Nursing Research: Finding Background Information

Reference sources like encyclopedias, dictionaries, or almanacs, can be a good place to start your research, especially when you are new to a topic. A reference source can provide you with basic definitions of concepts, a chronology of events, and an overview of the topic. 

The print reference collection can be found on the second floor of the library on the east side of the stairs. These titles do not check out, but copies of individual pages can be made using the scanner downstairs. 

STAT!Ref Mobile APP 

Stat! Ref is a database that contains current editions of medical, nursing, and drug reference books and other texts in a full-text format. 

• Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses, 16th ed.
• Guide to Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 3rd ed.
• Handbook of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-base Imbalances, 3rd ed.
• Dorland's Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations - 7th ed.
• Nurse's Pocket Guide: Diagnoses, Priortized Interventions, and Rationales, 14th ed.                                               
• Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual, Sparks and Taylor, 10th ed.
• Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed.