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Library Liaison
Betsy Holmes
Contents
Selected Reference Books
Find Journal Articles
Find Primary Sources
Find Books
Selected Websites
How to Cite Your Sources
Department Website
Nursing Department
Nursing Department Homepage
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These sources can serve a variety of useful purposes for your research. Browsing resources such as specialized encyclopedias can help you identify interesting topics to research, while providing the background information that will get you started. Handbooks and dictionaries can help clarify unfamiliar terminology, while directories and subject bibliographies can refer you to organizations and resources that offer more detailed information.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Nursing Resource Center
This database is designed to support both the clinical and research needs of nursing students. Search results are organized by practical categories such as Diseases, Assessments, Interventions, and Care Plans, and consist of in-depth essays derived from major nursing reference texts. The database also includes full-text articles from numerous scholarly journals, as well as animated multimedia illustrations of human anatomy and medical conditions.
American Medical Association Complete Medical Encyclopedia
Ref RC81.A2 A497
Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Allied Health
Ref R121 .M65
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health
Ref RT21 .G353 (5 volumes)
Encyclopedia of Nursing Research
Ref RT81.5 .E53
Gray's Anatomy : The Anatomical Basis of Medicine and Surgery
Ref QM23.2 .G73
HealthSource
To access Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, please click on 'Medical Dictionary' on the green toolbar at top of page.
Handbooks and Directories
AHA Guide to the Health Care Field (annual)
Ref RA977 .A44
AHFS Drug Information (annual)
Ref RS131.2 .A47
The Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice
Ref RT51 .B78
Manual of Nursing Diagnosis
Ref RT51 .G67
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Ref RC71 .M4
Nursing 2004 Drug Handbook
Ref RM301.12 .N87
The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine
Ref R121 .O884
Pathways to Nursing : A Guide to Library and Online Research in Nursing and Allied Health
Ref RT81.5 .T833
Physicians' Desk Reference : PDR
Ref RS75 .P5
Statistics
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance of New Hampshire Adults : Selected Survey Results
Ref RA407.4.N4 A56
Statistical Record of Health & Medicine
Ref RA407.3 .S83
See also Health Statistics from Selected Websites
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Search the following databases to locate citations and/or full text of journal articles. In some cases, the database will provide links to the full text of articles. If you see a  button next to an article of interest, click it to determine whether the journal is available in the Geisel Library or in full text via another electronic database. WebBridge will also help you request articles through Interlibrary Loan if they aren't available through our library. If there is no WebBridge button, search for the journal's availability using the Journal Finder. Journals listed as being in "Geisel Library Paper Holdings" are shelved alphabetically by journal title on the Lower Level of the library.
Core Resources
CINAHL
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) is the premier search tool for scholarly nursing and health care information with some full text from over 1,200 journal titles. Also included within the database are citations to conference proceedings, book chapters, and dissertations. User Guide (PDF)
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides full-text access to 600 scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
Literature Indexes from the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
The Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library "provides knowledge resources to help advance nurses as scholars."
MEDLINE
This EBSCO database is a subset of the larger PubMed database. It includes coverage with some full text for over 4,000 international journals in all languages from 1966 to the present. Use Medline for (1) EBSCO's easy to use search interface (2) To pinpoint titles owned by Saint Anselm College or available in full-text in other EBSCO databases. Otherwise, use PubMed as noted below.
Nursing Resource Center
This database is designed to support both the clinical and research needs of nursing students. Search results are organized by practical categories such as Diseases, Assessments, Interventions, and Care Plans, and consist of in-depth essays derived from major nursing reference texts. The database also includes full-text articles from numerous scholarly journals, as well as animated multimedia illustrations of human anatomy and medical conditions.
PubMed
PubMed is the premier bibliographic database of the National Library of Medicine. It provides access to the full-text of over 400 medical journals. Search PubMed if you need access to 1) very current information 2) full text to journals not owned by the college or available via other full-text databases. For help using PubMed, see the PubMed tutorial. For detailed information about the differences between PubMed and Medline, see this fact sheet on PubMed and Medline.
Other Subject Resources
Academic Search Premier
A broad index providing abstracts and some full-text for a range of academic areas, including medicine.
LexisNexis Academic
Find articles from medical and health journals by clicking on the Power Search tab, choosing "All Full-Text Medical Journals" from the Select Sources menu, and entering your search terms in the box provided.
