Your Librarian is Denise Gehring
This page is to help you in locating materials for the course Comprehensive Examination Directed Study:
Description of the Course: This course guides the student through the process of demonstrating an integration of theoretical, clinical, and research knowledge. Critical thinking is enhanced through careful consideration of information presented during discussion. Final clinical examinations take place this semester.
Getting Started
- Recommended Databases in the Health SciencesThis includes a list of recommended databases in the different areas of health sciences as well as a video on how to locate these on the library website.
- Removing DuplicatesI describe different ways in which to remove duplicate records from your search.
Course Texts & Recommended Resources
NOTE: All texts listed here are available through the library in ebook, print book, or are freely available on the internet.
Syllabus Required Texts:
Literature reviews for education and nursing graduate students by Publication Date: 2018
Writing Literature Reviews by Call Number: H62 .G246 2017 ebookISBN: 9780415315746Publication Date: 2017-04-05
Syllabus Recommended Texts:
A Writer's Reference by Call Number: PE1408 .H2778 2018ISBN: 9781319057442Publication Date: 2017-09-15Get the answers to all your common writing questions, no matter the course, as Writer's Reference gives you the tools you need to becoming a stronger writer.
Nursing Research: Reading, Using and Creating Evidence by Call Number: RT81.5 .H72 2018 ebookISBN: 1284110044Publication Date: 2016-12-27
Academic Writing for Graduate Students by Call Number: PE1408 .S7837 2012ISBN: 9780472034758Publication Date: 2012-07-09
Other Texts on Writing in Nursing & Health:
Anatomy of Writing for Publication for Nurses by Call Number: RT24 .S28 2017 ebookISBN: 9781945157219Publication Date: 2017-05-01
Crafting Scholarship in the Behavioral and Social Sciences by Call Number: H61.8|b.M56 2015 ebookISBN: 9781138787834Publication Date: 2014-09-18
A Nurse's Step-By-Step Guide to Writing a Dissertation or Scholarly Project by Call Number: RT73 .R68 2019 ebookISBN: 9781948057127Publication Date: 2018-10-01
Writing for Publication in Nursing by Call Number: RT24 .O35 2019 ebookISBN: 9780826147011Publication Date: 2018-06-01
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020 PRINTISBN: 9781433832161Publication Date: 2019-10-01
GNRS597 Library Training Recording & Notes
- Introduction to the Library, Searching for Literature Part 1 and Part 2Introduction to the library introduces you to the library resources and walks you through how to use them. Searching for Literature Part 1 prepares you to enter your topic into the databases by creating a search statement. Searching for Literature Part 2 shows you how to enter it into the databases and then goes over how to limit and narrow your results, find full text, remove duplicates, create folders, export results to Zotero or other reference software, and complete your PRISMA diagram.
- Literature Search ActivityComplete this activity as you watch the recording.
PRISMA
Then Watch: