Books:
- To find print books in the library, search the library catalog,
CUNYPlus.
- The library also subscribes to a database of electronic books that can be used from off-campus. It covers all subject
areas and also contains the full text of nursing books.
For information on how to use this database, see our
netLibrary guide.
Journals and Magazine Articles:
- Note: Articles in magazines and
journals are published on a weekly or monthly basis, and newspapers are even published daily. The time span between
when an article is written and published is relatively short
so it is much easier to find articles on breaking
and current news items.
- The vast majority of the library's periodicals are available
in electronic form in databases.
In the databases you can find articles on just about any
subject. The databases can be used in the library as well
as at
home. Our print journals and magazines are located
in the Periodicals
Room inside the library in S-400.
Useful databases for nursing research are:
- EBSCO Health Source:
more than 850 full text periodicals in the areas of nursing,
allied health and other medical disciplines are available.
- InfoTrac
Health Reference Center: this database contains the full
text of periodicals for health-related research, approximately 700
pamphlets, and the full text of several reference books such as
Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary, The
Consumer Health Information Source Book, USP-DI Vol. II:
Advice for the Patient, Drug Information in Lay Language, The
Complete Directory for People with Chronic Illness, Gale
Encyclopedia of Medicine, and PDR Family Guide to Nutrition
and Health.
- Lexis-Nexis:
Lexis-Nexis contains a vast amount of research resources such as
newspapers, business, legal and medical journals and magazines.
Full text medical research resources include news articles from
medical and health sources on healthcare and articles from medical
and health journals on a wide variety of topics.
- EBSCO
Host CINAHL and Pre-CINAHL: this database doesn't contain any full text
articles. It indexes materials such as healthcare books, nursing
dissertations, conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational
software in nursing, audiovisuals, and book chapters.
Newspaper Articles:
- The BMCC Library's print newspapers are available in the Periodicals
Room inside the library in S-400.
- The Lexis-Nexis
database contains more than 5,600 full text news, business, legal,
medical, and reference publications.
Websites:
- Note: Anybody can publish on the Web. Only because a Website
exists doesn't mean the information in it is reliable.
Therefore, it is important to evaluate
Web content before you use them in your research.
- A good place to start for finding Websites is the BMCC
WebLinks Database. This Website is a gateway to all
of our electronic research resources. It also contains
a searchable database of Websites.
- In the Nursing
& Medicine subject category you can find reviewed
links to Websites on topics such as geriatrics, medical-surgical
nursing, nutrition, pediatrics, and more. The Medicine
section contains links to Websites on topics such as anatomy,
dermatology, oncology, and more.
Images:
- The Photo
Archive is a database of photographs and also contains
medical images. The database is accessible through the
Databases
page.
- The Nursing & Medicine
subject category in the Virtual Library contains the subcategory
Photographs & Images. Here you can find links to Websites with medical
photographs, radiological images, endoscopic photographs, illustrations,
animations, and more.
Audiovisual Materials:
- The Library has a number of books on nursing care planning
in its collection. In order to find them, use the library
catalog and perform a keyword search for: nursing care plans
Some examples are:
- Ackley, B. J. & Ladwig, G. B. (2002). Nursing
diagnosis handbook: a guide to planning care. St. Louis:
Mosby. (RT 48.6 .A35 2002)
- Puderbaugh-Ulrich, S. & Weyland-Canale, S. (2001). Nursing
care planning guides: for adults in acute, extended and home care
settings. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. (RT49.U47 2001)
Note: the collection of books that is located to the right-hand
side of the library's entrance is called stacks. The books
in the stacks can be checked out and taken home.
Books that are on reserve are kept at the circulation desk
and can only be used for two hours inside the Library.
Reference books are located on the books shelves by the reference
desk. They can also not be checked out.
- Legal & Ethical Issues: Search the library
catalog to find books on this topic. Some examples for books
on this topic that are available in the BMCC Library are:
Bandman, E. L. & Bandman, B. (2002). Nursing
ethics through the life span. Upper Saddle River: Prentice
Hall. (RT 85 .B33 2002 )
Guido, G. W. (2001). Legal
and ethical issues in nursing. Upper Saddle River: Prentice
Hall. (KF2915.N8 G85 2001)
The EBSCO
Host Health Source database contains articles from
journals and magazines on ethical issues in the nursing
profession. For example, the full text of the journals
Nursing Ethics, Nursing and Journal of
Advanced Nursing is available in this database. The
InfoTrac
Health Reference Center database is also a good source
for articles on this topic.
The Nursing
& Medicine category in the BMCC WebLinks Database
contains a Legal
Issues subcategory with links to Websites on ethical
and legal issues in the nursing profession.
- Health Care: newspaper articles on this issue can be found
in the Lexis
Nexis database's News research section. The medical research
section in Lexis
Nexis also contains news articles and articles from journals
and magazines on this topic.
Since health care is a widely discussed topic, you can
find sources in a number of databases including: EBSCO
Host Academic Search Premier, EBSCO Host Health Source,
and InfoTrac Health Reference Center. All of these databases
can be accessed through the Databases
page.
The BMCC
WebLinks Database contains a number of links to
health care issues related Websites. Use the advanced
search page to look for keywords such as 'health care' or 'Medicaid.'
The Nursing
& Medicine
category contains a Healthcare
subcategory with links to topical sites.
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