Library Guide for Health Studies & Nursing
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INTRODUCTION
DO YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR TOPIC?
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR BOOKS ON YOUR TOPIC?
USE THE CATALOGUE
BROWSE THE LIBRARY SHELVES
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR JOURNAL ARTICLES
ON YOUR TOPIC?
BROWSING JOURNALS
USING DATABASES
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR INFORMATION FROM THE INTERNET?
INTRODUCING WEBLINKS
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 INTRODUCTION
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This guide will help you locate information in the area of
Health Studies and Nursing. You may need to use both print
and electronic resources to obtain the information you need.
The guide is an introduction only and students should ask
Library staff for assistance if needed.
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DO YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR TOPIC?
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Dictionaries and encyclopaedias are a good starting point
for research. They give definitions and provide background
material that will assist you in understanding your topic.
Some useful reference books in the Health Studies and Nursing
area are:
Churchill Livingstone's dictionary of nursing
Bailliere's nurses' dictionary
Mosby's medical, nursing & allied health dictionary
Potter & Perry's fundamentals of nursing. Australian adaptation
Tabbner's nursing care : theory and practice
Nursing assistant : a nursing process approach
Nursing and the law / Patricia J. Staunton
Check the Library
catalogue to see if a particular reference book is held
in your campus library.
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ARE
YOU LOOKING FOR BOOKS ON YOUR TOPIC?
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Books provide detailed information on a subject. You can
locate them by using the Library catalogue or browsing the
shelves.
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USE
THE CATALOGUE
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To locate material (including books, magazines and videos)
use the terms from your topic in a general keyword search
of the Library catalogue. For a more structured approach use
the following headings for a subject search of the Library
catalogue.
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Aging
Anatomy
Bereavement
Biology
Counseling
Death
Diet
Diseases
Exercise
Geriatric nursing
Health
Industrial safety
Life sciences
Massage
Medicine
Mental health
Microbiology
Nursing
Nutrition
Pathology
Physical fitness
Physiology
Public health
Relaxation
Sports medicine
Stress management
Surgery
Wounds and injuries
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BROWSE
THE LIBRARY SHELVES
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By browsing the Library shelves you can get an idea of what
the Library has in your area. Dewey numbers that you may find
useful in the Health Studies and Nursing area are:
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Biology
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570
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Child rearing and home care of persons
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746.92
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Communication, memory, the brain
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649.72
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Culture and institutions, families
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305 - 306
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Death and dying
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155.937
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Disease
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616
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Experimental medicine, alternative medicine, stress
relief
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619
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Ethics, euthanasia
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170 - 179
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Food and drinks, nutrition
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641
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Gynaecology and other medical specialities, dementia
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618
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Home economics and family living
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640
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Human anatomy, cytology, histology
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611
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Human physiology
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612
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Incidence and prevention of disease
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614
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Law and nursing
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344.94
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Mathematics
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510
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Medical sciences
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610 - 619
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Music
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780
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Occupational health and safety
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362
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Pharmacology and therapeutics, massage
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615
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Promotion of health, nutrition, sex
education
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613
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Psychology, human development
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150
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Report writing, research, writing
skills
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808
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Social groups - men, women, aged,
migrants, indigenous
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303
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Social interaction, interpersonal
communication,
communication
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301
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Social problems and services
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360
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Social processes
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302
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Social welfare problems and services-nursing, hospitals,
palliative care, health in Australia, drug problems,
working with aged, disabilities
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361
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Stress and stress relief
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155.9
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Surgery and related specialities
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617
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ARE
YOU LOOKING FOR JOURNAL ARTICLES ON YOUR TOPIC?
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Journals are also known as magazines, serials and periodicals.
Journals provide up to date information and cover recent
developments in that subject area. For some areas they are
the best source of information.
To locate journal articles you can browse (look through whole
issues), or search for journal articles in databases.
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BROWSING
JOURNALS
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Some journals that may be useful in the Health Studies and
Nursing area are:
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The Lamp (official journal of the NSW Nurses
Association)
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ANJ: Australian Nursing Journal
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Nursing (Title also includes last 2 digits of
publication year)
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Choice Health Reader
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Australian Wellbeing
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Check the catalogue
or with Library staff to see if these or other journals are
held in your Campus Library.
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USING
DATABASES
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Databases
are electronic indexes to journals and other resources. Some
databases offer the full text of the article whilst others
will provide only information about articles.
Electronic databases that may be useful in the Health Studies
and Nursing area are:
CINAHL with Full text
Medscape
ProQuest Nursing Journals
Information about database access is available from campus
libraries, or the Databases page.
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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR INFORMATION FROM THE INTERNET?
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INTRODUCING WEBLINKS
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The Internet provides access to a vast amount of information. Websites providing this information range from reliable and authoritative to less reputable sites. Weblinks is a collection of websites, covering a range of topics, selected by North Coast Institute library staff for their relevancy and reliability. |
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Some Weblinks
topics that you may find useful are:
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Aged care
Anatomy
Diseases
Massage therapy
Nursing |
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Or you can select from the Weblinks for Fitness and Health
and Health & Aged Care.
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For further assistance in locating information, or using
some of the sources listed in this guide, take a look at Searchpath
an online research tutorial, or contact library staff.
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