1. HANDOUT ON REVIEW OF LITERATURE,
ELECTRONIC LITERATURE SEARCHES AND
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
Theory: 1 hr
Hand Practice: 1 hr
Total Hours: 2hrs
1. Introduction
2. What is Research
2.1 Definition
3. What is Nursing Research
4. What is Review of Literature
5. Why Review of Literature
6. The Electronic Literature
7. E- resources in Nursing Education
7:1 the three E’s
• E Books
• E Journals
• E Mail
8. Data Bases
Cinahl Databases
Medline(pubmed)
 3:1 Cinahl with Full text
 3:2 Cinahl with Text includes PRECINAHL
9. Cinahl Author Index
Subject Index
Subject Headings
Alphabetical Permuted List
List Tree Structures
10. The Internet
11. .www (World Wide Web)
12. Selected Search Engines
13. Selected Internet sites of Nursing Resources
14. Health Websites
15. Meta sites for Nursing Information
16. Free online access and E Journals for full text articles
17. Conclusion
28th Jan2008 Submitted by
Mrs.Vimala Jayakaran
Senior Librarian

2. COLLEGE OF NURSING LIBRARY
CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL
VELLORE
LIST OF FOREIGN JOURNALS
1. ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY NURSING
2. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING
(MCN)
3. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING
4. BRITISH JOURNAL OF PERIOPERATIVE NURSING
5. CANCER NURSING
6. CRITICAL CARE NURSE
7. CUMULATIVE INDEX TO NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH
LITERATURE (CINAHL)
8. EVIDENCE BASED NURSING
9. GERIATRIC NURSING
10. IMAGE :JOURNAL OF NURSING SCHOLARSHIP
11. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
12.INTERNATIONAL NURSING REVIEW (ICN)
13. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
14. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
15. JOURNAL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION NURSING
16. JOURNAL OF MIDWIFERY & WOMEN’S HEALTH
17. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE NURSING
18. JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION
19. JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY
20. JOURNAL OF NURSING EDUCATION
21. JOGNN (JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNE NEONATAL NURSING)
22. JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NURSING
23. JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING
24. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL & MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
25.NURSES EDUCATION TODAY
26.NURSES PRACTITIONER
27.NURSING CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
28.NURSING FORUM
29.NURSING MANAGEMENT
30.NURSING OUTLOOK
31.NURSING RESEARCH
32.NURSING STANDARD
33.NURSING TIMES
34.NURSING
35.ORTHOPEDIC NURSING
36.PAEDIATRIC NURSING
37.PERSPECTIVES IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE
38.PLASTIC SURGICAL NURSING
39.PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
40.R. N. (REGISTERED NURSE)

3. INDIAN JOURNALS
1. ASIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING (1993 –
2. CHALK & CHAI (1993 –
3. CHRISTIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL OF INDIA (1986 –
4. CHRISTIAN MIND SERIES (1998 –
5. HEALTH ACTION (1988 –
6. HEALTH EDUCATION IN SOUTH EAST ASIA (1992 –
7. HEALTH FOR MILLIONS (1986 -
8. HELPAGE INDIA
9. HERALD OF HEALTH (1988 –
10.INDIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE (1989 –
11.INDIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (1975 –
12.INDIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK
13.INDIAN JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS
14.INDIAN PEDIATRICS
15.NEW FRONTIERS IN EDUCATION
16.NURSING JOURNAL OF INDIA
17.NUTRITION
18.PEDIATRIC CLINICS OF INDIA
19.PROMOTION AND WELFARE
20.UNIVERSITY NEWS
21.YOJANA
COLLEGE OF NURSING PUBLICATION, CMCH
1. INDIAN JOURNAL OF CONTINUING NURSING EDUCATION
UNSUBCRIBED JOURNALS
1. CONTACT
2. HEALTH DIALOGUE
3. IPPF BULLETIN
4. NUTRITION NEWS
5. POPULATION REPORT
6. MIDWIFERY
7. STUDIES IN FAMILY PLANNING
WHO PUBLICATIONS
1. BULLETIN
2. DRUG INFORMATION
3. IPCS-PROGRAMMES
4. JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH
5. WEEKLY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RECORD
6. WHO TECHNICAL REPORT SERIES
7. WHO CHRONICLE
8. WHO FORUM
9. WORLD HEALTH
10.WORLD HEALTH STATISTICS

