Nursing
An overview of the library's resources for Nursing, including databases, reference books, and journals.
Intro to Databases
Databases provide the most current scholarly articles. Experts in the field have reviewed these materials for accuracy and impact. Although the library's collection is extensive, it is not all-inclusive. If articles are not immediately available through one of the below databases, please submit an interlibrary loan (ILL) request.
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Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
- Alt HealthWatch This link opens in a new window
- Biological Abstracts - 1969-2023 This link opens in a new window
- CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new window
- Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
- MedicLatina This link opens in a new window
- MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
- Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis Nexis Academic) This link opens in a new window Nexis Uni contains over 15,000 sources useful for General News, Business, and Law research. It provides access to legal publications, including cases, statues, law reviews and legal journals.
- Nursing and Allied Health Source This link opens in a new windowProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source™ provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. This versatile database is designed to meet the needs of researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides abstracting and indexing for more than 850 titles, with over 715 titles in full-text, plus more than 12,000 full text dissertations representing the most rigorous scholarship in nursing and related fields.
- OvidSP This link opens in a new windowOvid helps researchers, librarians, clinicians, and other healthcare professionals find important medical information so that they can make critical decisions to improve patient care, enhance ongoing research, and fuel new discoveries.
- UpToDate This link opens in a new windowThe UpToDate system is marketed as an evidence-based clinical resource. It includes a collection of medical and patient information, access to Lexi-comp drug monographs and drug-to-drug, drug-to-herb and herb-to-herb interactions information, and a number of medical calculators. UpToDate is written by over 5,700 physician authors, editors and peer reviewers.
Additional Resources - No Department Info
- Interlibrary Loan RequestFor articles or books that the library does not carry electronically or in print. Plan ahead as ILL requests can take up to 3 weeks to receive.
- LOUIS CardA LOUIS card allows students, faculty, and staff to borrow materials directly from participating Louisiana institutions. Must be applied for in-person.
- WorldCatWorldCat is catalog of bibliographic records created by libraries who are members of OCLC. This database contains records for millions of items in over 400 languages.