Reserve Items

• Instructors have placed films, modules, required texts for selected courses ON RESERVE behind the Circulation Desk in the Library. These courses include Nursing 1101 (NURS 1); Nursing 1102 (NURS 2); Nursing 2201 (NURS 3); Nursing 2202 (NURS 4); Nursing 1113-1114 (MOBILITY); Nursing 1115 (PHARMACOLOGY).

• NURSING EXAMS (NCLEX - RN & PN) are also ON RESERVE behind the Circulation Desk in the Library.

• A selection of texts is available on NURSING RESERVE. Ask the Librarian to show you this shelf. These references are constantly changing.

Locating Books through Web Pals

For individual topics in nursing try a KEYWORD SEARCH or a SUBJECT KEYWORD SEARCH on WebPals in the Library Catalog.

• SUBJECT KEYWORD: family health
• SUBJECT KEYWORD: maternity nursing
• SUBJECT KEYWORD: nursing research
• SUBJECT KEYWORD: pediatric nursing
• KEYWORD: disease AND health
• KEYWORD: wom?ns health

Browsing the Collection

For selected areas in nursing browse the Reference Collection and the Circulating Collection under the following range of numbers in the Dewey Decimal Classification System:

• for family health: 613
• for maternity nursing: 610.73
• for medical dictionaries: 610.3-610.321
• for pharmacology: 615.1
• for medical syndromes: 616.89

Selected Printed Sources

The following is a list of books in which information on nursing may be located. All of these books are located in the Reference Collection on the main floor of the Library and in the Circulating Collection on the fifth floor:

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

• The Alternative Health & Medicine Encyclopedia. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1998.
  Includes topics such as diet and nutrition, vitamins, minerals, botanical medicines, exercise, strengthening the immune system, coping with stress, stress-related disorders, drug abuse and addiction, mental health disorders, common male health problems, common female health problems, holistic pregnancy and childbirth, dental care, eye, ear, nose, and throat disorders, cancer, heart disorders, aging and the future of alternative medicine.
  REF 615.5 M362a2 1998

• DK Encyclopedia of Healing Therapies. New York: DK Publishing,1997.
  Includes a definition of complementary medicine, key healing therapies, touch & movement therapies, medicinal therapies, mind & emotion therapies, diagnostic techniques and treating ailments.
  REF 615.5 W856d 1997

• The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants. New York: DK Publishing,1996.
  Includes the development of herbal medicine, herbal traditions of the world, key medicinal plants and herbal remedies for home use.
  REF 615.3203 C427e 1996

• Health and Illness: a cross-cultural encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1997.
  Includes topics such as acupuncture, aging and old age, alcohol and drugs, alternative and complementary medicine, anthroposophical medicine, aromatherapy, astrological healing, ayurvedic medicine, biomedicine, bodywork, Chinese medicine, chiropractic medicine, Christian science, culture-bound syndromes, death, diet and nutrition, disabilities, energetic or magnetic healing, environmental disasters, faith healing, famine, genital mutilation and other topics and therapies.
  REF 610.3 L578h 1997

• The Medical Advisor : the complete guide to alternative & conventional treatments.Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1996.
  A popular encyclopedia of alternative medicine.
  REF 610.3 M468 1996

ATLASES

• Altas of the Visible Human Male: reverse engineering of the human body. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett, 1998.
  Anatomy of the human male
  REF 611.00222 Sp49a 1998

• Color Atlas of Anatomy. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1998.
  Color photos highlight this atlas.
  REF 611.0022 R666c4 1998

• Sobotta Atlas of Human Anatomy. New York: DK Publishing,1997.
  Comprehensive 2 volume atlas.
  REF 611.002 So12t 1997

CAREERS

• Careers in Nursing. Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons, 1998.
  Profiles selected nursing careers.
  610.73 Sa14c 1998.

• Exploring Health Careers. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, 1999.
  General health careers.
  610.69 M139e2 1999

• Exploring Health Care Careers. Chicago: Ferguson Publishers, 1998.
  Two volume work that provides information o 104 careers in the health field.
  610.69 Ex74h 1998

DISEASE AND INFECTION

• Cambridge World History of Human Disease. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
  History of human diseases.
  REF 610.9 C144k 1993

• Infectious Diseases. Philadelphia: Saunders,1998.
  Detailed account of communicable diseases.
  REF 616.9 In65g2

• Introduction to Human Disease. Boston: Jones and Bartlett,1997.
  General concepts of disease: principles of diagnosis.
  REF 616.07 C886i 1997

• Pathophysiology: clinical concepts of disease processes. St. Louis: Mosby, 1997.
  Introduction to general pathology.
  REF 616.07 P93p5 1997

