SHASTA COLLEGE LIBRARY 11555 Old Oregon Trail  *  PO Box 496006  *   Redding, CA 96049-6006

Library Contact:  Carolyn Salus Singh

Course: REGN 60 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Care
Instructor: Charles Doherty
Course: REGN 70 Clinical Concepts of Med-Surg Nursing
Instructors: Teresa Degnan          Susan Westler

Locating Information: Course Reserves, Videos, and Online eBooks

Locating Information: Journal Articles

Useful Internet Links: Nursing and Public Health

Citing Your Sources: APA Style

Shasta College Library Information

• Locating Reserve Books and Articles
• Select Library Catalog from the Library's web page.
• Click on Reserve Desk. Click on Search by Instructor.
• Enter instructor's name (for example, Ray) in the text box and click on Instructor.
• Reserve Desk is also searchable by course name and course number.
• Make note of the call number (NR for print material, VT for video) and then go to the Circulation Desk, with your library card, to retrieve the material.
Locating reserve articles online
Some  of the assigned nursing articles are available full text through the Library's Online Research Databases.  How can you determine which database to search?
• Go the Library's web page. Click on Articles & Databases.
• Click on Find Your Journals Online
• Go to Index of Databases. This is an alphabetical list of journals by title.

Browse through titles until you find the one you're looking for.

• Locating Nursing Videos
• Select Library Catalog from the Library's web page.
• Click on Search/Home and then click on Or Switch to Power Search.
• Enter nursing in the words or phrase box.
• Scroll down and select VIDEOCASS from the type box.  Click on Search.
• Over 100 titles are retrieved.
• Please note that some videos are stored in NURSING: Nursing Materials

while others are stored with the general video collection.
• If you don't find the video you need, repeat your search with more specific search terms. 

Media Viewing Area
This area, formerly known as the Nursing Alcove, has disappeared with the Fall 2006 semester. Instead, nursing videos may be viewed at various VT/DVD stations located around the library or in one of the student study rooms. Videos formerly housed in the Nursing Alcove are now shelved at the end of the Audio Book collection and may be viewed in house. The Nursing Media Collection contains over 500 audio and video tapes, tape players and monitors and 5 dedicated computers.  You may obtain headsets at the Circulation Desk.  Nursing Computers have been relocated to the outside of the glass wall in Reference.  Nursing students have priority use of these computers, which contain self-study programs. While some of these programs are stored on the individual computers, others require the use of a compact disk.  CDs may be requested from the Circulation Desk.  Program titles include:
• AACN Medi-Sim Simulations Gastrointestinal System
• Auscultation of Breath Sounds
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Blood Pressure Basic Procedures
• Comprehensive Review of Nursing for NCLEX-PN
• Communication Skills: Establishing Rapport and Trust
• Communication Skills: Identifying Underlying Anxiety
• Compass-RN
• Davis's Computerized REview of NCLEX-RN
• Delmar's Comprehensive Medical Terminology
• ERI RN-CAT Exam 3.0
• ENA Medi-Sim Simulations
• Essentials of Cardiac Rhythm Recognition
• Examco
• Infection Control Fundamentals
• Language of Medicine
• Psychsim 4
• Psychomotor Skills Series: Care of Chest Tubes
• RN-CAT 3.0 Exam
• Standard Precautions
• Stedman's Electronic Medical Dictionary
• Sterile Technique
• Tabar's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
• Transmission-Based Precautions
• Tuberculosis

• Locating nursing Online eBooks:
• Select Library Catalog from the Library's web page.
• Click on Search/Home and then click on Or Switch to Power Search.
• Enter your search term in the words or phrase box.

Scroll down and select Online Book from the type box.  Click on Search.
• Repeat search with different search terms.
• Online eBook is read by clicking on the URL button in the Full Details box.

The Library also subscribes to over 50 Articles & Databases to help you locate magazine and newspaper articles, on campus and also from your home computer. Click on Alphabetical List of Databases to view the complete selection available to you. You'll note that most afford excellent coverage of current events and social issues.

The five databases listed below also contain current full text, peer reviewed articles in nursing and allied health*

• Magazines and Periodicals (EBSCOhost)

General interest database that provides access to articles from over 1,900 general reference, consumer health, and general science magagazines.  Although it is more of a general interest than health sciences database, EBSCOHost is a good first choice because it is updated daily, contains mostly full text articles, and is easily searched.
To limit to refereed articles:
• Click on Advanced Search
• Enter search strategy

Sample Search: "fast food" and obes* and (teen* or adolescen* or child*)
• Scroll down to Limit your results, click on Peer Reviewed, and click on Search
To increase number of articles retrieved:
• Click on Advanced Search.  Scroll down to Search Options, Expand your search to
• Click on search within full text articles

• Health Reference Center - Academic (InfoTrac)

Full text database that includes articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.  In addition, this resource includes the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine and links to pertinent websites.
To limit to refereed articles:
• Scroll down to Limit the current search (optional), click on to refereed publications
To increase number of articles retrieved: In the keyword search box, scroll to
Search for words and click on in entire article content

• Health and Wellness Resource Center (InfoTrac)

Full text database that includes articles on magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and
information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases.
To limit to refereed articles:
• Scroll down to Limit the current search:, click on to refereed publications
• Access Science

Electronic version of the The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology [Reference Q121 .M3 2002].
Encyclopedia entries are complemented by articles documenting recent research developments,biographies of scientists, late-breaking science and technology news, links to related web sites, learning resources and study guides.  While this is neither a medical or nursing resource, it is a good place for dictionary definitions and high quality, current, encyclopedia articles.
To learn more about an individual  author:
View article in html full text.  Click on Printable Version, scroll to the bottom of the article and click on the author's name.
Warning: This database does not allow you to limit to refereed or peer reviewed articles
Also, this database does not permit emailing articles.

