Library Session NURS 307Rachael Clemens

Agenda• Library Overview (brochure)

• Your Assignment• Nursing Literature• Database Instruction (Academic Search Elite handout)

• Obtaining Material (SFX handout)

• Citing Your Sources (APA handout)

• For Additional Reference Help

Library Guide for Nursing

http://faculty.fullerton.edu/rclemens/Nursing.htm

Assignment Find and obtain the full-text of 2 research articles

& 2 clinical articles relating to health promotion / well-child care / current parent-child issues

• Read the articles• Write a review of each article• Cite each article in APA format• Submit to Blackboard

Research Strategy1. Identify your topic (may be on-going)

2. Use several databases to identify relevant articles

3. Obtain the full-text of the items

4. Critically analyze the results – are they what you want? Need to revise search?

5. Write a review for each article

What is Scholarly Literature?

Peer Reviewed / Scholarly Publications

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

Journal articles (research studies, clinical, lit reviews)

More “magazine” or newspaper format

Articles are reviewed by experts in the field

Articles are not subject to such in-depth review process

Geared toward the researcher Trade: written by practitioners for practitioners

Articles typically include a reference list

Popular: written for the consumer – not the expert

Example of a Scholarly Journal

Examples of Non Peer Reviewed Publications

Nursing Trade Publications–Written by practitioners for practitioners–Focus is on the particular industry or profession

Popular Magazines–Typically written for the consumer / layperson–Don’t maintain a panel/jury of experts to review submitted articles

Newspapers

Most Websites

Articles in Scholarly Journals

• Research

• Clinical / Best Practice

• Literature Review

• Research Articles– Authors construct & execute a study– Empirical, quantitative, qualitative– Easily identifiable in the abstract

• Purpose/Objective/Aim of the study• Review of the related literature• Research methodology• Data collection• Conclusions

• Clinical / Best Practices Articles– Presents information for the professional clinician– May provide an overview of an issue or condition– May discuss assessment or interventions to enhance

clinical practice– Some case studies– Procedures– “This is how we did it…”

• Literature Reviews– Review (synthesizes results/conclusions of 2 or

more articles on a given topic)

– Systematic Review (attempts to identify and synthesize all the literature on a given topic)

– Meta-analysis (statistical technique for assembling the results of several studies in a review into a single numerical estimate)

Relates to Evidence Based MedicineFind in Cochrane Library

Database Instruction

1. Cinahl

2. Nursing & Allied Health

3. Academic Search Elite

4. PsycINFO

5. PubMed

Database Instruction

• CINAHL– Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health

Literature– Primary nursing database

• Health Source: Nursing Academic– More full-text nursing publications

Database Instruction• Academic Search Elite

– Indexes periodicals on a wide range of subjects – including nursing, health, psychology, child development, and education

• PsycINFO– Indexes periodicals from the fields of psychology,

sociology, health, child development and education

Database Instruction

• PubMed– Medline– Focused on biomedical and health topics– Some full-text; use SFX/Find Full-Text

Pollak Library Website• www.library.fullerton.edu• RESEARCH >> FIND ARTICLES >> BY

SUBJECT >> NURSING• Library Catalog

– Index of all books/journals in the library– LINK+ service to order books from 30 sister libraries

• ILLiad Interlibrary Loan

Sample Search

• How does breastfeeding relate to cognitive development of a child– Breastfeeding– Cognitive development

Recap1. Search several databases

• Use keywords & subject headings• Limit to scholarly / peer-reviewed

2. If full-text not immediately available, use SFX to track down article

3. May need to request material not owned by Pollak Library through ILLiad

Citing Your Sources• What?

– Tell your reader what information resources you used to help develop your thoughts and construct your paper

• Why?– To back up your claims with documentation –

strengthens your argument or points– To indicate where you got your information so that other

people can follow-up– To give credit to the original author(s)– To avoid plagiarism

Citing Your Sources• APA Style

– From the American Psychological Association– You will need to create a reference list and use

parenthetical references within the text of your paper (2 separate but related actions)

– Difference between “quoting” verbatim (requires quotation marks) and giving credit for the general gist of a thought

Elements of a Reference• Article

– Author– Year of publication– Title of article– Title of journal– Volume (also include issue number if journal is paginated by issue)– Page numbers

• Website– Author or responsible entity– Date of creation or modification– Title of webpage– Title/Name of overarching website if not clear in title of webpage– Webpage address– Date you accessed this resource

Reference List Entry - Article

Author, A. A. (Year of Publication). Title of article: Subtitle of article. Magazine/Journal Title, Volume number (issue

number if each issue begins on page 1), pages.

Clemens, R. G. (2003). Delivery library services to distance students: A case study. Reference

Services Review, 54, 32-44.

Reference List Tips• References should appear in hanging indent form;

first line at the left margin, each succeeding line of a reference entry is indented.

• In titles of books, articles, films, and broadcasts capitalize only the first word of the title, the first word after a colon or dash, and proper nouns.

• In periodical titles capitalize all major words and all words of four letters or more.

• Periodical titles should be in italic.

Parenthetical Reference Tips• If you are citing a work by a single author, use the

surname (do not include suffixes such as Jr.) and the year of publication separated by a comma in parentheses: – In a recent study of reaction time (Rogers, 1994) …

• If you have just stated the author's name in the text, put the year of publication only in parentheses: – Peplau (1985) defines loneliness as a difference between desired

and achieved social relationships.

Need Additional Help?

• Reference Desk – 1st floor North

• Ask A Librarian – from the library website– Reference Hotline (714.278.3284)

– Email Questions– Online Chat Reference - available 24/7– Rachael (714.278.7543)