Library Catalogs: Search for Books and Other Items
Search WorldCat, the library catalog
Search Netlibrary for electronic books
Explore NetLibrary's nursing collection of electronic books
Once you find a book in WorldCat or Google Books, you can search for it in the Busse Library Catalog. If you don't find the title in the catalog at Mount Mercy, you can order it through Interlibrary Loan.
Databases: Search for Articles
Logins and passwords for databases are available on your MyCampus course page.
CINAHL with Full Text from EBSCOhost
CINAHL is the most comprehensive resource for nursing and allied health literature. It offers full text retrieval for more than 600 journals, indexing for almost 3,000 journals, and features full-text coverage dating back to 1981.
The Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) is the leading resource for systematic reviews -- evidence-based reviews of nursing interventions.
ScienceDirect from Elsevier
ScienceDirect is a leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books. Busse Library subscription's offers 900 health science journals, full-text online, dating from 1995.
Ovid Nursing Database
The Ovid Nursing Database is comprised of data from the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE Database as well as citations to nursing journals. Indexing goes back to 1950.
Micromedex Healthcare Series 2.0
Evidence based information from Micromedex. This includes all the unbiased, referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine you need to make informed clinical diagnosis and treatment decisions.
MEDLINE from EBSCOhost
MEDLINE provides medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and other topics. Full text coverage occurs for more than 1,450 journals; coverage dates from 1965. 4,800 biomedical journals are included in the collection.
Wiley Online Library
The Wiley Online Library is one of the world's premiere resources for study, teaching and advanced research. The Busse Library subscription offers 1,230 journals in full text format from 1997 forward.
PubMed
A service from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, PubMed comprises more than 19 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
Health Source: Consumer Edition: EBSCOhost
Health Source, Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full-text, consumer health magazines and nearly 130 full-text, health reference books.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition: EBSCOhost
Health Source, Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, with 441 peer reviewed journals in the database.
Databases: Annual Reviews
Annual Reviews: Immunology
Annual Reviews reflects the most cited and highly respected studies in immunology. Busse Library's print copy available (QR180 .A5x)
Annual Reviews: Medicine
Annual Reviews reflects the most cited and highly respected studies in medicine. Busse Library's print copy available (R 101 .A5)
Annual Reviews: Nutrition
Annual Reviews reflects the most cited and highly respected studies in nutrition. Busse Library's print copy available (QP141.A1 A64)
Annual Reviews: Physiology
Annual Reviews reflects the most cited and highly respected studies in physiology. Busse Library's print copy available (QP1 .A535)
Annual Reviews: Public Health
Annual Reviews reflects the most cited and highly respected studies in public health. Busse Library's print copy available (RA421 .A66)
Drugs, Supplements, and Herbal Information: MedlinePlus
Legal Eagle Eye: Newsletter for the Nursing Profession
Reports on the latest legal developments affecting nurses.
Nurse Advise-ERR Monthly newsletter of medication safety information.
Busse Journals A-Z
View a list of all print and electronic nursing journal subscriptions. Select any title for further details; select any database name to activate search.
Evidence Based Practice: Gateways
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Visit AHRQ topic index and reports section for current research.
Bandolier: Evidence based thinking about healthcare
Monthly, independent journal from Oxford University Scientists that is respected as the premier source of evidence-based healthcare information in the United Kingdom.
Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM)
Research center at Oxford University (London) devoted to promoting evidence-based healthcare.
The Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) is the leading resource for systematic reviews -- evidence-based reviews of nursing interventions.
CRD Databases: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, National Institute for Health Research (NHS)
Evidence-based practice interface for systematic reviews, health economics papers, and health technology assessments. Service from the University of York (UK).
Joanna Briggs Institute, Best Practice Information
Participants from 40 countries offer the very best of evidence-based practice to support point of care needs.
National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC): AHRQ
Public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ.
Evidence Based Practice: Other Resources
Evidence-Based Nursing
An international digest of the evidence for nursing practice; full text of the journal.
World Views on Evidence-Based Nursing
Full text of the journal (1997+) available via Wiley InterScience.
Putting Evidence into Practice: AHRQ Jan/Feb 2005 issue of Health Affairs (AHRQ)
Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine Sponsored by Duke University Medical Center Library and Health Sciences Library, UNC-Chapel Hill.
How to Read a Medical Journal Article Created by Steve Simon; same principles apply to reading a nursing journal article.
JAMA Evidence: Using Evidence to Improve Care Fundamental tools for understanding and applying the medical literature and making clinical diagnoses.
Netting the Evidence In-depth examination of evidence-based practice from the School for Health and Related Research (ScHARR) in Sheffield, UK
American Heritage Medical Dictionary
Black's Medical Dictionary (42nd ed.)
Churchill Livingstone's Dictionary of Nursing
The Human Body Book: An Illustrated Guide to its Structure, Function, and Disorders
International Dictionary of Homeopathy
Mosby Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions
APA Style -- guidelines from Busse Library (APA, 6th edition, 2010)
APA Style Guide with Sample Paper -- guidelines from Busse Library (APA, 6th edition, 2010)
Model Paper, Mount Mercy University -- PDF sample paper with cover page, running head, headings, and references list
Running Head Steps -- procedure for creating APA's required, running head in Office 2007 or Office 2010
APA Manuscript Formatting: The Owl at Purdue University Sample paper with cover sheet, headings, and references list