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- Introduction
- Off Campus Access to Library Journal Article Databases and introduction
to Basics
- Finding Journal Articles via the Nursing & Health Sciences Resource
Page
- Glossary
- (Throughout the tutorial, a single click on an underlined blue word
- or phrase will take you either to the Glossary or a website).
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- This tutorial
provides information on the online resources and services offered by the
California State University Dominguez Hills University Library to BSN
& MSN students enrolled in the School of Nursing.
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- use resources & services provided by the
California State University Dominguez Hills Library.
- locate academic journal articles using a major nursing database, CINAHL.
- understand and use library terms you will encounter while using library
resources.
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- We recommend that you read through all the slides in this tutorial at
least once before going to any of the links.
- Let’s get started…
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- To find the CSUDH Library home page from the CSUDH home page, click on
“university library” in the black menu bar.
- Note especially the following links on the Library home page (on next
slide):
- Services for Distance, Online & Extended Education Students
- Journal Articles & Electronic Resources – access to all CSUDH
journal article databases and electronic resources (in many subject
areas in addition to nursing & health sciences)
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- The Nursing & Health Sciences page
(shown on next slide), is a sub-page of the Library Home page,
developed by the CSUDH Distance Learning Librarian. It contains all
major links referred to in this tutorial.
- Here’s a direct link to the Nursing & Health Sciences page: http://library.csudh.edu/SubjectGuides/Health.htm
- General information about CSUDH Library resources and services for all distance
learners
is at http://library.csudh.edu/DistanceLearning.php
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- Your 14-digit barcode ID
number is made up of:
- the 5 digits 20550
followed by
- your 9-digit student ID
number e.g. 20550xxxxxxxxx
(If you don't
know your nine digit campus ID number, you can look it up in toroWeb)
- Your 14–digit barcode
ID number used in combination with
your last name
allows you to:
- access CSUDH online article
databases and e-books
- use Interlibrary Loan to
request articles for which full text
is not
available
- If you are not able to
access our databases with your
last name and 14
digit barcode ID number, call us at
(310) 243-2088 or
email cdales@csudh.edu
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- The Nursing & Health Sciences Resource Page (at http://library.csudh.edu/SubjectGuides/health.htm)
gives students and faculty in the Nursing, Health Sciences &
Occupational Therapy programs of the College of Health & Human
Services easy access to the most frequently used databases.
- Nursing & Health Sciences Resource Page resources are available to
CSUDH students and faculty both on and off the campus.
- Bookmark the Nursing & Health Sciences Resource page for easy access
to CSUDH databases and tools most frequently used in nursing.
- Definitely the best place for new students and beginning searchers to
start out!
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- Most databases require that you have a recent version (7.0 or newer) of
Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view .pdf documents
you will find in your search results.
- Each database contains a slightly different group of journal titles (some journals
may actually be found in more than one database).
- ***Although they may provide you with information about articles you
would like to see, databases do not always provide the full text of a
desired article!***
- Articles not available in full text in one database may be available in
another database or index. Click the blue “Check
availability…”
icon after the article abstract (summary) to find out.
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- “Interlibrary Loan” is a library service that allows you to
request journal articles not available at CSUDH through the CSUDH
Interlibrary Loan service.
- We request journal articles you request via ILL from other libraries and
email them to you as soon as we receive them (takes a week or even
longer, so do plan ahead!).
- Please request ILL service for books from CSUDH and other libraries
through your local public library or other CSU library.
(see further details at http://library.csudh.edu/DistanceLearning.php#locate)
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- You have now learned the basics of some important CSUDH Library services
available to distance learning nursing students!
Let’s move on to learn more about using CSUDH Library
online resources to get materials you need.
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- Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature:
- Database with broad and deep coverage of nursing and allied health
literature.
- Best place to begin any search for nursing literature because it is
regarded as the major nursing database…
- May seem somewhat complex to use, but worth the trouble of learning!
- - Coverage is
from 1982 to current year; although
some full
text articles are available, many citations
include
only abstracts or references.
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- Example: You need articles from peer reviewed journals on the control of
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) through handwashing.
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- “Check Availability…”
is a built in resource to help you locate full text articles that
are not contained in the database you are searching.
- The icon
will often lead to links to the article in other databases or to
other means of obtaining an individual article.
- Sometimes the article needed is available in print or on microfilm at
the CSUDH Library. Clicking the “Check Availability” icon
will help you determine whether the Library owns what you need. Contact cdales@csudh.edu
if you need an article scanned and emailed to you.
- Sometimes the needed article is not owned by the CSUDH Library. You may
request it through interlibrary loan or contact cdales@csudh.edu.
- Contact cdales@csudh.edu
with questions about print or microfilm items or items the Library does
not seem to own.
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I can’t find any articles on my topic!- Check your spelling and typing.
- Check the Thesaurus or Subject Guide of the database to find more or
different search terms.
- Use different keywords or synonyms.
- Check any search limits you might have used and remove some.
- Try a different database.
- Check the tutorials on the RH side of the Nursing and Health Sciences
page
for help.
- Ask a Librarian! (cdales@csudh.edu)
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- Now you are able to access the
CSUDH Library’s article databases!
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- Having difficulty accessing or using databases?
Call or email the Distance Learning Librarian:
310-243-2088
cdales@csudh.edu
- During Fall and Spring semesters, the CSUDH library is open:
- Monday – Thursday, 7:00 am – 10 pm
- Friday, 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Saturday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Sunday, noon – 6 pm
*hours vary between
semesters; call 310-243-3714 to check current hours.
