Nursing Resources
This guide includes current print and electronic nursing resources for general research. Contact a librarian for more information or for help with specific nursing topics. Guides for specific nursing courses and other related topics are available from the Subject & Course Guides page.Resource Guides | Book Collections | Periodicals & Databases | Websites | Citation
Circulating Books
Use the Catalog to find books in the libraries' circulating collection, as well as reference sources, government documents, and other materials.Print Reference Books
- Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Leesburg and South Lake Campuses
Ref RC41 .G35 1999 - Gray's Anatomy
Leesburg, South Lake and Sumter Campuses
Ref QM23.2 .G73 1995 - Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing
Leesburg Campus
Ref R121 .S8 2005 - Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
Leesburg, South Lake and Sumter Campuses
Ref R121 .T18 2005
Online Books
To access online books, login using your X-ID and PIN number (last four digits of your Social Security number).- The following titles and many more are available from NetLibrary through the LINCC Catalog
- Careers in Health Care
- Community Health Nursing: Frameworks for Practice
- Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses
- Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes: Is it Adequate?
- Sensory Systems Anatomy and Physiology
- Top 100 Health-Care Careers: Your Complete Guidebook to Training and Jobs in Allied Health, Nursing, Medicine, and More
- The Digital Collection from Greenwood Electronic Media available through the LINCC Catalog provides a large quantity of electronic titles on a variety of subjects. Some of the nursing titles include:
- Science and Medicine in Dialogue: Thinking Through Particulars and Universals
- Statistical Handbook on Infectious Diseases
- The following titles are available from the Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
- An A-Z of Medicinal Drugs
- Concise Medical Dictionary
- Dictionary of Nursing
- The Oxford Companion to the Body
- The Virtual Reference Library includes the following titles:
- Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Magazines, newspapers and journals are available in print at all LSCC libraries and through online databases.
Finding Articles
Databases provide indexes for articles on a large variety of topics. LSCC has access to more than 70 databases on a range of topics. You can access databases alphabetically or by clicking on the subject categories below.- General Databases provide articles on a wide variety of disciplines and usually provide sufficient information for most general research.
- Health, Nursing & Medicine Databases will provide articles about specific nursing topics and will help you with more in-depth research. Three of the most useful databases for nursing research are described below.
- CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature which provides journal articles, access to nursing dissertations, and evidence based care sheets that give information about procedures and treatments that nurses may find useful.
- Cochrane Library is a collection of regularly updated evidence-based healthcare databases that can help clinicians and consumers make decisions about appropriate and effective health care. The Library brings together in one place research which looks at the effectiveness of different health care treatments and interventions.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides 550 peer-reviewed journals which include articles about many medical disciplines.
To access LSCC Databases, login using your X-ID and PIN number (last four digits of your Social Security number).
Finding Magazines, Journals and Newspapers
If you know the name of a specific periodical, the Journal Finder search box below will tell you if it is available at one of the LSCC Libraries or through one of the databases.Associations & Organizations
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
- American Nursing Association
- Florida Association of Public Health Nurses
- Florida Center for Nerceing
- Florida Nurse's Association
Government Sites
Resources
Web Directories
- History of Nursing Resources
- Resources for Nurses and Families
- RN Advocate: The Internet Resource Guide for Registered Nurses
- Student Nurse Resource Page
Remember, plagiarism is a serious violation of LSCC's Academic Integrity policy, so you must cite any idea or direct quote imported from an outside source. The links below provide citation examples and formatting instructions.
- For APA and MLA citation styles, refer to the libraries' Citation Center for printable guides and other help with documentation. Ask a librarian for additional assistance.
- For other documentation styles, the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides good examples and instruction.