General Nursing Resources: One Page Guide

TCNJ Journal Holdings

Consult the list of thousands of journals available in a variety of formats, including electronic, print, and microform.

Interlibrary Loan

If the Library does not subscribe or provide electronic access to a journal title containing an article you are interested in reading, you may request a copy of it through our Interlibrary Loan service.

UpToDate 

• UpToDate is a special clinical resource that requires a separate (and easy and free) signup. Instructions here.

• Select Advanced Search link before searching
• Use CINAHL Headings button to find best terms (blue button at top of screen)
• After determining best term(s), click on Search Database (green button, upper part of screen)

Cochrane Library

• Search default is a keyword search in "Title, Abstract or Keywords" fields

  • The search box is in the upper right corner of the page.
  • On results screen, systematic reviews or protocols published by the Cochrane Collaboration will be displayed. Other types of reviews and documents can be selected using the tabs above the results. Use the "More" tabs to see references to reviews from other sources.

PubMed 

• For a detailed tutorial, see PubMed Tutorial: Clinical Queries. 

Additional Evidence-Based Practice Sources

• EPC Evidence-based Reports (A public resource from Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC) Program of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US DHHS)

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Selected Disciplines:

• ERIC (Education)
• PsycINFO (Psychology)
• Social Sciences Full Text
• Sociological Abstracts

Complete TCNJ Subject Listing of Databases 

GoogleScholar

• Start from the TCNJ Library website in order to increase the probability of retrieving full text by passing through the proxy server.
• If you cannot link to full text from GoogleScholar, use TCNJ Library's Journal Title look up to see if the journal is available from another database.

RefWorks

RefWorks is a web-based program that allows you to easily collect, manage, and organize bibliographic citations by interfacing with databases. RefWorks also operates directly with MS Word, making it easy to import citations and incorporate them into your writing as properly formatted footnotes or parenthetical citations according to the style of your choice.

• RefWorks LibGuide
  • This is a LibGuide adapted by TCNJ librarians for TCNJ users. 
• Learn to Use RefWorks in 20 Minutes
  • This is a quick, straightforward tutorial from the folks at RefWorks on the fundamentals of using their product.

NOTE: The RefWorks providers themselves urge you to examine your citations carefully to make sure they are correctly imported and formatted. Always consult the style guide for your chosen citation style as the final authority. 

Need to pull together your references for a paper or presentation? Click HERE for a detailed guide to using RefWorks.

To confirm a complete, correct journal title and obtain an ISSN (International Standard Serial Number; useful for ILL requests), look up the abbreviation in:

• PubMed's Journal Database
• Ulrich's Periodical Directory

If you cannot confirm a correct journal title yourself, rather than submit an incorrect title, try:

• Ask a Librarian