Library Guides: Nursing: Home

Subject Resources

If you're just starting out as a nursing student and need to learn the background and fundamentals of the subject, the following can help:

The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health
Call Number: Online resource
Publication Date: 2011
Available online and off-campus. IC log-in required.
Handbook of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine
Call Number: Online resource
Publication Date: 2016
Available online and off-campus. IC log-in required.
Handbook of Evidence-Based Critical Care
Call Number: Online resource
Publication Date: 2010
Available online and off-campus. IC log-in required.
Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics
Call Number: Online resource
Publication Date: 2010
Available online and off-campus. IC log-in required.
Writing Skills in Nursing and Healthcare
Call Number: Online resource
Publication Date: 2014
Available online and off-campus. IC log-in required.

To search all of Schewe's databases, use the following:

Illinois College Multidatabase Search

These databases will be the best bets for starting your research in Nursing. All databases are available for use on or off campus (IC or Single Sign On log-in may be required). If you are having trouble finding articles, see our Finding Articles guide, or ask a librarian for help!

CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new window
This nursing and medical database contains over 500 full-text allied health journals, and also includes indexing for more than 3,000 health journals. In addition to nursing science, this database will be useful to those studying biology, psychology, and other health-related disciplines.
Nursing & Allied Health (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
This nursing and allied health database includes over 10,000,000 articles from the nursing, medical, and allied health fields. This database is ideal for nursing or physician's assistant students.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
The health information database provides full-text access to nearly 300 peer-reviewed journals, and also includes bibliographic citations from almost 500 other journals.
Health & Medicine (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
This health science database contains over 2,500 full-text periodicals and eBooks, and is designed to give student researchers current and comprehensive information about a range of health issues. It also includes multimedia content, much of which is devoted to live surgeries!
PubMed Central This link opens in a new window
This health and medical database is a full-text only version of PubMed. This means there are fewer articles to search, but all are immediately available.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
This health and medical database provides over 25 million bibliographic citations having-to-do with biomedical and life science topics. While there isn't a lot of full-text content in PubMed, it is the best medical database in the world.

The best place to find books about nursing is in the Schewe Library Catalog or in the library on the shelves primarily in the 610 - 619 range on the upper level. There are also many resources available online as eBooks. If you are having trouble finding more books, see our Finding Books guide. Here are some suggested titles:

Person-Centred Practice in Nursing and Health Care
Call Number: Online resource
Publication Date: 2016
Available online and off-campus. IC log-in required.
Respiratory Nursing at a Glance
Call Number: Online resource
Publication Date: 2016
Available online and off-campus. IC log-in required.
Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare: Values into Action
Call Number: Online resource
Publication Date: 2016
Available online and off-campus. IC log-in required.
Medical-Surgical Nursing at a Glance
Call Number: Online resource
Publication Date: 2016
Available online and off-campus. IC log-in required.
Pathophysiology for Nurses at a Glance
Call Number: Online resource
Publication Date: 2015
Available online and off-campus. IC log-in required.
The SAGE Handbook of Health Care Ethics by Henk ten Have (Editor); Eric M. Meslin (Editor); Ruth Chadwick (Editor)
Call Number: Online resource
ISBN: 9781412945349
Publication Date: 2011-02-07
Available online and off-campus. IC log-in required.

You can find reliable and high-quality videos on a variety of topics below:

Kanopy Videos at Schewe Library

You can find reliable and high-quality nursing videos on the following topics:

Here are some websites which might be helpful for a nursing student:

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
This website is provided by a variety of professional health organizations and US government departments to help students, researchers, professionals, and the public locate public health resources.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The US government site for public health topics and questions.
National Institutes of Health
This department of the US department of health and human services is focused on health discoveries and research.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
This library of health related resources and articles comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Rural Health Information Hub
Information about healthcare resources, issues, and funding, specifically for rural communities.
NCLEX-RN test prep from Khan Academy
This site contains practice questions for teh NCLEX-RN test.