FAMILY NURSING

• Children and Families in Health and Illness. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998.
  Topics include historical overview of health promotion for children and families in late 19th- and 20th-century America, integrative review of assessment models for health promotion of children and their families, integrative review of intervention models for health promotion for children and families, implications for practice, education, and research in health promotion of children and their families.
  610.7362 C437b 1998

• John's Hopkins Family Health Book. New York: HarperCollins,1999.
  Topics related to general well-being.
  REF 613 J622k 1999

INTERNAL MEDICINE

• Cecil Textbook of Medicine. Philadelphia: Saunders,1996.
  Includes medicine as a learned and humane profession, social and ethical issues in medicine, aging and geriatric medicine, preventive health care, principles of evaluation and management, principles of human genetics and other topics.
  REF 616 C324b20 1996

• The Merck Manual of Medical Information. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research.
  Includes topics such as drugs, heart and blood vessel disorders, lung and airway disorders, bone, joint and muscle disorders, brain and nerve disorders, mental health disorders and others.
  REF 616 M537b 1997

• Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research.
  Introduction to clinical medicine, cardinal manifestations and presentation of diseases, genetics and disease, clinical pharmacology, oncology and hematology, infectious diseases, disorders of the cardiovascular system, respiratory system, kidney and urinary tract, gastrointestinal system, endocrinology and metabolism, neurologic disorders and environmental and occupational hazards.
  REF 616 H248f14 1998

MATERNAL AND CHLD CARE NURSING

• Introduction to Maternal and Child Health Nursing. Philadelphia: Lippincott,1996.
  Pediatric and maternity nursing.
  610.7362 N298i 1996

• Introductory Maternal-Newborn Nursing. Philadelphia: Lippincott,1996.
  Pediatric and maternity nursing.
  610.73678 In8d 1996

• Maternal/Newborn Plans of Care: guidelines for individualizing care. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 1999.
  Pediatric and maternity nursing.
  610.73678 D672m3 1999

• Maternity Nursing St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 1999.
  Pediatric and maternity nursing.
  610.73678 L951m5 1999

• Maternity Nursing: care of the childbearing family. Stamford: Appleton & Lange, 1999.
  Pediatric and maternity nursing.
  610.73678 L951m5 1999

• Thompson' Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing Philadelphia: Saunders, 1999.
  Pediatric and maternity nursing.
  610.73678 L951m5 1999

MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS, THERAPY AND TESTS

• Conn's Current Therapy, 1999. Philadelphia: PA: W.B. Saunders, 1999.
  Methods of treatment for the practicing physician.
  REF 616.058 C762r 1999

• Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment. Stamford, CN: Appleton & Lange.
  Diagnosis and treatment.
  REF 616.07 C936t

• Everything You Need to Know About Medical Tests.
  Springhouse, PA: Springhouse Corp., 1996.
  Includes X-rays, CAT & MRI scans, nuclear medicine scans, ultrasound scans, heart & brain monitoring, endoscopy, biopsies, vision & hearing tests, special function test, blood cell & clotting tests, blood element tests, hormone tests, immune system tests, urine tests, cultures, fluid analysis.
  REF 616.075 Ev24 1996

• The Patient's Guide to Medical Tests. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1997.
  Selection of medical tests.
  REF 616.075 z18P 1997 .

MEDICAL DICTIONARIES

• AIDS Dictionary. New York: Facts on File,1998.
  Dictionary of terms related to the disease.
  REF 616.97 W133a 1998

• Dictionary of Medical Syndromes. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1997.
  Medical syndromes.
  REF 616.003 M27d4 1997

• Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. Philadelphia: Saunders,1994
  Standard medical dictionary.
  REF 610.321 D734d28 1994

• Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Allied Health. Philadelphia: Saunders,1997.
  Medicien and nursing dictionary.
  REF 610.321 D734d28 1994

• Stedman's Medical Dictionary. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1995.
  Standard medical dictionary.
  REF 920 M478n 1997

• Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis, 1997.
  Concise definitions of medical terms.
  REF 610.3 T113e18

MEDICAL SYNDROMES

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1994.
  Classification of mental illnesses.
  REF 616.89 D54i4 1994.

