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Welcome to library support guide for Nursing

Objectives of This Guide

       

  • This guide outlines essential information sources from the library.
  • It demonstrates how to develop a search strategy.
  • It shows you how to access articles and books on the Elibrary portal.
  • It provides a clear guide to advance searching to find full-text to improve search results and to choose appropriate information sources.

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How to use search terms?

Recommended Subject Terms

Subject headings are the preferred search terms for searching the online catalog and article databases.

Here is a basic list to get you started.

  • nurses
  • nursing
  • nurse and patient
  • pediatric nursing
  • maternity nursing
  • community health nursing
  • nursing ethics
  • cancer -- nursing
  • evidence-based nursing
  • nursing -- social aspects

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Finding books in the library collection

   

 

How are books organized?

Call numbers are the combinations of letters and numbers that you find on the spine of a book. Each call number provides a unique "address" to help you locate items on the shelf.  

Here are some call numbers that apply to nursing topics:

  • 260 Social & ecclesiastical theology
    • 261 Social theology and interreligious relations and attitudes
  • 610 Medicine & health
    • 610 Medicine & health
    • 611 Human anatomy, cytology, histology
    • 612 Human physiology
    • 613 Personal health & safety
    • 614 Forensic medicine; incidence of injuries, wounds, disease; public preventive medicine
    • 615 Pharmacology and therapeutics
    • 616 Diseases
    • 617 Surgery, regional medicine, dentistry, ophthalmology, otology, audiology
    • 618 Gynecology, obstetrics, pediatrics, geriatrics

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