Selected Resources for Nursing

DATABASES

CINAHL

Index to nursing & allied health literature.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

Indexing and fulltext on a variety of medical disciplines.

MEDLINE via EBSCO

Index to clinical medicine, nursing, veterinary and allied health literature. Some fulltext is available.

PubMed

provides another interface to the data contained in MEDLINE plus additional content.

BIOSIS Previews/Biological Abstracts

Index to biological science articles.

PsycINFO

PsycINFO covers the literature of Psychology from 1967 to present. This is a good place to look for articles for anyone with an interest in Clinical Psychology.

Click here for a full list of all databases available at Wittenberg.

PERIODICALS

Periodicals are where most of the information for your research papers will come. Remember that there are scholarly publications as well as popular publications. You will most likely want to stick to scholarly publications for your research. For hints on how to tell the two apart, please see Scholarly vs. Popular Articles.

Wittenberg owns many journals in print and in electronic formats. The links below will help you to find out what journals we own, the format, and where they are located.

Journals the Library Has
This is a searchable index of the periodicals Wittenberg owns in electronic and print formats. Location and dates owned are also provided.

Journal Interlibrary Loan
Use Interlibrary Loan to request articles not owned at Wittenberg from other libraries. Please click the link for more details.

BOOKS

Library Catalogs | Reference Books

Locating Books in Library Catalogs

At Wittenberg: EZRA -- our online catalog
At other Ohio academic Libraries: OhioLINK
In North America For ILL: WorldCat

Books on Scientific Writing and Presentations

Scientific Writing: Easy When You Know How by Jennifer Peat et. al.

Online Book

The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid by Michael Alley

Q223 .A38 2013

Online Book

How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper by Barbara Gastel

T11 .D33 2016

Scientific Writing: Thinking in Words by David Lindsay

T11 .L52864 2011

Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing: a Self-Help Guide 2014

Online Book

Strategic Scientific and Medical Writing: the Road to Success 2015

Online Book

Reference Books

Below is a select list of reference books relating to nursing and medicine. These books can be found in Thomas Library or online as noted.

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary

Reference R121 .A53 2004 (2nd edition)

2nd edition, 2004 -- online

Mosby's Medical Dictionary

Reference R121 .M89 2009

Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing

Reference R121 .S8 2005

Magill's Medical Guide 5 Volumes

Reference RC41 .M34 2014

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

Research Help Desk RC 55 .M4 (2018, 20th edition)

Reference RC55 .M4 (2011, 19th edition)

Physician's Desk Reference: PDR

Research Help Desk RS250 .P5 (2017, 71st edition)

Reference RS250 .P5 (2001, 55th edition)

WEB SITES

When using the internet, always be thinking critically about what you are viewing. Good and bad information both reside on the internet and it isn't always easy to tell the two apart. For hints on spotting good web pages, please see the library's page on Evaluating Web Sites.

If you choose to use internet sites as information resources, you must cite them just as you must cite a book or journal article. For help citing webpages and other online resources, take a look at Citing Electronic Resources.

HELP

If you are having trouble with your research, please contact Alisa Mizikar, the Science Librarian, via email at amizikar@wittenberg.edu or call 937-327-7515. You can also contact any of the reference librarians at librarians@wittenberg.edu or at 937-327-7511.

Compiled by Alisa Mizikar.