PsycINFO
This database from the American Psychological Association supplies indexing and abstracts from 1887 to the present for journals in over 25 languages plus English-language books and book chapters from 1987. User Guide
TOXLINE
This database from the National Library of Medicine is an "extensive collection of online bibliographic information covering the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals." Coverage is five years ago to the present.
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A guide to finding sources, including primary versus secondary, and popular and trade versus scholarly.
Search the library catalog to locate books in Geisel Library. Search by keyword (e.g. evidence-based nursing) if you are unsure of the title you are looking for. Nursing books fall within the broad category of medicine and are located on the upper level in the R through RT sections. Search WorldCat to search the collections of libraries worldwide. Find a book in this database, and, if not owned by SAC, you can request it from Interlibrary Loan with one click. Your book(s) will be available for pickup in the library within 7–14 days. Ask for help in using this database at the reference desk, in person, or online at Ask a Librarian.
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Searching the World Wide Web can yield a vast amount of information, but in terms of quality and reliability, your results may be uneven at best. The ease and speed with which individuals can publish information on the web, regardless of accuracy or quality, makes it imperative that when doing research on the web you know how to evaluate the information you find. To learn more, see Judging What You Find.
Nursing General Reference
allnurses.com
Contains links to medical Web search tools, software reviews, CNE drug resources, and nursing discussion lists. Formerly Worldwide Nurse.
Healthweb: Nursing
Collaborative effort of the Medical School and School of Nursing at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Links are provided to
resources including clinical areas, nursing research, and nursing education.
Nursing Theory Page
Includes links to resources about nursing theories throughout the world.
RN Central
A gathering place on the web for nurses and students. Includes chat, library links, job info, and more.
Yahoo: Health: Nursing
Categorized listing, also searchable by keyword.
Bioethics
The Hastings Center
The Hastings Center is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit bioethics research institute founded in 1969 to explore fundamental and emerging questions in medicine, health care, biotechnology.
Career Resources
New Hampshire and Vermont Health Professionals Recruitment Center
Healthcare positions in New Hampshire and Vermont.
Nursing Center
Highlights extensive career and professional development opportunities.
Nursing Career Information
This site is published at Columbia University and provides general information regarding licensure, certification, and career resources.
It links to a helpful career magazine offering regional news, Nursing Spectrum.
Health Statistics
CDC Wonder
This convenient website offers one-stop access to the Center for Disease Control's vast statistical resources, including the WISQUARS Cause of Death database and data on such topics as cancer, asthma, STDs, and infant mortality.
Health, United States
Government Documents HE 20.7042/6: (print version)
Probably the preeminent government publication for statistics on US health issues, including fertility and mortality, incidence of risk factors, health spending, facilities, and patients. The website offers the latest edition plus archived editions back to 1975.
National Center for Health Statistics
This branch of the Center for Disease Control oversees many of the US federal government's statistical publications on health issues. Check their FastStats page for basic data by topic or the Data Warehouse for tables and datasets at the national and state level.
New Hampshire Health Data Inventory
A good source for state population and community health data.
World Bank Health, Nutrition, and Population Statistics Database
In this online database, use the Data Query system to select the countries, years, and health variables of interest in order to produce downloadable data tables. Also check the MDGs page to obtain data on how well countries are succeeding in meeting the UN's Millennium Development Goals on improving health conditions worldwide.
World Health Organization
The WHO’s statistical information system provides a variety of access points for obtaining health statistics on countries, including downloadable tables from its annual World Health Statistics and quick links to data by topic (such as nutrition and AIDS).
Related Health and Biomedical Websites
Boston Healing Landscape Project
Located in the Department of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine, this project show how, over the past thirty years, the medical landscape of the U.S. has changed. This richly textured world of healing represents the new face of culturally and religiously grounded complementary and alternative medicine in America.
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
EthnoMed
The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants.
MayoClinic.com
A consumer-oriented online information guide to conditions, treatments, and general well being.
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
This website, supported by the National Institutes of Health, provides the most timely, authoritative, and relevant resources on complementary and alternative medicine. Included are research, clinical trials, statistics, graphics and images.
National Guideline Clearinghouse
A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
National Women's Health Information Center
Women's health information, from the federal government.
Nursing Organizations
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See the library's How To Cite Your Sources guide for resources on how to properly cite research materials. Always confirm the style required by your instructor.
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