LibGuides: Nursing: Overview

Communication Disorders, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Assistive Technology Health Services Librarian

Marcia Henry

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Subjects: Assistive Technology, Communication Disorders and Sciences, Nursing, Physical Therapy

Welcome, Nursing students!

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. Send email to 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 be prepared to also use the link to Databases..

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

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

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

Nursing: Types of Research

Evaluating health information
National Library of Medicine's tutorial on finding reliable health information on the web.
Nursing:Types of Research
This tutorial covers levels of evidence . Creative commons license Steely Library

Search Strategies using CINAHL

CINAHL databases searching tutorial
This 3 minute video shows how to do a subject search in the EbscoHost database CINAHL. CSUN University Library currently offers CINAHLPlus with Fulltext.

Searching CINAHL using subject headings
This is a 2 minute video on Searching "CINAHL using subject headings" by Hleeson Library, University of San Francisco

Example of APA style for a scholarly peer reviewed article

Example of an APA 7th style

Ramsey, C. A. (2000). Storytelling can be a valuable teaching aid. AORN Journal, 72(3), 497-499. https://10.1016/S0001-2092(06)61281-7

Citation Generator- Zotero Bib

Google Scholar -setting up for CSUN holdings

Google Scholar

Make sure you're logged in to a Google account.
At the top left, click on the three horizontal lines.
In the drop down menu, choose Settings (gear icon).
Choose Library Links in the left column.
Search for csun.
Check the box next to CSUN - CSU Northridge - Full Text at CSUN.
Click the blue Save button.
Search for a topic or article.
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.

Citing your sources- APA style 7th edition

APA 7th edition Quick Guide
This guide provides examples of how to cite common sources such as articles, books, websites, newspapers, and even ChatGPT.

American Psychological Association Publication Manual 7th Edition
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832154
Publication Date: 2020

APA stands for American Psychological Association and is the citation style most commonly used in social and behavioral sciences, inclduing fields like psychology, education, sociology, and business.

Basic APA Formatting Guidelines

Reference list entries are alphabetized by author’s last name or equivalent.
Reference lists are doubled spaced with a hanging 1/2 inch 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)

APA 7 for Business This is a continuously updated document created by business librarians across the US to give citation examples for common business databases (Mintel, Business Source Premier, IBIS, etc.) and documents (reports, analysis, etc.).
Sample Student Paper 7th edition: From APA Style Blog

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

EndNote Basic tutorials

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.
EndNote Tutorials on YouTube - choose a video that matches your personal computer (https ://www.youtube.com/user/EndNoteTraining/videos