• Dictionary of Medical Syndromes. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott-Raven, 1997.
  Medical syndromes.
  REF 616.003 M27d4 1997

PEDIATRICS

• Current Pediatric Diagnosis & Treatment. Norwalk, CN: Appleton & Lange, 1997.
  Diagnosis of infant and childhood illnesses.
  REF 610.7362 H323c13 1997

PHARMACOLOGY/DRUGS

• Davis' Drug Guide for Nurses. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Co.,1997.
  Manual of drugs and diagnosis.
  REF 615.1 bD28d5 1997

• Essentials of Clinical Pharmacology in Nursing. Springhouse, PA: Springhouse, 1998.
  Drug handbook for nurses.
  REF 615.58 W671e3 1998

• Nurses' Drug Guide, 1998. Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange, 1998.
  Drug handbook for nurses.
  REF 615.1 N691w 1998

• PDR for Herbal Medicines. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics, 1998-.
  Catalog of herbal medicines.
  REF 615.1 P299

• PDR Generics. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics, 1995-.
  Catalog of generic drugs.
  REF 615.1 P569g

• Pharmacology for Nursing Care. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1998.
  Drug handbook for nursing care.
  REF 615.1 L527p3 1998

• Physicians' Desk Reference: PDR. Oradell, N.J : Medical Economics Co.
  Primer source for drugs and side effects.
  REF 615.058 P565

• Physicians' Desk Reference Companion. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics, 1998-.
  Index to drug interaction and side effects.
  REF 615.704 P569g 1998

• Physicians' Desk Reference for Nonprescription Drugs. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics, 1998-.
  Dictionary of nonprescription drugs.
  REF 615.1 P569b19 1998

TRANSCULTURAL NURSING

• Cultural Diversity in Health & Illness. Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange, 1996.
  Includes topics such as health care 2000, familial folk remedies, issues of delivery and acceptance of health care, health care delivery: issues, barriers, and alternatives, healing: natural traditions and magicoreligious traditions, influence of demographics on health care, selected traditional views of health and illness, health and illness in African (Black) American communities, American Indian, Aleut, and Eskimo communities, Asian/Pacific Islander American community, European (White) American communities, Hispanic American communities.
  362.1 Sp61c4 1991

• Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care.Philadelphia: Lippincott,1999.
  Issues concerned with transcultural nursing. Topics include foundations of transcultural nursing care, childbearing and transcultural nursing care issues, transcultural perspectives in the nursing care of children, perspectives in the nursing care of middle-aged adults, caring for the older adult client, mental health, aspects of pain, culture, family and community, culture and nutrition,diversity in the health care workforce and international nursing and health.
  362.173 An27t3 1999

WOMEN'S HEALTH

• African-American Women's Health and Social Issues. Westport,CN : Auburn House,1996.
  Explores a variety of issues.
  613 Af77c 1996

• American Medical Association Complete Guide to Women's Health. New York: Random House, 1996.
  Topics include staying healthy for life, nutrition, fitness, body weight, sexual and reproductive health, sexually transmitted diseases, menopause, pregnancy, health concerns of women, elective cosmetic surgery, death and bereavement, sexual assault and family violence
  REF 613 AL56a 1996

• Behavioral Medicine and Women. New York: Guilford Press, 1998.
  Topics include: Life course perspectives, maternal cocaine use and fetal development, maternal alcohol use and fetal development, adolescent sexuality, teenage and adolescent pregnancy, stress and coping, prevention , health care paradigms, policies, and settings, worksite nicotine treatment, alternative medicine, body image and substance use, sexuality and reproduction, physiological disorders with behavioural and psychosocial components, linkages between behavioral, psychosocial, and physical disorders, gender, culture, and health.
  REF 610.82 B394b 1998

• Being Female: what every women should know about gynecological health. New York: William Morrow, 1998.
  Topics in gynecological care.
  618.1 B268b 1998

• The Harvard Guide to Women's Health. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996.
  Guide to disease, health and hygiene.
  REF 616.0082 C197h 1996

• Natural Health for African Americans. New York: Warner Books, 1999
  Topics cover a variety of issues.
  REF 613 AL56a 1996

• Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
  Women's health and hygiene.
  REF 613.0424 B657 1998

Electronic Periodical Databases

• Alt Health Watch
  A full-text database of periodicals, peer-reviewed journals, academic and professional publications, magazines, consumer newsletters and newspapers, research reports, and association newsletters focused on complementary, alternative and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

• CINAHL
  Premier source for nursing literature. This link includes the Nursing Collection. Some articles are full-text.

• HEALTH INDEX
  Covers a wide variety of health topics. Full-text articles are available.

• HEALTH REFERENCE CENTER-ACADEMIC
  Locate articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. Full-text articles available.

• MEDLINE
  Produced by the National Library of Medicine. Premier source for professional medical information. Full-text articles are not available.

Magazine/Journal/Newspaper Indexes

• CINHAL
  Complement your search in WebPals and on the World Wide Web by using this comprehensive print index to nursing literature. This index is located on the INDEX TABLE on the main floor of the Library. The Library may not own a number of these books and periodicals. If the Library does not own the item, please request it through MINITEX. Ask the Reference Librarian for more information.

