Nursing Resources
Librarian's Corner

 

 

 

 

Reference Materials

Browse the shelves in the Reference Room.

Most nursing books are found in the WY call number section.
 

Helpful resources, such as nursing drug books, nursing dictionaries, patient education guides, etc., may also be found in the W, WY, and QV call numbers sections.

Look at the Table of Contents and Index(es) to find your topic or subject in the book and to see how it relates to other topics.

   

Library of Congress
Call Numbers
(partial list)

QV 
  Pharmacology
WY 
  Most nursing books
W's 
 
Other medical materials
WS 
  Pediatrics

Selected Reference Books

  • Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements - WY85 C669 LRC-R
  • The Encyclopedia of Aging: A Comprehensive Resource in Gerontology and Geriatrics - WT13 E56 LRC-R
  • Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine - WB100 H322P LRC-R
  • The Harvard Guide to Women's Health - WA309 C284H LRC-R
  • Health Assessment in Nursing - WY100.4 W374H LRC-R
  • Hospital Blue Book - WX22 AAIH8285
  • The Human Body: An Illustrated Guide to Its Structure, Function, and Disorders - QT104 H918 LRC-R
  • The Little Black Book of Emergency Medicine - WB 39D542L LRC-R

  • Medical Terms Abbreviations - W15 M489 LRC-R
  • The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (18th Edition) - WB100.M54 LRC-R
  • Nurse's 3-minute Clinical Reference - WY49 N9748 LRC-R
  • Nurse's Drug Handbook - QV39 H688N LRC-R
  • Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual - WY40 S736NA LRC-R
  • Nursing Documentation Handbook - WY49 M358N LRC-R
  • Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC): Iowa Intervention Project - WY15 N974 LRC-R
  • Official Guide to Graduate Nursing Schools - W22 AA1 O325 LRC-R
  • Patient Care Standards - WY49 P298 LRC-R
  • Professional Guide to Diseases - WB39 P964 LRC-R
  • Sheehey's Manual of Emergency Care - WX39 S541M
  • Signs and Symptoms - WY49.P969 LRC-R

 

Find Books

See: How to Find Books

Examples of terms for searching ORU's library catalog:

Subject
Subject keyword
Title
Title keyword
Author
nursing
(see subdivisions)
nursing religious aspects maternity nursing health promotion Clemen-Stone, Susan

 

Find Periodicals and eJournals

See: How to Find Periodicals

View title list: Nursing periodicals.
View periodical subject list: Health & Biological Sciences. (Select a subject from the list to view titles.)

Free Medical Journals.com
http://freemedicaljournals.com/

 

Databases: Find Articles
See: How to Find Articles
 
StarNew Nursing Databases

MicroMedex

Provided for all nursing faculty and students at ORU. It is password protected and can be accessed via the following: www.Thomsonhc.com
Username: oralru
Password: healtcare06

 
MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series
A wide range of clinical databases, including unbiased, referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine.
CareNotes™ System
Provides your patients with complete, easy-to-understand information about all aspects of their care, medications, and health, in English or Spanish.
PDR® Electronic Library
Provides instant access to FDA approved drug information to include drug interactions, side effects, recommended dosages, contraindications and more.
Suggested ORU Databases
Academic Search Premier    
BioMedCentral  
CINAHL Plus with Full Text  
Health Sciences  
Health Source: Consumer Edition  
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition  

MEDLINE EBSCOhost
MEDLINE FirstSearch

 
OVID Nursing Collection  
Pre-CINAHL  
PsycArticles  
PsycINFO  
PubMed Central  
ScienceDirect: Health & Life Sciences  
What's happening around the World?
Check out ORU's newspaper databases.
NewsBank: Access World News
 
Newspaper Source  

 

Data & Statistics
ChildStats.gov
http://www.childstats.gov/
The official web site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
OKDHS (Oklahoma Department of Human Services)
http://www.okdhs.org/
Annual Report: Includes tables, statistics, etc. Call #HV86.O516A LRC-R
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC) Star
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
Statistical Abstracts of the United States
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
Also available in print, call number HA202.S72 LRC-R
U.S. Census Bureau Star
http://www.census.gov
Provides complete statistics. State and local information are available.
Web Sites
Reference Resources for locating web sites:
How to Find Health Information on the Internet
Call # W22.1M465H 1998 LRC-R
Provides extensive lists of web resources. Watch particularly for government resources and official organizations pages.
Internet Resources for Nurses
Call # W26.I617 LRC-R
Addiction Search
http://www.addictionsearch.com
AIDS Info
http://aidsinfo.nih.gov
AHIMA: American Health Information Management Association
http://www.ahima.org/
American Association of Medical Assistants
http://www.aama-ntl.org/
American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/
ANA Nursing World
http://www.nursingworld.org/about/  Medic bag
American Nurses Association (ANA) "represents the interests of the nation's 2.7 million registered nurses through its 54 constituent state and territorial associations and over 150,000 members."
Bioethics.net
http://bioethics.net/
CAAHEP: Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
http://www.caahep.org/
Cancer Mortality Maps & Graphs (National Cancer Institute)
http://www3.cancer.gov/atlasplus/
CDC: Center for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/nchshus.htm
The Diabetes Dictionary
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/diabetes/pubs/dmdict/dmdict.htm
Encyclopedia of Psychology
http://www.psychology.org/
Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/
Global Health.gov
http://globalhealth.gov
Health Education Assets Library (HEAL)
http://www.healcentral.org/services/servicesCollectionsList.jsp
Provides access to tens of thousands of images, video clips, animations, presentations, and audio files that support healthcare education
Inside Cancer: Multimedia guide to Cancer Biology
http://www.insidecancer.org/
Land of Medical Links by Joe Buenker
http://www.west.asu.edu/jbuenke/medicine/
Medical Library Association's Nursing & Allied Health Resources Section
http://nahrs.library.kent.edu/
MEDLINE
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
MEDLINEplus: Drug Information
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
Merck & Company: The Merck Manuals
http://www.merck.com/pubs
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (18th edition)
National Guideline Clearinghouse
http://www.guideline.gov/
National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/
National League for Nursing
http://www.nln.org/
National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)
http://www.nremt.org
Nutrition.gov
http://www.nutrition.gov/
State Health Facts Online
http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?
Provided free by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Subject Directories
Librarians' Internet Index: Nursing
Librarians' Internet Index: Health & Medicine
http://lii.org/search/file/health