• HRC:  Health Reference Center

• Articles on Specific Topics

• CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)

•  Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

• PubMed 

Library instructor:      Vicky Leather, 697-2576

    Assignment: 

• Select a trend or issue from the topics below.
  • Call Vicky Leather at 697-2576 or the Library Reference Desk at 697-4436 to get the username and password for Health Reference Center and Lexis-Nexis.
• Required references are a minimum of 3 from nursing professional sources published within the past 3 years.
• Write a 3 - 5 page typed  paper using these guidelines
• Define the issue or trend affecting nursing and/or health care today. (5 points)
• Identify the impact of the issue on healthcare and/or on society as a whole.   (10 points)
• Discuss the pro and con arguments.   (10 points)
• Formulate a personal position on the identified issue/trend.  (5 points)
• Prepare a summary statement. (5 points)
• APA format / organization / grammar, etc. (10 points)
• References (5 points)
• Total points  =  50

    Journal Articles:   Health Reference Center

  (Call Vicky Leather, 697-2576, or Reference Desk, 697-4436, to get Username and Password to access from home.)

• Type the username and password if necessary.
• Click  "Proceed."
• Click Subject Guide or Keyword Search from the blue menu on the left side:

• SUBJECT GUIDE SEARCH
  • Type a word or phrase in the search box (e.g., homeless, abortion, aids, marijuana, etc.)
  • Click "Search"
  • Click the best subject  (e.g., "Homeless Persons")

Homeless Persons
49 Periodical references or by subdivision

Related Subjects

• Click  "Narrow by subdivision"
• Click the best subdivision that describes your topic (e.g., "Health Aspects")
• Click "View" to see the list of articles

• KEYWORD SEARCH
  • Click Keyword search in the blue menu on the left side.
  • Type one or more words into the box.
  • Type and between words (nursing and technology)
  • Type a phrase (managed care)
  • Type part of a word (root) and put an * to search for all words that begin with that root (nurs* to find nurse, nurses, nursing)
  • Click
  • Click the titles of the best articles to see if the full text is available.
  • Call Vicky Leather, 697-2576, if the text is not available in the computer.

• Keyword search Click in the entry box and enter search term(s) Search for words in title, citation, abstract in entire article content Type words to search for. You can use AND, OR, NOT. Results are sorted by date.

   Legal Articles:    LEXIS-NEXIS Academic
  (Call Vicky Leather, 697-2576, or Reference Desk, 697-4436, to get Username and Password to access from home.)

         -- Click on Legal Research on the LexisNexis Academic page and click on Law Reviews.
         -- Type the main word or phrase in the Keyword box and type another word in the Narrow search box.
         -- Click the Date box and choose Previous five years.
         -- Click
       -- You will get a list of articles from law reviews.  Click the title link to see the full article.

	Quick Info
	News
	Business
	Legal Research
	Medical
	Reference

Law Reviews   Keyword and Additional Terms search the full text of law reviews.  Only law reviews that match all the criteria you enter will be found.
Keyword: Entry Required	e.g. gender discrimination
Narrow search with additional terms:	e.g. employment OR job
Date:	Previous five years From: To:

   Medical Articles:   PubMed
  (No password required)

• Click Mesh Browser
• Type the most important word of your topic
• Click GO
• Click ADD if you find a medical subject heading that fits your topic
• Type in the next most important word or phrase
• Click GO
• Click ADD if you find a medical subject heading that fits your topic
• Click PubMed Search when you've completed adding medical subject headings to your search
• Check the Library Periodicals List to see if the library has a journal you need 

          (You must come to the library to get the article)
• If the library does not have a journal you need, contact Tisa Houck, 697-2584, regarding Interlibrary Loan Request for Journal Articles.

   Research Guide: Nursing
               (No password required)
               Look at the Internet resources list.