Library Session NURS 307 Rachael Clemens

Agenda Library Overview (brochure) Your Assignment Nursing Literature Database Instruction (Academic Search Elite handout) Obtaining Material (SFX handout) Citing Your Sources (APA handout) For Additional Reference Help

Library Guide for Nursing

Assignment  Find and obtain the full-text of 2 research articles & 2 clinical articles relating to health promotion / well-child care / current parent-child issues Read the articles Write a review of each article Cite each article in APA format Submit to Blackboard

Research Strategy 1.Identify your topic (may be on-going) 2.Use several databases to identify relevant articles 3.Obtain the full-text of the items 4.Critically analyze the results – are they what you want? Need to revise search? 5.Write a review for each article

What is Scholarly Literature? Peer Reviewed / Scholarly Publications Non-Peer Reviewed Publications Journal articles (research studies, clinical, lit reviews) More “magazine” or newspaper format Articles are reviewed by experts in the field Articles are not subject to such in-depth review process Geared toward the researcherTrade: written by practitioners for practitioners Articles typically include a reference list Popular: written for the consumer – not the expert

Example of a Scholarly Journal

Examples of Non Peer Reviewed Publications Nursing Trade Publications –Written by practitioners for practitioners –Focus is on the particular industry or profession Popular Magazines –Typically written for the consumer / layperson –Don’t maintain a panel/jury of experts to review submitted articles Newspapers Most Websites

Articles in Scholarly Journals Research Clinical / Best Practice Literature Review

Research Articles –Authors construct & execute a study –Empirical, quantitative, qualitative –Easily identifiable in the abstract Purpose/Objective/Aim of the study Review of the related literature Research methodology Data collection Conclusions

Clinical / Best Practices Articles –Presents information for the professional clinician –May provide an overview of an issue or condition –May discuss assessment or interventions to enhance clinical practice –Some case studies –Procedures –“This is how we did it…”

Literature Reviews –Review (synthesizes results/conclusions of 2 or more articles on a given topic) –Systematic Review (attempts to identify and synthesize all the literature on a given topic) –Meta-analysis (statistical technique for assembling the results of several studies in a review into a single numerical estimate) Relates to Evidence Based Medicine Find in Cochrane Library

Database Instruction 1.Cinahl 2.Nursing & Allied Health 3.Academic Search Elite 4.PsycINFO 5.PubMed

Database Instruction CINAHL –Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature –Primary nursing database Health Source: Nursing Academic –More full-text nursing publications

Database Instruction Academic Search Elite –Indexes periodicals on a wide range of subjects – including nursing, health, psychology, child development, and education PsycINFO –Indexes periodicals from the fields of psychology, sociology, health, child development and education

Database Instruction PubMed –Medline –Focused on biomedical and health topics –Some full-text; use SFX/Find Full-Text

Pollak Library Website RESEARCH >> FIND ARTICLES >> BY SUBJECT >> NURSING Library Catalog –Index of all books/journals in the library –LINK+ service to order books from 30 sister libraries ILLiad Interlibrary Loan

Sample Search How does breastfeeding relate to cognitive development of a child –Breastfeeding –Cognitive development

Recap 1.Search several databases Use keywords & subject headings Limit to scholarly / peer-reviewed 2.If full-text not immediately available, use SFX to track down article 3.May need to request material not owned by Pollak Library through ILLiad

Citing Your Sources What? –Tell your reader what information resources you used to help develop your thoughts and construct your paper Why? –To back up your claims with documentation – strengthens your argument or points –To indicate where you got your information so that other people can follow-up –To give credit to the original author(s) –To avoid plagiarism

Citing Your Sources APA Style –From the American Psychological Association –You will need to create a reference list and use parenthetical references within the text of your paper (2 separate but related actions) –Difference between “quoting” verbatim (requires quotation marks) and giving credit for the general gist of a thought

Elements of a Reference Article –Author –Year of publication –Title of article –Title of journal –Volume (also include issue number if journal is paginated by issue) –Page numbers Website –Author or responsible entity –Date of creation or modification –Title of webpage –Title/Name of overarching website if not clear in title of webpage –Webpage address –Date you accessed this resource

Reference List Entry - Article Author, A. A. (Year of Publication). Title of article: Subtitle of article. Magazine/Journal Title, Volume number (issue number if each issue begins on page 1), pages. Clemens, R. G. (2003). Delivery library services to distance students: A case study. Reference Services Review, 54,

Reference List Tips References should appear in hanging indent form; first line at the left margin, each succeeding line of a reference entry is indented. In titles of books, articles, films, and broadcasts capitalize only the first word of the title, the first word after a colon or dash, and proper nouns. In periodical titles capitalize all major words and all words of four letters or more. Periodical titles should be in italic.

Parenthetical Reference Tips If you are citing a work by a single author, use the surname (do not include suffixes such as Jr.) and the year of publication separated by a comma in parentheses: –In a recent study of reaction time (Rogers, 1994) … If you have just stated the author's name in the text, put the year of publication only in parentheses: –Peplau (1985) defines loneliness as a difference between desired and achieved social relationships.

Need Additional Help? Reference Desk – 1 st floor North Ask A Librarian – from the library website –Reference Hotline ( ) – Questions –Online Chat Reference - available 24/7 –Rachael ( )