Nursing

 Welcome to your Nursing Research Guide!  This guide will give you tips on how to find books, articles, and journals,  and how to cite your sources

If you need help or additional l information or if you have suggestions to improve this subject guide, please do contact me.  I am eager to meet you in person, by zoom or by email!  You can arrange an appointment by emaiing l  mhenry@csun.edu 

Please be aware that  our catalog, articles, audiovisuals can be identified by using   OneSearch .  However, OneSearch does NOT offer you the full contents of databases such as CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health), so it is necessary to go directly into the EbscoHost database(s), as well as using One Search.

When using OneSearch remember to login so you you can save records, search strategies, and have help submitting an Interlibrary Loan request.

The following links are given to demonstrate how to find journals and how to find books  using our advanced search with our new OneSearch. Please follow each link to  see retrievals for two different search strategies in One Search

• OneSearch Advanced search for subject=nursing periodicals AND limit Material Type to Journals, sorted alphabetically
• OneSearch  Advanced search for subject=nursing AND subject=transcultural OR cross cultural, limit material type to books

  Nursing journal title look up- use the label Journals under the OneSearch Box

Example of an APA 7th style 

• Google Scholar

1. Make sure you're logged in to a Google account.
2. At the top left, click on the three horizontal lines.
3. In the drop down menu, choose Settings (gear icon).
4. Choose Library Links in the left column.
5. Search for csun.
6. Check the box next to CSUN - CSU Northridge - Full Text at CSUN.
7. Click the blue Save button.
8. Search for a topic or article.
9. When you see a result you want, look to the right of the title for a Full Text at CSUN link to get the article directly through CSUN databases.

View the APA Style website for additional style and grammar guidelines.

Basic APA Formatting Guidelines 

• Reference list entries are alphabetized by author’s last name or equivalent.
• Reference lists are doubled spaced with a hanging indent after the first line of each entry
• References (in bold) should appear at the top center of the page.
• When referring to books, chapters, articles, or webpage titles, capitalize only the first letter of the first word of a title and subtitle, the first word after a colon or a dash in the title, and proper nouns
• Cite up to the first 20 authors. Separate the authors name with a comma, and place the & symbol prior to the last name. 
  • Example: Last, F. M., Last, F. M., & Last, F. M.
• In-text citations are placed directly after the quote or paraphrase. Information needed: (Author's Last Name, Year, page number). 
  • Parenthetical citation: “Direct quote” (Furlong, 2015, p.25).
  • Narrative citation, if the author is mentioned in the sentence, place the year after the last name and the page number after the quote. Example: Furlong (2015) found that “direct quote” (p. 25)
• More guidelines can be found in the PDF Style Guide, citing in APA 7th edition. 

Citation managers are software that keep track of your sources and will help format your citations in a variety of styles.

• EndNote Web (currently called EndNote Basic , EndNote Online) - free to CSUN students, staff, and faculty; integrates with MS Word and several browsers (IE, Firefox); can export references directly from many databases.   You can contact EndNote help desk, Monday-Friday, 6 am (Pacific time) - 5pm at 800-336-4474. 
  • Help with EndNote Web
• EndNote Tutorials on YouTube - choose a video that matches your personal computer (https://www.youtube.com/user/EndNoteTraining/videos