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For more information, contact the Librarian for Nursing, whose webpage provides contact information and links to Nursing Resources, including a link to this, "Searching Nursing Resources," webpage. To find this webpage, click on the "Science & Technology Library" link (left side of Libraries Home Page) and find the subject, "Nursing." Click on "Christen Cardina," Librarian for Nursing.

Many of the online resources listed on this page are for UAkron students, faculty, and staff only.
For detailed information on connecting from off-campus, see: Connecting to Online Resources.

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Libraries Home Page:

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Request Materials (left column of Libraries Home Page)-includes items in Storage

Resources by Subject provides information on the UA Libraries' collection and databases in each subject area, along with the name of the librarian responsible for that subject.

Interlibrary Loan (named ILLiad): Use when neither UA Catalog or OhioLINK have the materials you need. Use online order form. Length of time to obtain materials varies depending on availablity of material and the institution providing it. Use for:

• Books not found in the the UA Catalog or OhioLINK Catalog
• All Articles not available in the UA Libraries either in print or electronic format

Ask A Librarian e-mail and/or online chat with librarians

Connect to Online Resources from Home  (look for the RED house on the webpage)

Catalogs

Univeristy of Akron's (UA)Libraries Catalog (ZipLINK). This is the first catalog to search when looking for materials.

OhioLINK Central Catalog: a statewide library and information network which allows sharing of library resources among dozens of Ohio colleges and universities. This is the second catalog to search when the University of Akron's (UA) Libraries Catalog does not have what you need. You can request available materials online through OhioLINK and pick them up in about 3 to 5 working days.

Search UA Libraries Catalog by Title (Titles of Books and Journals, not titles of Journal Articles), Author, Author/Title, Subject, Keyword (Word), and others such as call number.

• Subject Searching: finds materials about a particular topic. They are usually based on subject headings that are standard terms assigned by indexers, librarians, or authors.
• Keyword Searching: allows you to search anywhere in the catalog's list of records for the words you enter. It will search titles, authors, subject headings, and more.

BOOLEAN SEARCHING

• "And" narrows your search results since all terms must describe the results: obesity and heart disease
• "Or" broadens your search since either term may describe the results: obesity or heart disease

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Online Databases

Article Indexes and Databases: Use these to find articles published in magazines and journals. An index is a means of finding sources of information on a given author, subject or title. Using an index is an excellent way to find journal articles on a specific topic. We will look at two different nurisng databases:

• CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health)
• Health Source: Nursing Academic Editon



• CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health) Database.
  

  - Covers virtually every nursing journal published.
  - Search for references by entering the topic in the Keyword or Phrase field - Make sure the Check keywords in thesaurus box is checked. The thesaurus is a list of "controlled" vocabulary." These are terms (subject headings) which describe individual concepts, and show relationships between those terms. They are the words that the database recognizes for certain concepts. For example, CINAHL does not recognize the word "cancer." It uses "neoplasm" for that term. Remember this if you get no results from the search terms you are using!

  Steps for Searching CINAHL

  Find recent articles on the topic of the relationship between pain and anxiety.

  Step 1: Formulate a statement of your topic.	What is the relationship between pain and anxiety?
  Step 2: Determine the elements or concepts of the topic to be searched.	pain / anxiety
  Step 3: Search on the first concept by itself.	pain
  Step 4: Search on the second concept by itself.	anxiety
  Step 5: Choose the logical operator that represents the desired relationship between search concepts and combine sets.	AND
  Step 6: Apply any limits that allow you to	English language, nursing journal,
  Step 7: Mark useful journal citations and check for availability as electronic full-text or availability as a paper copy in library.(click find a copy)
  Step 8. Choose journal citations to store (use check boxes) for printing or e-mailing.(see "view stored records")

  Adapted from Searching the Nursing Literature: and online tutorial. Created by Barbara Schloman, Ph.D. http://class.kent.edu/public/kent365/index.html.

  Second CINAHL Search

  Find articles related to the safety of women taking herbal remedies during pregnancy.

