SUNY Orange

Subject Guide: Nursing

Databases

Find citations, abstracts, and full-text articles online using the databases. If the full text of an article is not available in the database you're using, use the SFX locator to see if it is available in another database. If the full text is not available remember that we can get it through interlibrary loan. More information on Interlibrary Loan.

  • CINAHL (EBSCO) - CINAHL is the most comprehensive source of full-text in nursing and allied health journals.
  • Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale) - Provides integrated access to medical, statistical, health, and wellness information through an intuitive Web interface.
  • Medline (EBSCO) - Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.
  • PsycArticles (APA) - Full text of scholarly journal articles published by APA, Hogrefe Publishing Group, the Canadian Psychological Association, and APA's Educational Publishing Foundation

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Guides

Use reference materials to find expert sources of quick information. Encyclopedias and dictionaries offer concise information and can inspire ideas for specific research topics.

  • Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health
    Call number: Ref 610.3 M612e
  • Historical Encyclopedia of Nursing
    Call number: Ref 610.7309 SN52h
  • Internet Resources for Nurses
    Call number: Ref 025.6 F582i
  • Manual of Nursing Practice
    Call number: Ref 610.73 N387L
  • Mosby's Medical, Nursing, an Allied Health Dictionary
    Call number: Ref 610.3 AN23m
  • Professional Guide to Diseases
    Call number: Ref 616 L822
  • Writer's Guide to Nursing and Allied Health Journals
    Call number: Ref 070.52 B728w


Online Resources

New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)*

New York State Education Department: Office of the Professions page*
Includes New York State Online License Verification Search for licensees by name. Also links to "summary information of disciplinary actions by the Board of Regents".

NursingWorld* – Website for American Nurses Association

Nursing Organizations and Associations Online* – Allnurses.com provides links to over 100 U.S. and International Nursing-related associations and organizations

Nursing Center* – Web portal to more than 700 continuing education activities and thousands of clinical articles from 50 leading nursing journals.

National League for Nursing*

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* These links will take you off the official SUNY Orange website