4. COLLEGE OF NURSING LIBRARY
CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE, VELLORE.
ONLINE FREE JOURNALS
S.NO. TITLE WEBSITE ADDRESS
1. ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY NURSING WWW.SCIENCEDIRECT.COM
2. AMERICAN JL OF NURSING WWW.NURSINGCENTER.COM *
3. CANCER NURSING WWW.CANCERNURSINGONLINE.COM
4. CRITICAL CARE NURSE WWW.AACN.ORG
*
5. GERIATRIC NURSING WWW.GNJOURNAL.COM
6. INTERNATIONAL JL OF NSG STUDIES WWW.ELSEVIERHEALTH.COM
7. INTERNATIONAL NURSING REVIEW WWW.BLACKWELLPUBLISHING.COM *
8. JL OF ADVANCED NURSING WWW.BLACKWELLPUBLISHING.COM
9. JL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING WWW.ERLBAUM.COM
10. JL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION IN NSG jcenonline.com
11. JL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION WWW.JONAJOURNAL.COM *
12. JOGNN WWW.JOGNN.AWHONN.ORG
*
13. JL OF MIDWIFERY & WOMEN’S HEALTH WWW.JMWH.ORG
AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
14. JL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY WWW.ASPENPUBLISHERS.COM *
15. JL OF NURSING EDUCATION www.journalofnursingeducation.com *
16. JL OF PEDIATRIC NURSING WWW.PEDIATRICNURSING.ORG
17. JL OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING WWW.PROFESSIONALNURSING.ORG
18. JL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING WWW.JPNONLINE.COM
19. M C N (AM.JR OF MAT. & CHILD HEA. NSG) WWW.NURSING CENTER.COM *
20. NURSE EDUCATION TODAY WWW. SCIENCE DIRECT.COM *
21. NURSE PRACTITIONER WWW.TNPJ.COM
*
22.NURSING WWW.NURSING CENTER.COM
*
23.NURSING FORUM WWW.BLACKWELL-SYNERGY.COM
24.NURSING MANAGEMENT WWW.NURSINGMANAGEMENT.COM *
25.NURSING OUTLOOK WWW.NURSINGOUTLOOK.ORG
*
26.NURSING RESEARCH WWW.NURSINGCENTER.COM *
27.ORTHOPEDIC NURSING WWW.NAON.INURSE.COM *
28.PERSPECTIVES IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE WWW.BLACKWELLPUBLISHING.COM
29.PLASTIC SURGICAL NURSING WWW.NURSINGCENTER.COM *
30.PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING WWW.BLACKWELL-SYNERGY.COM
31.REGISTERED NURSE (R.N) WWW.RNWEB.COM
* Active Journals

5. E-BOOKS AVAILABLE IN CON LIBRARY
Sl.No. Author & Title Year
1. GILLARD,P Ed.: Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary 2001
2. MUNRO,B H: Statistical Methods for health care Research.Ed.5 2005
3. COPSTEAD,Lee-Ellen C: Pathophysiology. Ed.3 2005
4. HUETHER,S E: Understanding Pathophysiology. 2000
5. TORTORA & GRABOWSKI: Principles of
Anatomy& Physiology.Ed.8 1996
6. ,, ,, ,, Ed.9 2000
7. ,, ,, ,, Ed.10 2003
8. ECKER,P M: Simbryo: An Animated tour of Human Development. 2004
9. MALNYK: Evidence based practice. 2005
10. LORETZ,L: Primary care tools for clinicians. 2005
11. SILVESTRI,L A: NCLEX-PN 2000
12. SAXTON: Mosby’s Comprehensive review of Nsg.Ed.16 1999
13. SAXTON: Mosby’s Comprhensive review of Nsg.Ed.17 2003
14. ,, : NCLEX-RN Examintation. Ed.18 2006
15. LAGER QUIST: Davis NCLEX-RN Success. 2001
16. POTTER & PERRY: Basic Nursing. 1999
17. SMITH,S F: Clinical Nursing skills. Ed.5 2000
18. DICENSO,Alba, etc: Evidence Based Nursing. 2005
19. POTTER & PERRY: Fundamentals of Nursing.Ed.5 2001
20. DeLAUNE, S C & LADNER,P K: Fundamentals of Nsg. 2002
21. KOZIER: Fundamentals of Nursing.Ed.7 2004
22. TAYLOR: Fundamentals of Nursing. Ed.5 2005
23. ,, ,, ,, Ed.6 2006
24. POTTER & PERRY: Fundamentals of Nursing.Ed.6 2005
25. EDWARDS,M J A: Internet for Nurses & allied health professionals.Ed.3 2002
26. LOBIONDO-WOOD,G : Nursing Research.Ed.6 2006
27. DOENGES,M E etc.: Nursing care plans:Guidelines for
individualizing patient care.Ed.6 2002
28. KELLY, H: Nursing Leadership & Management. 2003
29. COMER: Delmars Critical care Nursing care plans.Ed.2 2005
30. CHAUBE,Ram K: Consumer Protection and the medical
profession (with legal remedies) 2000
31. LEWIS,Sharon M etc.: Medical Surgical Nsg: Assessment
and management of clincial problems.Ed.5 2000
32. BLACK,J M etc.: Medical Surgical Nursing:Clinical
management for positive outcomes.Ed.6 2001

