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HS 201 Resources

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Selected Electronic Books -- Periodical Databases -- Selected Books in Busse Library -- Selected Websites

Selected Electronic Books

Foner, Nancy. The Caregiving Dilemma. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.

Home Health Aide National Standards Exam. New York: LearningExpress, 1997.

Nazarko, Linda. NVQs in Nursing and Residential Care Homes. Malden, MA: Blackwell Science, 2000.

Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1996.

 

Periodical Databases
 

Ebsco Database (password required)

  • Ebsco Academic Search Premier -- Contains full-text articles for over 3,400 scholarly journals and is the world's largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database. Subject areas include: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, languages, linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, and ethnic studies.

FirstSearch Databases (password required)

After you key in your login and password, you will need to select again from the list of available databases on the search screen.  To do this click on the dropdown menu in: Jump to Advanced Search: Select a Database to Search.  Select the required database and begin your search. You may initiate an InterLibrary Loan request from FirstSearch databases to the Busse Library. Use the linked Tips for help in using the databases. 

  • ArticleFirst - Index to citations from of over 12,600 journals. Tips on using this database.
  • CINAHL -- Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Literature
  • GPO Monthly Catalog - Index to information printed by the US Government Printing Office. Tips on using this database.
  • MEDLINE -- Access to Medline index of medical journals.
  • PsycINFO -- Index to psychological journal articles, books, chapters, technical reports and dissertations from 1887 to the present.
  • PubMed --Access to Medline from the National Library of Medicine. Index to medical journals from around the world.
  • World Almanac - Facts and figures
  • WorldCat - Over 30 million catalog records of books and audiovisuals held in libraries around the world. A good way to see if a book has been published on a topic which you may want to borrow through InterLibrary Loan. Remember to select books with at least 15 library holdings indicated. Tips on using this database.

 

Selected Books in Busse Library

Allen, James E.
Assisted living administration: the knowledge base.
New York: Springer, c1999. RA564.8 .A445 1999

Binstock, Robert H.
The future of long-term care: social and policy issues.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c1996. RA997 .F87 1996

Evashwick, Connie.
The Continuum of long-term care: an integrated systems approach.
Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, c1996. RA644.6 .C67 1996

Fiesta, Janine.
Legal implications in long-term care.
Albany: Delmar Publishers, c1997. KF3826.N8 F54 1997

Sorrentino, Sheila A.
Mosby's textbook for long-term care assistants.
St. Louis: Mosby Lifeline, c1994. RT84 .S67 1994

Wunderlich, Gooloo S.
Nursing staff in hospitals and nursing homes: is it adequate?
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996. RT86.73 .N886 1996

 

Selected Websites

 

Online materials for students enrolled in HS 201 are provided by the Busse Library, Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, IA. Use is limited to registered students. Contact the Busse Library with your questions.