Nursing Journals owned by MCTC Library

The following is a list of professional nursing and related medical journals currently available in print in the MCTC Library. The current run of these journals (current year) is available on the main floor of the Library. Back issues of all journals are on the fifth floor of the Library. To obtain copies of articles from journals and magazines that the Library does not own, submit a MINITEX request form. Ask the Librarian to show you how to submit this request.

• Advancing clinical care
• American health
• American health for women
• The American journal of psychiatry
• The American journal of nursing
• Archives of psychiatric nursing
• Cardio-vascular nursing
• Children today
• Computers in nursing
• Critical care nursing quarterly
• Family health
• Geriatrics
• Geriatric nursing
• Health
• Imprint
• Journal of studies on alcohol
• Journal of marriage and the family
• The Journal of nursing administration
• The Journal of continuing education in nursing
• Journal of gerontological nursing
• The Journal of practical nursing
• Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health
• Journal of professional nursing: official journal of National Black Nurses' Association
• Journal of transcultural nursing
• MCN, the American journal of maternal child nursing
• Medical world news
• Medsurg nursing
• Modern medicine
• The New England journal of medicine
• Nursing
• The Nursing clinics of North America
• Nursing research
• Nursing opportunities.
• Nurse educator
• Nursing management
• Pediatric nursing
• Perspectives in psychiatric care
• The Physician and sportsmedicine
• Psychology today
• RN
• Social casework
• University of California, Berkeley, wellness letter
• World health : the magazine of the World Health Organization

Web Work

There are hundreds of sites on the WWW that contain appropriate information on nursing and related medical topics. The following list of sites is only a starting point. It is common for WWW pages to move, crash, or disappear without notice. Consult the following web sites as appropriate or construct your own search in one of the search engines available through one of theINTERNET INDEXES which are available through the COLLEGE LIBRARY HOME PAGE:

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

• Alternative Medicine.
  <http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Alternative_Medicine/>
  Yahoo links to many aspects of alternative medicine.

ATLASES

• Atlas of the Human Body.
  <http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7140.html>
  From the American Medical Association. Click on any system or body part.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

• Children's Environmental Health Network.
  <http://www.cehn.org/>
  The Children's Environmental Health Network is a national multi-disciplinary project whose mission is to promote a healthy environment and protect the fetus and the child from environmental health hazards. The site provides information on the Network, the issue of children's environmental health, and links to sources of information and resources in the field.

GAY/LESBIAN HEALTH

• Gay and Lesbian Medical Association.
  <http://www.glma.org/>
  The physicians' organization that combats homophobia in the medical profession and advocates for quality health care for the LGBT community.

NURSING AND MEDICAL LINKS

• Britannica Links.
  <http://www.search.eb.com/search?query=health&ct=igv>
  Check out the health links from the Encyclopedia Britannica. From General Health to Women's Health.

• Healthlinks.com.
  <http://healthlinks.net/>
  Comprehensive health care links.

• Health Web.
  <http://healthweb.org/>
  Health care links created by librarians at major medical research centers.

• Medscape.
  <http://www.medscape.com/>
  By doctors, for doctors, though the site claims to have 500,000 non-physician readers. Depth, scope and credibility are unsurpassed.

• Nursing Links .
  Links to many aspects of nursing. Includes a medical encyclopedia.

• Other Nursing Sites.
  <http://nursingnetwork.com/bonusnurs.htm>
  Links to Cybernurse, Healthfinder, Healthlinks.net, Healthweek, NurseActive, Nursing Net,Virtual Nurse,Virtual Nurse ,Whole Nurse and many other sites.

• WebMD.
  <http://www.webmd.com>
  On-line chats with experts,message boards, medical updates, an encycloepdia and a drug reference guide.

PHARMACOLOGY/DRUGS

• WorldWide Sites on Drug Information .
  <http://www.gwumc.edu/library/eresources/inetres.cfm?resource=internetres&view=subject&item=Pharmacology%20%26%20Drug%20Information&options=desc,sub,link>
  Links to CenterWatch, DrugInfoNet, FDA, Glossary of Terms and Symbols used in Pharmacology, Martindale’s Virtual Pharmacy, PharmInfoNet, RxList Index of 4000 drugs by brand and generic names, University of Maryland Drug Information Service, US Pharmacopeia.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• American Medical Association
  <http://www.ama-assn.org/>

• American Nurse's Association
  <http://www.nursingworld.org/about/index.htm>

• National State Boards of Nursing (NCLEX)
  <http://www.ncsbn.org/>

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