6. 33. ,, ,, ,, Ed.7 2005
34. LEWIS,S M etc.: Medical Surgical Nursing: Assessment
and Mangaement of clinical problems. Ed.5 2000
35. PHIPPS,W J etc.: Medical Surgical Nursing:Concepts &
clinical practice.Ed.6 1999
36. ,, ,, Ed.7 2003
37. BLACK,J M etc.: Medical Surgical Nursing:Clinical
management for possitive outcomes. 2001
38. LEWIS,S M etc.: Medical Surgical Nursing. Ed.5 2000
39. LEWIS,S M etc.: Medical Surgical Nursing:Assessment
and management of clinical problems.Ed.6 2004
40. SMELTZER,S C & BARE,B G: Brunner & Suddarth’s
T.B. of Medical Surgical Nursing.Ed.10 2004
41. CAPLIN,Marcy Ed.: Straight A’s in Medical Surgical
Nursing ( A review series) 2004
42. NATIONAL TB INSTITUTE: Sociological aspects of
Tuberculosis:Summaries of published literature (1939-2000). 2002
43. WHO: Global Status Report on Alcohol. 2004
44. SWARTZ,Mark H: Textbook of Physical diagnosis:
History and examination.Ed.4 2002
45. LUEPKER,R V etc,: Cardiovascular survey methods.Ed.3 2004
46. STUART: Principles & practice of Psychiatric Nsg.Ed.8 2005
47. VIDEBACK: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.Ed.3 2006
48. MARY,C T :Essentials of Psychiatric M.H.Nsg.Ed.3 2005
49. FORTINASH: Psychiatric Nursing care plans. Ed.5 2007
50. DHANRAJ,Prema: Plastic Surgery made Easy. 2006
51. DAFTARY: Manual of Obstetrics. 2005
52. WHO: Beyond the Numbers part-2 2004
53. LITTLETON: Maternal ,Neonatal & Womans H.Nsg. 2002
54. REEDER,S J etc: Maternity Nursing: Family Newborn and
women’s health care.Ed.18 (Floppy Disk) 1997
55. PILLITTERI,A: Maternal & Child Health Nursing:Care of
the childbearing & child rearing family.Ed.3 1999
56. ,, ,, ,, Ed.4 2003
57. KATTWINKEL,John Ed.: TB of Neonatal resuscitation . 2000
58. WONG,D L: Whaley & Wong’s Nursing care of infants
and children.Ed.6 1999
59. WONG,Donna L: Whaley & Wong’s Essentials of
pediatric Nursing.Ed.5 1997
60. ,, ,, ,, Ed.6 1999
61. WONG,D L & HOCKENBERRY-EATON,M: Wong’s Essentials
of pediatric Nursing. Ed.6 2001
62. WHLEY & WONG: Essentials of Pediatric Nursing.Ed.6 2001
63. WONG,Donna L: Whaley & Wong’s Essentials of
Pediatric Nursing.Ed.5 1997
64. HOCKENBERY,M J,etc: Wong’s Nursing care of infants
and children. Ed.7 2003
65. HOCKENBERY: Nursing care Infants & children.Ed.7 2006
66. POTTS,N L & MANDLECO,B L: Pediatric Nursing
Caring for children and their families. 2002

7. 67. HODGSON,B etc,Ed.: Straight A’s in Pediatric Nsg. 2004
68. BALL,J: Child Health Nursing. 2006
69. KLOSNER: Introductory Maternity & Pediatric Nursing. 2006
70. ,, : ,, ,, 2006
71. PILLETTERI,A: Child Health Nursing: care of the child and family. 1999
72. BOYD,Mary Ann: Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary practice. 2005
73. KARCH,Amy M: Lippincott’s Nursing Drug guide. 1999
74. ,, ,, ,, 2001
75. KARCH,Amy M: Lippincott’s Nursing Drug guide. 2005
76. Mosby’s Nursing Drug Reference. 2006
77. TOWNSEND,M C: Psychiatric Mental Health Nsg.Ed.5 2006
78. MONAHAN: Phipps’ Medical Surgica Nursing 2007
79. KELTNER,NL etc: Psychiatric Nursing.Ed.5 2007
80. URDER: Thelan’s Critical care Nursing.Ed.5 2006
81. WONG,D L: Maternal Child Nursing care.Ed.3 2006
82. WHO: Building Foundations for e Health
83. RICCI: Essentials of Maternity,Newborn and Women’s Health Nursing. 2007
84. DHANRAJ,P: Plastic Surgery Made Easy 2006
85. CRAVEN,R F: Fundamentals of Nsg: Human Health and Function. 2007
86. Benjamin’s Interactive Physiology. 1996
87. Royal Marsden Hospital: Manual of clinical Nursing Procedures. Ed.5
88. CLARK,M Jo: Study wizard Nursing in the community.Ed.3 1999