Liaison Librarian
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Angella Lambrou
514-398-4475 ext. 09184#
Life Sciences Library
Library Services
Sources for Background Information
- Avoiding common nursing errors, 2010
- Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination - Pt 1. Anatomical Sections (Windows only)
- Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination - Pt 2. Patient Assessment (Windows only)
- Chart Smart: the A-to-Z Guide to Better Nursing Documentation, 2011
- Dictionary of Nursing, 5th ed, 2008
- Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 31st ed, 2007
- Health Assessment Made Incredibly Visual!, 2011
- Professional Guide to Signs and Symptoms, 6th ed, 2010
- Straight A's series in nursing
- Taylor's Video Guide to Clinical Nursing Skills, 2nd ed, 2010 - streaming video
Core & Additional Databases
- CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature - provides comprehensive coverage of the English language journal literature related to nursing and the allied health disciplines. Start here!
- CINAHL Support Center - provides a variety of support and training tools to help you quickly learn and search the CINAHL database
- MEDLINE (1996-) - biomedicine. Includes International Nursing Index. Start here!
MEDLINE (1950- present)
- AMED: Allied and Complementary Medicine Database - covers complementary medicine, palliative care, and several professions allied to medicine
- CPS: Compendium of Pharmaceuticals & Specialties (English version) / CPSP: Compendium des produits et spécialités pharmaceutiques (French version) - Canadian drugs and therapeutics
- EMBASE, (1996 -) - biomedicine. Broad coverage of the European literature. NOTE: allows a limited number of simultaneous users.
EMBASE, 1947 -
- ERIC (1966 - ) - education, including dental education. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
- ERIC (1966 -) - open access (free) version of the ERIC database listed above
- Films on Demand - a series of educational streaming videos in different subject areas. Use the search window to locate videos of interest.
- GIDEON (Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Online Network) - a decision support application covering infectious diseases, microbiology and toxicology worldwide
- Google Scholar - restricts Google results to authoritative articles and websites. Use Advanced Scholar Search to limit results by date, format, etc. If phrase searching, use quotation marks to increase relevance and decrease retrieval
Google Images - remember to credit the source of the image
Google Video - remember to credit the source of the video
- Health & Psychosocial Instruments (1985 -) - health instruments, surveys, questionnaires, etc.
- McGill Library Global Health Resource Guide - created as a wiki, this resource guide attempts to promote collaboration in the field of global health
- MedlinePLUS - an excellent resource for patient / consumer health information. Provides drug and disease related links as well as interactive tutorials
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Online - international listing of doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Provides full text. Coverage varies
- PsycInfo (1987 -) - psychological, behavioral and emotional impact of disease
PsycInfo (1806 -)
- PUBMED (1948 -) - free (open access) version of MEDLINE. Includes Index to Dental Literature
- REHABDATA - covers physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities
- SCOPUS (1823 -) - multidisciplinary. Provides citation indexing, patent searching, H-index indicators etc.
- STAT!Ref Electronic Medical Library - clinical collection. To view nursing titles, click in the "Search by Discipline" drop down menu and select "nursing". Applicable titles will be highlighted
- Web of Science (1900 -) - multidisciplinary. Features citation indexing, H-index indicators and access to Journal Citation Reports for journal impact factors
Evidence Based Nursing Resources
- nursing+ : Best Evidence for Nursing Care - current best evidence from research to support evidence-based clinical decisions. Articles rated for clinical relevance and interest by at least 3 members of a worldwide panel of practicing nurses. Registration required. Start here!
- JBI COnNECT (Clinical Online Network of Evidence for Care and Therapeutics) - search, appraise, summarise, embed, utilise and evaluate evidence-based information. Start here! NOTE: Uses British spelling.
- Evidence-Based Nursing (vol. 1 - 1998 - ) - leading EBN journal
- Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, (vol. 1 - 2004) - this quarterly journal publishes original articles and systematic reviews
- International Journal of Nursing Practice - publishes in its special section the research output of the Cochrane Nursing Care Network
- Cochrane Library - high-quality, independent evidence. Contains the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR)
- Evidence-Based Practice Filters for CINAHL - pre-formatted EBN filters for CINAHL. Simply copy and paste the search strategy provided into the CINAHL search box, followed by your search term of interest (eg: myocardial infarction)
- ACE Star Model of Knowledge Transformation© - is a model for understanding the cycles, nature, and characteristics of knowledge that are utilized in various aspects of evidence-based practice (EBP)
- ACP Pier - is a point-of-care decision-support tool that provides information and guidance on more than 300 diseases and conditions
- Clinical Evidence - is a database of evidence on the effects of common clinical interventions
- EvidenceUPDATES - provides a tailored email alert service, as well as asearchable best evidence database. Free registration required
- National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) - international listing of clinical practice guidelines. Provides the option to compare guidelines
- PubMed Clinical Queries - offers a user-friendly approach to evidence-based searching in PubMed
- RCN Clinical Guidelines - provides access to clinical guidelines produced by the Royal College of Nursing, UK
- Recent Systematic Reviews (SRs) in Nursing Published in PubMed - embedded search strategy. Generates a listing of nursing related SRs
- RNAO: Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario: Nursing Best Practice Guidelines - provides access to Best Practice Guidelines as well as a Toolkit and Educator's Resource to support guideline implementation
Evidence Based Search Engines
Multimedia Resources
- iTunes U - provides access to lectures, course materials, academic apps, etc
- NEJM Clinical Videos - 30+ videos in different aspects of clinical practice
- ResearchChannel at YouTube - provides over 460 videos and broadcast streaming. Click on Subscribe to receive notification when new videos are posted
- YouTube EDU - educational videos. Use the search function to locate videos of interest. Note Health and Medicine section.
If you are searching the main YouTube site, conduct your search, click on Search Options at the top left of the results window, and limit results by Categories --> Education or Duration --> Long (20~ minutes)
Nursing Education
Education and Certification in Canada
Education and Certification in the US and Elsewhere
Other Sites of Interest
- McGill University. School of Nursing - a leader in nursing education, research and practice since its founding in 1920
- NurseOne / INF-Fusion - Canada's nursing portal
Requires registration and is restricted to nurses practising in Canada
- Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN/ACESI) - the national voice for nursing education and nursing research in Canada
- CASN Members - provides a comprehensive listing of nursing schools in Canada
- Canadian Nursing Index - provides a comprehensive guide to Canadian nursing resources online
- Canadian Nursing Students Association - the national voice of Canadian nursing students
- Canadian Patient Safety Institute - was established in 2003 as an independent not-for-profit corporation, operating collaboratively with health professionals and organizations, regulatory bodies and governments to build and advance a safer healthcare system for Canadians
- Essential Nursing Resources, 26th ed, 2012 - compiled by the Interagency Council on Information Resources in Nursing, this comprehensive listing includes print, multimedia, and electronic sources to support nursing practice, education, administration, and research activities
- Infiressources.ca (Resources in Nursing) - a bilingual website developed by volunteer nurses to disseminate nursing knowledge throughout Quebec and the rest of the world
- Nursing in First Nations, Inuit & Aboriginal Communities - provides information about Canadian nurses who work in First Nations communities
- Nursing Theory Page - a collaborative effort by an international group interested in developing a collection of resources about nursing theories
- NursingEthics.ca - presents a collection of Canadian and international resources on nursing ethics