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- Academic journal articles:
-articles found in periodicals that are considered
scholarly. Academic journal
articles differ from popular or news magazines in that they cite their
sources in footnotes or bibliographies. Articles from academic journals
are preferred for student research.
- Abstract:
-a brief, non-evaluative summary of the main points in an article
or book, often found as part of the record of an item found in a
database search.
(Return to
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- Book catalog:
-libraries used to use a card catalog, searchable by title,
subject or author, to locate items they owned. In the late 20th
century, libraries began to use computer records to organize and search
for items owned. Most libraries now use electronic databases, usually
called “online catalogs”, to search for their holdings. The
CSUDH online catalog for books and other library holdings is called
Torofind and is available on the Internet through the CSUDH Library home
page at http://library.csudh.edu/. Searching in an online catalog allows
great flexibility in that it is possible to search by keyword and call
number and to specify location, format and language.
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- Bookmark
- A list of
favorite web pages (URLs) saved in your browser so you have quick and
easy access to them later.
Some browsers (such as Netscape and Firefox) call these saved
URLs “Bookmarks”, while Internet Explorer calls them
“Favorites”.
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- Call number:
-most academic libraries use the Library of Congress
Classification System to specify a book’s location within the
library collection. The LC (Library of Congress) system groups books of
similar subject matter together and assigns each subject a combination
of letters and numbers.
Every book is labeled with its appropriate LC call number to
indicate where it should be placed on the shelf. The LC number is
usually typed on a white label and glued or taped on the book’s
spine or front cover. An
example of an LC call number is RT82 .K43 2002.
- Circulating item:
Any item a library owns that can be checked out and removed from
the library for personal use for a designated time period is a
circulating item.
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- Citation:
-basic information
about an item such as a book, article, or website. Once given a
citation, you can use the information to locate the item. The basic
elements of a citation are:
Author, Title and Publication information. When writing a
research paper, authors should cite their sources so their readers are
able to find the identical items used for in research done for the
paper.
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- CSUDH Journals List
- The CSUDH Library
maintains the Journals List web page so students can search for a
journal by title and link to a database where the full text may be
found.
The Journals List will also indicate when a journal is available
in print or microfilm format, as well as alerting users that a journal
is unavailable in the Library.
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- Database:
-an electronic medium in which information can be stored and
retrieved by searching.
- Journal article database: contains citations, abstracts,
full text articles, images and other files, available by
subscription from publishers and searchable by a variety of criteria.
Online journal databases are the electronic counterpart of print
journal collections. Publishers load journal contents into a database
to make the contents available for online access. Libraries subscribe
to electronic databases to provide their users with online access to
the contents of the databases.
- Databases usually contain archives (back issues) and current articles
from a wide variety of journals.
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- Download:
-process whereby data files from external sources (floppy disks,
websites, email attachments, etc.) are transferred into your computer.
These incoming files may be read and deleted or saved (to your desktop,
hard drive, flash drive, etc.) as required.
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- Electronic book
Entire books are now available through CSUDH Library’s
subscription to several electronic book providers.
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- Full text:
-usually refers to the online presence of a complete article or
other information, although may also be used to refer to an article found in
print or microfilm on library shelves. Full text indicates that the
entire article is available in addition to a citation and/or summary of
the article’s content.
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- Hits:
-items returned to your screen once search terms have been
submitted to a database search engine; often called
“results”
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- Information literacy:
-ability to find, evaluate and use information in an effective
and appropriate way.
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- Interlibrary Loan (ILL):
-service that most libraries offer when they do not own the item
you need. Once you make a
request for something not in the local collection, your library issues a
request to another library which owns the item you need. Once your
library obtains the item you need, it is loaned to your library for a
brief period.
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- Journals:
-a medium of formal written communication used by special groups,
learned societies and professions to share research and engage in dialog
on topics of interest.
Journals are composed of articles contributed by experts and
scholars and are published periodically (weekly, monthly, quarterly,
annually, etc.).
Journals are published in print, microform and electronic
formats.
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- Keyword searching:
-most databases allow for keyword searching. Keywords are the words that
describe your topic. Depending upon how specific your topic is, you can
usually describe it with two or three nouns.
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- Library resources:
-items the library purchases for the benefit of its users,
primarily books, videos, sound recordings, computer software,
journal, newspaper and database subscriptions and internet access.
- “Links”
-abbreviation for “hyperlinks”; these often appear as
blue words on web pages.
When you click on them, they take you to another place on the
page or to another web site.
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- Peer reviewed:
--articles submitted to a peer reviewed journal go through a
strict evaluation process by a panel of experts so that high quality,
accuracy, and relevance are assured. Peer reviewed journals are often
also called “refereed” journals.
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- Refereed Journals: see Peer reviewed.
- Record: an entry in a database that contains information
about a specific item such as a journal article or a book.
- Results list:
-when you submit search terms to a database, the entries or files
that return make up the Results list. These are also called
“hits.”
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- Scroll:
-to use your mouse to move up or down a web page.
- Search page:
-the database page that provides an open field or box for
entering search terms.
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- Subject headings:
- words or short phrases that describe precisely the content
found in books and other materials. Each item in a library catalog (as
well as articles in many databases) is classified by one or more subject
headings. You can search both library catalogs and databases using
subject headings. Librarians will help you decide on the most useful
subject headings for your search.
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- Tutorial:
-step by step introduction to something new which you are about
to learn and master.
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Notes
