CINAHL with Full Text: Evidence-Based Information

Are you looking for evidence-based articles on the Application of the Betty Neuman Systems Model for your course Professional Nursing Transition (NURS 302)? According to the book Evidence-based medicine: how to practice and teach EBM (2000) by David L. Sackett et. al., individuals in health care require the integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient value.

I highly recommend searching EBSCO’s CINAHL with Full Text (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature). This authoritative database covers full-text to more than 600 journals in nursing and allied health from 1981 to present. Peer-reviewed articles with evidence-based research and systematic reviews are available through publications such as Journal of Advanced Nursing or Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing. Other features include the ability to limit to types of publications like case studies, dissertations, statistics, research instruments and much more. Also, take advantage of the CINAHL Subject Headings for more relevant results.

You may contact the Reference desk (973) 290-4248 or ask Mahoney Online for additional assistance. For further tips, link into these CINAHL Tutorials:

• Basic Searching – CINAHL with Full Text
• Advanced Searching – CINAHL with Full Text

Banking Industry Research at Mahoney Library

Imagine the following scenario:

It’s late at night and you’re brainstorming for a topic to write about for your business class. The bibliography is due tomorrow. Exhausted, you come up with the idea to write about the problems within the banking industry. That seems too broad, so you focus on the lending crisis of two mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

While outlining, you realize the articles you found in the New York Times will not be enough, since your instructor requires articles from scholarly or trade publications. As you browse the library website, you find the Databases by Subject page. There are so many business databases listed, so which one is best for this topic?

Banking Information Source (ProQuest) provides full-text articles (1971 to present) on the trends in the banking and financial services industry. Try searching for “Fannie Mae and Risk Management” and you’ll find full-text articles from publications including Journal of Financial Services Research, Mortgage Banking and ABA Banking Journal. 

If you need to go back to that article in the Times, simply click on the Newspapers link above your results list. Also note the Reference Report link for other banking topics. Feel free to print out your articles, e-mail or export them into RefWorks. Banking Information Source, like other ProQuest databases, can format your citations in APA or MLA style.

For further assistance, feel free to contact a CSE Reference Librarian at (973) 290-4248 or ask Mahoney Online.

Mahoney Library has the news!

If time is short, use the Monday through Friday publication Frontrunner (via LexisNexis Academic database) to scan “Headlines From Today’s Front Pages” of selected newspapers and magazines, as well as radio programs and television broadcasts.

For more in depth coverage, search CSE Mahoney Library’s link to Newspapers Online.

Our library also has the following newspapers in print:
Daily Record (Morris County)
The New York Times
The Star Ledger
Wall Street Journal

Swine Flu (now called 2009 H1N1 flu)

Find some up-to-date information by clicking on these “Hot Searches” in LexisNexis Academic database:

In Major US Newspapers  (explore the “People” group at left menu)
In Healthcare News (Worldwide)  (explore the “Subject” group at left menu)
In Major Papers (Worldwide)   (explore the “Geography” grouping at left menu)

In another database (Health Source – Consumer Edition), a report:

details the discovery of an Army private’s lungs, preserved since 1918, in which there remained RNA bearing the genetic code for the influenza pandemic of 1918. researcher Jeffery K. Taubenberger at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington, D.C.; statistics for the worldwide pandemic; resemblance to swine flu; possibility of a vaccine, should the viral fossil reemerge.

Source:
Sternberg, S. (1997) A doughboy’s lungs yield 1918 flu virus. Science News, 151(12), 172.

From Mahoney Library shelves, you might want to read “The epidemic that never was: policy-making and the swine flu scare,” by Richard E. Neustadt and Harvey V. Fineberg, in The Case Study Anthology (edited by Robert K. Yin in 2004) Call Number: 001.432 C337. An older, but still relevant book, also by Richard E. Neustadt, is The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-making on a Slippery Disease (published in 1978 by U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare). Call Number: 614.518 N399.

Two important government sites are:

• World Health Organization
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

For additional reliable information, use our library’s Health Sciences & Nursing subject group of databases:  BioMed Central | CINAHL | CINAHL with Full Text | Health & Wellness Resource Center | Health Reference Center | Health Reference Center Academic | Health Source: Consumer Edition | Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition | Journals @ Ovid | Lexis Nexis Academic | MEDLINE via FirstSearch (MEDLINE also available from Ovid & NLM) | Physical Education Index | PubMed Central | Science Direct

ATTN Health Care Providers!  See updates from the DynaMed Clinical Summary (powered by EBSCOhost).

For help accessing this information, just Ask Online via Mahoney Library’s home page!

Librarian Renita Krasnodebski Inducted to Sigma Beta Delta

On April 21 CSE’s business department honored Dr. Jacqueline McGlade, Dean of Graduate Programs, and Ms. Renita Krasnodebski, Evening/Weekend Librarian at Mahoney Library, for their outstanding work with students in the Business Management and Administration program.

