Pediatric Emergency Nursing
• Ref RT 41 .C65 1997 -- Mosby's Clinical Nursing, 4th ed.
• Ref RC 41 .G35 1999 -- Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
• Ref RC 41 .O84 1994 -- Oxford Medical Companion
• Ref RT 120 .I5 A18 1993 -- Clinical Reference of Critical-Care Nursing 3rd. ed.
• RT 62 .S53 2000 -- Saunders comprehensive review for NCLEX-PN.
• RT 55 .D38 2001 -- Davis's NCLEX-RN review 3rd. ed.
• RT 41 .T46 2000 -- Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 9th ed.

Reference Books

Reference books are shelved in a special section marked with an "R" or a "Ref" above the call number on the spine of the book as well as on the catalog record.

Periodicals

Listed below are some of the periodicals in the MCCC library in this subject area. Complete holdings and available dates may be found on file at the front circulation desk.

• Advances in Nursing Science
• American Journal of Nursing
• American Nurse
• Cancer Nursing
• JAMA
• Journal of Gerontological Nursing
• Journal of Neuroscience
• Journal of Nursing Administration
• Journal of Nursing Education
• Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
• Journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses
• MCN, American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing
• Nurse Educator
• Nursing Forum
• Nursing Outlook
• Nursing Times
• Pediatric Nursing

Periodical Indexes

Periodical indexes in your field include:

• EBSCOhost - Academic Search Premier
  (on-line on Library’s web page and on Dynix catalog terminals)
• EBSCOhost - Nursing Academic Edition
  (on-line on Library's web page)
• CINAHL
  (on-line on Library's web page)

Internet Resources

There are many resources in Nursing that are now available on the Internet. Listed below are links to web sites that cover the topics of Nursing and other related medical information.

• www.ama-assn.org -- American Medical Association
• www.cdc.gov -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• www.healthfinder.gov -- HealthFinder
• www.medmatrix.org
• www.nursingworld.org -- American Nurses Association
• www.cancer.org -- National Cancer Society
• www.nih.gov -- National Institutes of Health
• www.nlm.nih.gov -- National Library of Medicine
• www.allnurses.com -- Links to many different resources in nursing.