nursing resources
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NURSING RESOURCESFor NUR 210
What Will Be Covered• The assignment• The Library website• What are journals?• Finding journal articles• Finding reliable online nursing resources• APA formatting &NoodleBib
The Assignment• Find a minimum of 3 current scholarly articles
• From nursing journals• Peer-reviewed• Less than 5 years old
• Print one of the articles you find• Develop an APA title page and reference page
• Including the articles you have found• Two websites or other relevant nursing resources
Library Website
What are Journals?
Why are Journals Important?• Peer-reviewed information
• Reliable information that your professors approve!
• Tested and vetted by other people in the field
• Cover important topics in your field• Written by other nurses• Original research
Finding Journal Articles• Use Library Databases:
• CINAHL • PubMed • ScienceDirect
• Develop keywords before you search• Take clues from the information you find• Ask for help!• Search Tips:
• Use “*” at the root of a word to get more word options• i.e. searching “nurs*” will search for the terms; nurse, nurses, nursing,
etc…• Use this when your word can’t turn into another word completely
Searching in CINAHL
Reviewing Results
Check for the DATE & your SEARCH TERMSCheck for the DATE & your SEARCH TERMS
Looking at Records
Use the CITE button to help & the SUBJECTS to enhance your search
Use the CITE button to help & the SUBJECTS to enhance your search
Online Resources• Evaluation is Key!• You need to critically evaluate EVERYTHING you find• Use the CRAAP Test
• Currency- timeliness of information• Relevance- information relating to your topic• Authority- source of the information• Accuracy- reliability, truthfulness, correctness• Purpose- the reason the information exists
Using Google to Your AdvantageAdd your SEARCH TERM & limit by DOMAIN (.org, .gov, .edu)
Add your SEARCH TERM & limit by DOMAIN (.org, .gov, .edu)
APA Format• Grab the citation from CINAHL• Copy and Paste the citation into NoodleBib • Check the citation against the guide
provided for you!• Or Build your citation for journal articles
and web resources in NoodleBib