Dr. Kathleen Reddick, Director of the Graduate Program in Management, presented Renita Krasnodebski, Evening/Weekend Librarian at Mahoney Library, with her Sigma Beta Delta membership certificate, April 21, 2009.

Both McGlade and Krasnodebski have been inducted as honorary members to Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society in Business Management and Administration along with nearly 50 students who have joined the CSE student chapter, taking on the oaths of wisdom, honor and the pursuit of meaningful aspiration.

Sigma Beta Delta installed its first chapter in March 1994 at Belmont University. Currently there are 310 chapters in 47 states with over 46,000 members. This honor society was established to encourage and acknowledge scholarship and achievement among students of business, management and administration; promote aspirations toward personal and professional improvement and recognize honorable service to humankind.

In celebrating the 15th annual Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society induction ceremony, the business department introduced the keynote speaker, Michael J. Gulotta, former CEO of ASA and Chairman of North America Consulting for Aon. Gulotta spoke of the main elements to success: a good game plan, being unique and demonstrating excellent technical skills.

Free Database Access

Several library content vendors are making some of their databases freely available in honor of National Library Week…

• Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online – through 5/7
• Greenwood & ABC-CLIO databases – through 4/18 only
• Oxford Biblical Studies Online – through 4/16 only
• ProQuest K-12 databases – through 4/17 only
• American History in Video (Alexander Street Press) – through 4/30

Vault Online Career Library

The Vault Online Career Library is back, thanks to the Career Services Office.
Why use Vault?

• You can download electronic versions of Vault Interview and Resume, Career Topic, Industry, and Employer Guides.
• You can find 6,000+ Company Profiles: Vault obtains ‘insider information’ by surveying 1000’s of employees each year. This information gives your users the competitive advantage in interviews.
• You can scan Industry and Occupation Profiles: These articles cover a broad range of disciplines, giving you quick, easy-to-read profiles of industries and occupations.
• You can access Message Boards: One of the Internet’s most popular career topic Message Boards with access to conversations with employees at targeted companies. Nearly 10 million people have access to this forum.
• You can enjoy 1000+ Career Advice Articles: Covering a wide variety of topics from the cover letter to the offer letter.

For more information see our previous post comparing Vault Online Career Library with Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center.

To research prospective employers, try Employers USA, Business Source Premier, Hoover’s Company Records, or Lexis Nexis Academic.

Get to Vault via the Career Services website or via the library’s Databases, A-Z or Databases by Subject pages.

Webinar Training for RefWorks

Whether you’ve already attended RefWorks training or not, you might find one or more of these webinars useful. The webinars are taught by RefWorks trainers and are free to anyone who wants to attend.

See the topics and times offered below. You can sign up to attend any of these via the RefWorks website – just scroll down the list to the session that you want to view and click ‘Enroll Now’.

RefWorks Fundamentals (60 minutes)

• Tuesday, April 21, 2pm EDT
• Tuesday, May 5, 10am EDT
• Tuesday, May 12, 2pm EDT
• Wednesday, May 20, 2pm EDT
• Thursday, May 28, 10am EDT

The Six Ways to Import Information into RefWorks (60 minutes)

• Wednesday, April 22, 10am EDT
• Tuesday, May 5, 2pm EDT
• Thursday, May 14, 10am EDT
• Wednesday, May 20, 10am EDT

The Four Ways to Create Bibliographies in RefWorks (60 minutes)

• Thursday, April 16, 2pm EDT
• Thursday, April 28, 10am EDT
• Wednesday, May 6, 10am EDT
• Wednesday, May 13, 2pm EDT
• Tuesday, May 26, 10am EDT

RefWorks Advanced Functions (60 minutes)

• Thursday, April 30, 2pm EDT
• Thursday, May 7, 10am EDT
• Tuesday, May 19, 2pm EDT
• Tuesday, May 26, 2pm EDT

RefShare (60 minutes)

• Tuesday, April 28, 2pm EDT
• Thursday, May 7, 2pm EDT
• Tuesday, May 12, 10am EDT
• Wednesday, May 27, 10am EDT

Post updated 4/15/09. Added May training dates and removed past sessions.

American History in Video

Alexander Street Press is offering up free access for one month to its new database of videos related to American history.

The public can access American History in Video through the end of April at http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com/. No username or password is required.

As described on its website:

“American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and the presentation of historical events over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries. This release includes over 1260 titles, equaling approximately 420 hours.”

CSE Master Theses: Nutrition

Do you need to view one of the CSE Master Theses in Nutrition?

You can look up these four items in the library’s online catalog, via the link above. All are available to be checked out – you will find them on the lower level in the right wing.

Be sure to check the status to see if the thesis is “On the Shelf” or “Checked Out”.