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Introduction to the library: Nursing 1450
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Introduction to the Library
An introduction to the Library
and its resources
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Introduction
• Welcome to the Library!
• This presentation will help you locate library
resources.
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Library home page
• To locate Subject Guides, the Online Library
Catalogue, Article Databases and E-Journals go to
the Library home page at:
http://library.lakeheadu.ca
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Resources by Subject
• The Library has subject guides in many different
topics.
• These guides list
dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, directorie
s, databases and websites in a variety of
subjects.
• To access these subject guides online: Go to the
homepage at http://library.lakeheadu.ca and
under “Find” select “Resources by Subject”
9. Nursing – Reference Resources
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CPS
Ovid E-Books
Credo Reference – a
great place to start
your search
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Credo Reference
• Credo Reference is an online database that
provides over 600 online
encyclopedias, dictionaries and lets you search
for journal articles, images, videos and much
more !
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Finding Books and Journals
• To find books and journals, go to our Online
Library Catalogue.
• You can access the catalogue from the Library
home page.
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Searching the Online Catalogue
• You can search the Online Catalogue by title
keyword, journal title, author, subject heading or
keyword.
Examples:
Title: Adult health nursing
Journal Title: Lancet
Author: Austen, Jane
Subject: Nursing - Periodicals
Keyword: “breast cancer” (Use quotes to search for
a phrase ) then limit to the Northern Studies
Resource Centre
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Searching the Online Catalogue 1
Type in adult
health nursing
and then click
Search
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Location of item in the Online Catalogue
Let’s
select
result #2
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Location of item in the Online Catalogue 2
When looking
for a
book, you
need to check
3 things:
1)Location
2)Call
Number
3)Status
Note: if the
item is
available, you
will see a
green
checkmark
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Searching the Online Catalogue – Keyword
Relevance
Type in “breast
cancer” as a
keyword
relevance search
Tip: use quotation
marks to search
as a phrase
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Limit your Results – Keyword Relevance
143 results!
Is there a way that
I can limit my
results?
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Limit your Results – Keyword Relevance 2
You can limit or
filter your
search by
clicking on:
Add filter: 2006
and after or
filter your
results to
electronic
resources or the
Northern
Studies
Resource
Centre. Etc.
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Location of items in the Online Catalogue
Quick Overview:
1. Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Handbooks - Main
Floor of the Library – Tip: the Library has many electronic
dictionaries and encyclopedias
2. Print Journals - 2nd Floor of the Library
3. Books - 3rd and 4th Floors of the Library
4. Government Documents - Ground Floor of the Library
5. Education Library Books - Education Library in the
Bora Laskin Building – click here for Campus Map
6. Books marked with NSRC – 5th Floor of the Library in
the Northern Studies Resource Centre
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Finding Course Reserves and Past Exams
• Course Reserves are materials that your
instructor has placed in the Library for your use.
• You can find course reserves and past exams on
the Library’s home page.
• Go to our Library home page and select the
“Reserves” tab.
• Select either the last name of your instructor or
the course number and name and click on
“Search”
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Example of Course Reserves or past exams
screen – search options
Click on the drop-down
menu to select the last
name of your instructor or
course number and name
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Example of Course Reserves or past exams
screen
Let’s select
Strickland
Click
Search
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Example of a Past Exam
There are 2 mock
exams.
If you want a copy
of one of these
exams, write down
the Call Number
which appears
under the name of
the Exam. For
example: EXAM –
6066 and you can
get it for 1 hour at
the Circulation
Desk
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Example of a Past Exam - Print
Many exams
include a full-text
version.
To view this, click
on the exam you
wish to view.
For example: EXAM
- 6066
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Example of a Past Exam – Full Text
For the full
text version
click
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Locating journal articles on a topic
• In order to find an article on a specific
subject, you need to use a journal index or
database.
• The index/database provides basic citation
information (journal title, volume, page and year)
• Some indexes and databases provide full-text
journal articles
• Go to the Library home page and select Articles &
Databases under “Find”
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Title or Type
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You can choose
your database
by
subject, alphab
etically or by
type
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Two of the
main
Nursing
databases
are:
CINAHL and
ProQuest
Nursing &
Allied
Health
Source
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CINAHL
• What is CINAHL?
• is the authoritative resource for nursing and
allied health professionals, students, educators
and researchers. This database provides
indexing for more than 3,000 journals from the
fields of nursing and allied health. The database
contains more than 2.3 million records dating
back to 1981
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Searching CINAHL
• There are two ways to search CINAHL
1. Search using the CINAHL Suggest Subject
Terms
2. Search by Keyword
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Searching CINAHL 2
• Type high blood pressure in the text box
• Remember to ensure that the box next to
Suggest Subject Terms is checked off.
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Searching CINAHL 4
The subject
Heading for
High blood
Pressure is
Hypertension
Click on the box
next to
Hypertension
and then scroll to
the top and
Click on
Search Database
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Searching CINAHL
Here
are
your
results!
That’s
far too
many
to go
through
so how
can I
limit
this
search?
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Searching CINAHL
You can narrow
your results
by selecting
a specific source
like periodical
or by a
specific
subject
OR
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Search
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You can
limit by
year, langu
age, publica
tion
type, gende
r, age
group, jour
nal subset –
e.g. peer
reviewed
etc.
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Searching CINAHL
Display Results
• After you have displayed your results, how
do you know if the journal article you wish
to read is available in the Library?
There are 2 ways:
1. If it says Linked Full text next to the article – click
on it and you can view the entire article
2. Click on the icon to check if we have the
journal and the article in the Library
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PDF
• Linked Full Text
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Searching CINAHL –
• There are 3 possible results when you use the
service:
1. You will be able to link the full text of the article
2. The Library will have a print version of the
article in the Library
3. The Library will not have a copy of the article
and you will need to use Interlibrary Loan
(RACER)
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Searching CINAHL – get it!
electronic copy of article available
Click on Full
text
available via
for article
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Searching CINAHL – get it!
print copy of journal article available
Click on Check to
see if the Library
has a print copy of
this journal
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Searching CINAHL – get it!
print copy of journal article available 2
This journal is
available on the
2nd Floor of the
Library
Remember to
write down the
Call Number
RC 674 C22
and the citation
of the journal
article which
appears on the
get it screen
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Searching CINAHL – get it!
journal article not available 2
Click on Check to
see if the Library
has a print copy of
this journal
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Searching CINAHL – get it!
copy of journal article not available 2
The Library
does not
have a copy
of this
journal
You can
order the
article via
Interlibrary
loan
(RACER)
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Searching CINAHL – get it!
journal article not available
Go to RACER our
Interlibrary Loan
System
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Searching CINAHL- Keyword search
• When would you use a Keyword search in
CINAHL ?
• A Keyword search would be useful when you
want to combine multiple terms that do not
appear as a CINAHL Subject Term.
For example: migraine and stress
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Searching CINAHL- Keyword search
• Select CINAHL and in the text box and type
migraine and stress
• Remember to ensure that the box next to
Suggest Subject Terms is unchecked.
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Peer Reviewed Journals
• Many times you will be asked to look for
scholarly, academic, refereed or peer reviewed
journals. What does that mean?
• Peer reviewed" or "Refereed" is a formal process
undertaken by experts in a field to determine the
quality of an article before it is accepted and
published in a journal.
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Peer reviewed journals
How do I know that a journal is peer reviewed?
1. Check the first few pages of a print journal issue for a list of
reviewers or an editorial board and the editorial policy.
2. Consult Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory for a list of refereed
journals. (Ref. Z 6941 U45 Located in Ready Reference
Collection behind Reference Desk).
3. Some databases will offer an option of searching for scholarly or
peer-reviewed journals.
4. If you click on the link, and the article is peer
reviewed, you will see a green peer reviewed icon .
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Peer reviewed journals in CINAHL
• To search for peer-reviewed journals in
CINAHL:
1. Run a search – example: breast cancer
2. Scroll down the page and click on the box next
to Peer Reviewed.
3. Click on Search
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Peer reviewed journals in ProQuest Nursing
Journals
Note that Peer
reviewed is
automatically
checked off
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To View a List of the Library’s E-journals
• To view a list of the Library’s E-journals, use the
E-Journals link on the Library’s home page.
• Tip: This is a very good option if you are looking for a
specific journal.
Remember: you can not search for journal articles on a
specific topic from the E-journals page.
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Citing an Article
• If you need to cite an article, you can do it a few different ways:
1. Use a style manual like APA, MLA or Chicago
2. RefWorks is a web-based bibliography and database manager
that allows you to create your own personal database by
importing references from text files or online databases.
3. Use the cite feature in databases like CINAHL or ProQuest
Nursing & Allied Health.
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Citing an Article - RefWorks
• RefWorks allows you to manage a bibliographical database
for the research articles and books you use.
• Simply import citations for articles from research
databases to your account. Then use the bibliography
option to format your bibliography.
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Citing an Article – Cite Feature in CINAHL
and ProQuest Nursing Allied Health Source
In CINAHL:
1. Run your search and click on a citation you wish to put into your bibliography and
then click on "Cite" which appears on the right-hand side of the screen.
2. You can then pick your format style, copy and paste the citation and either save it in
a Word document or email it to yourself.
Check out the short video here for a demonstration!
In ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source:
1. Run your search and mark the citation you wish to add to your bibliography. Click on
Cite which appears just above your results.
2. A new window will open. Select your output style from the drop-down menu and
copy and paste your citation into your document.
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Connecting from home
• When you access past exams, e-journals and
most of our electronic resources from off-
campus, you will need to login with your
Lakehead University email username and
password.
• Remember to omit the @lakeheadu.ca after your
username.
64. RACER
• In order to use our interlibrary loan system RACER , you must first
register for it.
• Once you have registered for RACER, you can access the system and order
your articles.
• For more information – http://library.lakeheadu.ca/?pg=365
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