• MedlinePlus

Medline Plus Database Choices
• Health Topics provides access to current consumer health webpages on select topics.
• Drug Information is a reference on thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications.  Information is drawn from MedMaster (from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)) and USP Advice for

the Patient (from the United States Pharmacopeia (USP)).
• Dictionaries provides links to 10 online medical dictionaries and glossaries.
• Directories includes a search engine that locates care providers by location and specialty.
• MEDLINE (at the bottom of the Other Resources links)  contains over 11 million bibliographic citations and abstracts to journals in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the health care system. Coverage includes over 4,500 biomedical journals, some back to 1966. Each citation includes the author; title of the article; name of the journal; date published, page numbers. Many of the listings also have short summaries of the article (abstracts). Sometimes you will find a link to the full text article. Some of the journals indexed in Medline are available from the Shasta College Library, either in print or through a full content database, such as Health Reference Center Academic or Health and Wellness Resource Center. Others may be ordered through interlibrary loan.
• Hint: Retrieving relevant articles from such a vast collection is a challenge.  For effective searching, enter your strategy in the textbox and click on Limits.  Useful limits include:
• Languages (English)
• Human or Animal (Human)
• Subsets (Nursing journals)
• Publication Types (Review)
Clinical Trials provides current information about clinical research studies in progress and often accepting patients.

Useful Internet Links: Nursing and Public Health

Librarian's Internet Index (LII)
Anybody can publish anything on the web.  How can you rapidly find reliable information? The LII is a classified list of over 10,000 web sites. These sites have been previewed by librarians (and if you can't trust a librarian, who can you trust?) and are regularly updated.  Enter nursing in the search box and you will retrieve sites mostly about nursing homes, but the following are of interest to nurses and nursing students (partial list of sites below).  You can also try searching on more specific topics (such as lung diseases, mental health, schizophrenia, heart diseases...)

• Allnurses.com (formerly Worldwide Nurse) - http://allnurses.com/

This commercail site contains resources for anyone in the nursing profession: news bulletins, a calendar of professional events, lots of links to related resources, information about US, CA and UK Nursing Boards, nursing education and employment, medical specialties, medical resources (including medical search tools), medical software downloads and reviews, a discussion board, and a free electronic newsletter, Nurse-zine, available either by e-mail or on the Web site.
 
• American College of Nurse-Midwives - http://www.midwife.org/

Includes information on midwives education programs, licensure, and other professional concerns. Focus on You contains facts and educational materials; a database for finding a nurse - midwife.

• Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) - http://www.rn.ca.gov/

California licensure information, including: applications, fees, instructions, current policies, and contact information at this site. License renewal, continuing education, consumer complaint procedures, board meeting agendas and minutes, and other actions concerning registered nurses in the state are also given.  The BRN is a state agency committed to enforcing the Nursing Practice Act, which ensures standards for registered nurses employed in California.

• Dirline, maintained by the National Library of Medicine, lists over 10,000 organizations, research resources, projects, and databases concerned with health and biomedicine.  Each record may contain information on the publications, holdings, and services provided. Many records link directly to the sponsoring organization's database.

• National Council of State Boards of Nursing - http://www.ncsbn.org/

Includes information on the NCLEX examination, current news events of interest to the profession, licensure requirements, links to boards of nursing and other nursing related sites.

• NCLEX  -http://www.ncsbn.org/testing/index.asp

NCSBN is a nonprofit association operated by the State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN),  The Learning Extension
Learning Extension "offers 13 online courses and many more are on their way!"

• NursingCenter -http://www.nursingcenter.com/home/index.asp- Contains a library of over 30 key nursing journals, full text and online.  Most recent issues of individual titles are usually available free of charge.  There are often charges (about $5.00 per article) for archived issues.  Also contains NCLEX, continuing education, licensure, and employment information.

Books
• The official guide for this style is:

Publication Manual of the APA.. 5th ed.  (Ready Reference BF76.7 .P83 2001 )
 
• Another helpful (if not official) book is:

Andrew Harnack's Online! : A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources  (Reference TK 5105.875 .I57 .H364 2000)
 
Websites
• American Psychological Association (APA) Style Guide (official)
• Reference Examples of Electronic Cites in APA Format (official)
• Online (companion website to Andrew Harnack's above mentioned book)
• APA Style Guide: examples (University of Southern Mississippi)
• Guide for Writing Research Papers based on APA Style (Capital Community College)

Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement (Dartmouth College)

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• All of the resources listed on this page are available via the Shasta College Library web site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.