Nursing Books, DVD's, Videos and CD's
Alvernia's Catalog is the best tool for finding items in Alvernia Library's collection. You can search for books, audiobooks, books in the Best Seller collection, audio-visual materials (videos, DVD's and CD's), course reserves, and journals in our print collection. Item records indicate if the item is available. Students, faculty and staff with an Alvernia ID card can place a hold on items that are currently in circulation.
A good way to start your research is to read brief overviews about your topic. Reference books provided an overview as well as a sense of the scope of a topic, and introduce terms that may be helpful in searching for additional information. Examples of books with background information and reference sources are listed below:
The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research 001.42 S129 2005
Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary 610.3 D711 2007
Spanish-English, English-Spanish Medical Dictionary R610.3 M141 2005
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Distionary R610.3 T113 2009
Grant's Atlas of Anatomy R611 A284 2005
The CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations R611.8 N474
Mosby's 2008 Nursing Drug Reference R615.1 M894 2007
Physicians Desk Reference R615.105 P578 2010
Clinical NutritionR615.8 C641 2005
Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology R616.07 C967 2003
Nursing Diagnosis Refernce Manual R616.075 S736 2008
The Encyclopedia of the Muscle and Skeletal Systems and Disorders 616.7 S275 2005
The Crisis in Youth Mental HealthR618.928 C932 2006
WorldCat 179 million records
This Online Union Catalog lists holdings from libraries across the world. Searches can be conducted across all libraries or limited to the Alvernia Library collection. Searches can also be limited to specific types of documents such as books, visual materials and Internet resources. (dates of coverage: 2100 B.C. – present)
Requesting a book from this collection only takes a minute. Click on the Borrow this item from another library link. Submit the form with your Alvernia ID number and allow two weeks for delivery of the requested book.
e-Books
A collection of over 15,000 eBooks is now accessible from NetLibrary. This database contains more than 180 nursing books.
eBooks are full text electronic versions that are great for reference and research. Access is limited to one user at a time. If an ebook of interest is being viewed by another user, you can request to be notified when the ebook becomes available. Books are automatically returned for access when there is no activity for a period of 15 minutes in a browser where the book is being viewed.
The National Center for Biotechnology Information's collection of electronic books can be searched for medical topics. Several titles are listed below as examples. For a complete list please go to the NCBI Bookshelf website.
Comparative Oncology (2007)
Familial Cancer Syndromes (2009)
The Genetic Landscape of Diabetes (2004)
Inflammatory Atherosclerosis: Characteristics of the Injurious Agent (2002)
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th edition (2002)
Patient safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nursed (2008)
Historical Works: Medicine in the Americas (2004) - 5 vols.
Gray's Anatomy
http://www.bartleby.com/107/
The classic illustrated text of human anatomy (20th edition, 1918) is now available online. It is fully searchable by keyword, table of contents, or subject index containing 13,000 entries. From Bartleby.com. (LII)
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
The Encyclopedia covers topics in all major health professions, including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, medical lab technology, emergency medical technology, pharmacology and nutrition. In addition, approximately 400 photographs and illustrations are featured.
The Global Library of Women's Medicine
An expert clinical resource for women's healthcare.
The classic illustrated text of human anatomy (20th edition, 1918) is now available online. It is fully searchable by keyword, table of contents, or subject index containing 13,000 entries. From Bartleby.com. (LII)
International Encyclopedia of the Social Services
The Encyclopedia covers articles and biographies contributed by scholars from
around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.
Produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments.
Merck Manuals
The Merck Manual of Medical Information--Second Home Edition
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, Nineteenth Edition
The Merck Manual of Geriatrics, Third Edition
The Merck Manual of Health and Aging
Full-text of over 3,700 books, searchable and categorized by subject, including Health & Medicine. Selected titles include:
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States. (2005)
- Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains (2006) >
- Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality (2003)
- Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses (2004)
- Military Nursing Research: Bibliographies (1996) >
- Preventing Medication Errors:Quality Chasm Series (2007)
- Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Lectures -- 2001: Exploring Complementary and Alternative Medicine >
- Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (2002)
- When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families (2003)
- Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century (2003)
- Enyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safe (1998)
Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses
"A comprehensive, 1400-page handbook for nurses with proven techniques and interventions nurses can use to enhance patient outcomes."
Videos
SAGES Educational Video Library
The SAGES Educational Video Library is a free collection of 250 narrated minimally invasive surgical videos.