Finding
Books
Search Voyager (The
University of Auckland Library Catalogue) to locate some of the basic
nursing texts that are detailed below. Write down the Call Number from the
Voyager record to locate the item. NB: They may be on the open shelves, on
Short Loan/Desk Copy, in Reference, or Online as an e-Book.
Search Voyager for the following:
Basic Texts
Anderson, D. M. (2002). Mosby's medical,
nursing, & allied health dictionary (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO:
Mosby.
View Voyager record
Carpenito, L. J. (Ed.). (2000). Nursing
diagnosis: Application to clinical practice (8th ed.). Philadelphia,
PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
View Voyager record
Donahue, M. P. (1996). Nursing, the finest art: An illustrated
history (2nd ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
View Voyager record
Dossey, B. M. (1988). Holistic nursing: A
handbook for practice. Rockville. MD: Aspen Publishers.
View Voyager record
Hood, L., & Leddy, S. (2003). Leddy
& Pepper's conceptual bases of professional nursing (5th ed.).
Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
View Voyager record
Johnstone, M. J. (1999). Bioethics: A
nursing perspective (3rd ed.). Sydney, Australia: Harcourt Saunders.
View Voyager record
Nettina, S. M. (2001). The Lippincott
manual of nursing practice (7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins.
View Voyager record
Potter, P. A., & Perry, A. G. (2000). Fundamentals
of nursing (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
View Voyager record
Simpson, K. R., & Creehan, P. A. (2001).
Perinatal nursing (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins.
View Voyager record
Other Texts
All books whose call number starts with the letters WY deal with aspects of nursing (remember that books
on nursing specialties, e.g. Oncology nursing, are held with other material for that specialty).
 
Nursing
Theory
Books on nursing theory and theorists will mostly be
found around WY86, but may occur as chapters or aspects of other works. Do
a SUBJECT HEADING search on voyager for the following subject headings:
Nursing
Theory
Philosophy,
Nursing
Models, Nursing
Some books on nursing theory and theorists contain useful references to
other books and to journal articles e.g. Marriner-Tomey, A., &
Alligood, M. R. (Eds.). (2001). Nursing theorists and their work. St.
Louis, MO: Mosby.
Nursing Research
Books on nursing research will mostly be found around WY20.5, but may
occur as chapters or aspects of other works.
Nursing
Specialties
Books on nursing specialties, e.g. Oncology nursing, is held with
other material for that specialty, e.g. at QZ200. Information on nursing
specialties will also be found in journal articles: search for these using
CINAHL or Medline.
You can also do a KEYWORD search on Voyager to locate books on a topic.
Remember to use the Truncation symbol when Keyword searching to pick up
variant word endings. The truncation symbol on Voyager is a question mark
e.g. ulcer? will search for ulcer, ulcers, ulceration.
Click here for information on arranging a
Voyager tutorial.
Journal
Articles
To find journal articles on a topic, it is best to first search one or
more databases which index articles in relevant journals.
Databases
The CINAHL, Medline, PsycINFO and Cochrane Library databases are the major
sources of references to journal articles relating to nursing. These are
listed below, together will additional databases useful for medicine:
CINAHL
Content : abstracts of articles in 650 nursing, allied health,
biomedical, and consumer journals. Coverage : 1982 - present
(updated quarterly).
Medline
Content : indexes more than 4,600 medical journals. Coverage :
1966 - present (updated monthly).
PsycINFO
Content : abstracts more than 1500 psychology journals as well as book
chapters, books, technical reports and dissertations. Coverage :
1974 - present (abstracts and indexes); 1887- present (book chapters and
books) (updated monthly).
Health
Source - Nursing/Academic Edition
This database provides 600 scholarly full text journals focusing on
many medical disciplines, along with the abstracts and indexing for more
than 850 journals. Updated daily.
Evidence Based Databases
Cochrane
Library
Contains all the Cochrane databases including the Cochrane Database
of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of
Effects (DARE), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL/CCTR), Health
Technology Assessment Database (HTA) and NHS Economic Evaluation
Database (NEED)
Cochrane
Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) - Ovid Version
Systematic reviews on the effects of various healthcare interventions,
each produced by one of the Cochrane Groups within the Cochrane
Collaboration.
Cochrane
Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL/CCTR) - Ovid Version
This is a bibliography of all controlled trials identified by Cochrane
Review Groups and others, as part of an international effort to search
the world's medical literature.
Obtaining Articles
After you have searched on a database
you will have exact details of articles. Next do a SERIAL TITLE search on Voyager
to see if we hold the journal that the article is in (type in the title of
the journal, not the title of the article). Voyager indicates if we hold
the journal in print or electronically. Always check the Voyager record to
see if the Library has the volume you want. If we have electronic access
to the journal volume, you can get the article for yourself online. Print
journals are arranged on the shelves in alphabetical order.
Remember that journals sometimes change their name, e.g. The New
Zealand nursing journal (also known as Kai Tiaki) changed its name in 1993
to Nursing New Zealand, then changed again in 1995 to Kai Tiaki: nursing
New Zealand. Differently named parts of a journal will be in
different places on the shelves.
Electronic Journals
Check out the University Library's list
of e-journals. All are available in full-text.
Tutorials
Lecturers often arrange library workshops for
undergrad/postgrad classes. (Check with your lecturer to see if there
are any library workshops arranged for your class).
Library tutorials are offered on Voyager/CINAHL/Endnote, etc. at the
beginning of each Semester and by appointment throughout the year.
You can book into these tutorials online. From Library homepage click on
>> Library Workshop Bookings >> From the drop down menu next to Select
Course for: >> highlight Medical and Health, then look for the
tutorial you wish to attend.
If there are no library tutorials available, or you are unable to
attend any of the sessions offered, contact your Subject Librarian to
arrange an appointment. Phone: 09-373-7599, then the ext. no. required:
Nursing & Allied Health Subject Librarian
Lorraine Nielsen ext 86158 lm.nielsen@auckland.ac.nz
Or other Information Services staff
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