Selected Resources for Nursing
Databases | Periodicals | Books | Web Sites | Help
DATABASES
- Index to nursing & allied health literature.
- Indexing and fulltext on a variety of medical disciplines.
- Index to clinical medicine, nursing, veterinary and allied health literature. Some fulltext is available.
- provides another interface to the data contained in MEDLINE plus additional content.
- Index to biological science articles.
- PsycINFO covers the literature of Psychology from 1967 to present. This is a good place to look for articles for anyone with an interest in Clinical Psychology.
Click here for a full list of all databases available at Wittenberg.
PERIODICALS
Periodicals are where most of the information for your research papers will come. Remember that there are scholarly publications as well as popular publications. You will most likely want to stick to scholarly publications for your research. For hints on how to tell the two apart, please see Scholarly vs. Popular Articles.
Wittenberg owns many journals in print and in electronic formats. The links below will help you to find out what journals we own, the format, and where they are located.
Journals the Library Has
This is a searchable index of the periodicals Wittenberg owns in electronic and print formats. Location and dates owned are also provided.
Journal Interlibrary Loan
Use Interlibrary Loan to request articles not owned at Wittenberg from other libraries. Please click the link for more details.
BOOKS
Library Catalogs | Reference Books
Locating Books in Library Catalogs
At Wittenberg:
At other Ohio academic Libraries:
In North America For ILL:
Books on Scientific Writing and Presentations
- Scientific Writing: Easy When You Know How by Jennifer Peat et. al.
- The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid by Michael Alley
- Q223 .A38 2013
- How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper by Barbara Gastel
- T11 .D33 2016
- Scientific Writing: Thinking in Words by David Lindsay
- T11 .L52864 2011
- Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing: a Self-Help Guide 2014
- Strategic Scientific and Medical Writing: the Road to Success 2015
Reference Books
Below is a select list of reference books relating to nursing and medicine. These books can be found in Thomas Library or online as noted.
- American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary
- Reference R121 .A53 2004 (2nd edition)
- Mosby's Medical Dictionary
- Reference R121 .M89 2009
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing
- Reference R121 .S8 2005
- Magill's Medical Guide 5 Volumes
- Reference RC41 .M34 2014
- Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
- Research Help Desk RC 55 .M4 (2018, 20th edition)
- Reference RC55 .M4 (2011, 19th edition)
- Physician's Desk Reference: PDR
- Research Help Desk RS250 .P5 (2017, 71st edition)
- Reference RS250 .P5 (2001, 55th edition)
WEB SITES
When using the internet, always be thinking critically about what you are viewing. Good and bad information both reside on the internet and it isn't always easy to tell the two apart. For hints on spotting good web pages, please see the library's page on Evaluating Web Sites.
If you choose to use internet sites as information resources, you must cite them just as you must cite a book or journal article. For help citing webpages and other online resources, take a look at Citing Electronic Resources.
HELP
If you are having trouble with your research, please contact Alisa Mizikar, the Science Librarian, via email at amizikar@wittenberg.edu or call 937-327-7515. You can also contact any of the reference librarians at librarians@wittenberg.edu or at 937-327-7511.
Compiled by Alisa Mizikar.