  Step 1: Formulate a statement of your topic.	Is it safe for women to use herbal remedies during pregnancy?
  Step 2: Determine the elements or concepts of the topic to be searched.	pregnancy / herbal medicine
  Step 3: Search on the first concept by itself.	pregnancy
  Step 4: Search on the second concept by itself.	herbal medicine (use medicine herbal)
  Step 5: Choose the logical operator that represents the desired relationship between search concepts and combine sets.	AND
  Step 6: Apply any limits that allow you to	English language, nursing journal,
  Step 7: Mark useful journal citations and check for availability as electronic full-text or availability as a paper copy in library.
  Step 8. Choose journal citations to output to print or e-mail.

  Third CINAHL Search

• Search "Chronic Pain" with thesaurus box checked.
• Use no subheadings - click "continue"
• Results: About 3000 titles
• Click; "Limit Search Results"
• Limit to English language, Published from 2000, and Nursing Journals
  (note: limits reduced the number of citations by about 90%.)

  SEE CITATION: A comparison of chronic pain between an urban and rural population Hoffman PK; Meier BP; Council JR Journal of Community Health Nursing vol. 19 no. 4 (2002 Winter) p. 213-24 [Find a Copy] Source of journal article? PAPER in U Akron Science Library

  SEE CITATION: Therapeutic work with children in pain Savins C Paediatric Nursing vol. 14 no. 5 (2002 Jun) p. 14-6 [Find a Copy] Source of journal article? EBSCOHOST online databases ( Click on "View full text of this article at EBSCO")

  SEE CITATION: Epidural analgesia Barnett RA; Ochroch EA Home Health Care Consultant vol. 9 no. 4 (2002 Apr) p. 18-24 [Find a Copy] Source of journal article? OhioLINK library (use Iliad to order)

  SEE CITATION: Heterogeneity missing... Raak R, Wahren LK (2002) Background pain in fibromyalgia patients affecting clinical examination of the skin. Journal of Clinical Nursing 11(1), 58-64 Dellinger J; Raak R; Wahren LK Journal of Clinical Nursing vol. 11 no. 5 (2002 Sep) p. 697-8 [Find a Copy] Source of journal article? Electronic Journal Center through OhioLINK (EJC) (Click on "View full text of this article in the EJC")

  TRY YOUR OWN SEARCH

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  Health Source: Nursing Academic Edition emphasis on nursing and allied health. Access to many full text journals as well as indexing and abstracts for over 600 journals

  Find recent articles on the topic of the relationship between pain and anxiety.

  Key Word Search: allows you to search anywhere in the database's records for the words you enter. It will search titles, authors, subject headings, and more.

  1. First search box: Pain

  2. Second search box: Anxiety

  3. Limit to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals by checking the box

  4. Limit to Published Date: Jan. 1998 to present

  5. Leave "Default Fields" for Keyword Search

  6. Click "Search"

  7. Results: about 290 titles

  Subject Search: : finds materials about a particular topic. They are usually based on subject headings that are standard terms assigned by indexers, librarians, or authors.

  1. Use same search terms and same limits.

  2. Use drop-down menu and choose "SU Subject" for field of search.

  3. Click "Search"

  4. Results: About 25 titles.

  All 25 articles have been given subject headings of both pain and anxiety and so have information specific to both of these topics.

  SEE CITATION: "Managing acute pain and anxiety in children undergoing procedures in the emergency department"

  Click on PDF for copy of FULL TEXT of the article.

  SEE CITATION: "Pain Management in Older Adults: Role of Fear and Avoidance"

  Click on "Find a Copy" and see that the U of Akron has both paper and electronic versions of the article.

  SEE *BIBLIOGRAPHY of the article for more related titles. (The *Bibliography is a useful place to find information that the authors of the article you are reading determined was relevant and good enough to use for their own research.)

  TRY YOUR OWN SEARCH.

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  Online Journal Resources

  EJC (Electronic Journal Center): Provides full text articles online

  • Electronic Journal Finder  is list of journals whose full text can be found online in OhioLINK databases.

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