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Nursing

Below are suggested resources to use when researching a Nursing topic. For research strategies and techniques, visit the resources linked from the menu at the left.

Getting Started | Finding Articles | Getting Fulltext | Specific Research Topics | RSS Feeds

Getting Started

Before jumping in and looking for research, it is a good idea to have a refined topic and to know a little about it. Start with broad resources like encyclopedias, bibliographies, and handbooks to start to get a sense of what is available on your topic in the universe of information.

Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health Beatley Ref. RT21 .G353
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Beatley Ref. RC 46 .H333 and Online
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Beatley Ref. RC 55 .M4 and Online
Mosby's Handbook of Diseases >Beatley Ref. RT 65 .L37
Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Aallied Health Dictionary Beatley Ref. R 121 .M89
Health of Boston Beatley Ref. RA448 B65 H44
Health Case State Rankings Beatley Ref. RA 407.3 .H42
Healthy people 2010: national health promotion and disease prevention objectives: full report, with commentary Beatley Ref. RA395 A3 H44

Finding Articles

Search the following indexes to find articles on the topic of Nursing. See individual Resources by Subject guides for more specific indexes covering topics within the broader field of Nursing.

Getting Fulltext

Because not all indexes are fulltext--or 100% fulltext--you may have to elsewhere to find an article for which you have a citation. Consult the resources below to find out how to get access to the articles you need.

Library Online Catalog - to see what Simmons owns in print or electronically
Fulltext Journal Locator (Serials Solutions) just for e-journals, indicates which database covers which years of full-text journals
Interlibary Loan - if Simmons does not have an article electronically or in print

Finding information on Specific Research Topics

For more information on more specific topics within the discipline of Nursing, contact a librarian.

All Nurses.com http://www.allnurses.com
American Nurses Association http://www.nursingworld.org
Cyberburse http://www.cybernurse.com
Health Care World http://members.tripod.com/HealthCareWorld
Healthweb Nursing Page http://www.lib.umich.edu/nursing.html
Lippincott's Nursing Center http://www.nursingcenter.com
Martindales's Virtual Nursing Center http://www.sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Nursing.html
Massachusetts Nurses Association http://www.massnurses.org
National Institute of Nursing Research http://www.nih.gov/ninr
National League for Nursing http://www.nln.org
National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov
National Student Nurses' Association http://www.nsna.org
Nurse Zone http://www.nursezone.com
Nurse Career http://www.nursecareer.com
Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied Health Professions http://nmap.ac.uk
Nursing Net http://www.nursingnet.org
Yahoo directory - Nursing http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Nursing

RSS Feeds For New Books

The Simmons College Library RSS feeds are a great way to keep track of the latest additions to the library collection in your area of interest. To subscribe to the School of Health Studies RSS feed, just click on the next to the feed. More info

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