Bibliographies

• AJN Books of the Year. Published annually in the January issue of the American Journal of Nursing. See the "Nursing Resources" section of each issue of AJN for additional book lists. RT1 .A5
  Electronic Access (1996 to present)
  (http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_ejournals.html)
• Clamp, Cynthia G. L. Resources for nursing research: an annotated bibliography. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications. 1999. Ref9 Z6675.N7 C53 1999
• Erlen, Jonathon. The history of the health care sciences and health care, 1700-1980: a selective annotated bibliography. New York: Garland, 1984. Z6660.8E74 1984
• Health Science Books 1876-1982. NY: R.R. Bowker, 1982.
  Four volume set lists books by title, author and subject published from 1876 to 1982. Ref9 Z6658.H4
• Hill, Dorothy R. and H.N. Stickell. "Brandon/Hill Selected List of Print Nursing Books and Journals." Nursing Outlook 48(1): 10-22. January/February 2000. Published biennially (even years).
  Bobst Microform RT1 .N812
  Electronic Access (1994-present)
  (http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_ejournals.html)
• Interagency Council on Information Resources for Nursing. "Essential Nursing References." Nursing & Healthcare Perspectives 21:5 Sept/Oct, 2000, 247-254. Reference and information sources, including audiovisuals, electronic databases, internet sources, and a Canadian supplement. Revised biennially. [Full text of the list also available on the web from the NLN website: http://www.nln.org/nlnjournal/nursingreferences.htm]
• Medical and Health Care Books and Serials in Print. NY: R.R. Bowker. Author, subject, and title list of books in print in the health field. Annual.
  Electronic Access via Bowker's Global Books in Print
  (http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_articles_title.html)
• Morton, Leslie Thomas. A Medical Bibliography (Garrison and Morton): an annotated check-list of texts illustrating the history of medicine. 4th ed. Lexington, Mass: Aldershot, Hamshire: Gower, 1983. Z6658.G243
• Thompson, Alice M.C. A bibliography of nursing literature 1859-1960, with an historical introduction. London: Library Association for the Royal College of Nursing and National Council of Nurses of the United Kingdom in association with King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, 1968. Z6675.N7 T45

Bioethics

Search Bobcat using the subjects: Nursing ethics, Bioethics or Medical Ethics. See also Research Guide 1: Health Sciences Indexes and Abstracts for Information about Bioethicsline and other databases for finding articles in journals.

• American Nurses Association. Compendium of Position Statements on the Nurse's Role in End-of-Life Decisions. (Publ. No. PR-9) Washington, DC, The Association, 1992. Ref9 RT85 .C66 1992. The latest ANA statements at the ANA website: http://www.nursingworld.org/ethics/
• Bandman, E. L., & Bandman, B. (2002). Nursing ethics through the life span. (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall. Call Number: RT85 .B33 2002.
• Beauchamp, T. L., & Walters, L. (2003). Contemporary issues in bioethics. (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Pub. Call Number: R724 .C67 2002.
• Benjamin, M., & Curtis, J. (1992). Ethics in nursing. (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. Call Number: RT85 .B39 1992.
• Brody, B. A. (2000). Medical ethics: codes, opinions, and statements / Baruch A. Brody . Washington, D.C: Bureau of National Affairs. Call Number: Ref 9 R725 .M117 2000.
• Davis, A. J., et al. (1997). Ethical dilemmas and nursing practice. (4th ed.). Stamford, Conn: Appleton & Lange. Call Number: RT85 .E84 1997.
• Fry, S. T., & Johnstone, M. (2002). Ethics in nursing practice: a guide to ethical decision making. (2nd ed.). Osney Mead, Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA: Blackwell Science. Call Number: RT85 .F79 2002.
• Fry, S. T., Veatch, R. M., & Veatch, R. M. (2000). Case studies in nursing ethics. (2nd ed.). Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett. Call Number: RT85 .F787 2000.
• Hall, J. K. (1996). Nursing ethics and law. Philadelphia: Saunders. Call Number: RT85 .H24 1996.
• Hunt, G. (1994). Ethical issues in nursing. London; New York: Routledge. Call Number: RT85 .E82 1994.
• Jameton, A. (1984). Nursing practice: the ethical issues. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall. Call Number: RT85 .J35 1984.
• Jonsen, A. R., Veatch, R. M., & Walters, L. (1998). Source book in bioethics: a documentary history. Washington, D.C: Georgetown University Press. Call Number: R724 .S599 1998.
• McDaniel, C. J. (1998). Ethics for nursing practice. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. Nursing Clinics of North America. Call Number: RT1 .N77 vol.33 no.2 (all issues of this serial are kept on the 10th floor).
• Reich, W. T. (1995). Encyclopedia of bioethics. (Rev ed.). New York: Macmillan Library Reference USA : Simon & Schuster Macmillan ; London: Simon & Schuster and Prentice Hall International. Call Number: Ref 9 QH332 .E52 1995, 5 volumes.
• Springhouse Corporation. (1992). Nurse's handbook of law & ethics. Springhouse, Pa: Springhouse Corp. Call Number: Ref 9 RT85 .N875 1992 and stacks copy RT85 .N875 1992.
• Yeo, M. T., & Moorhouse, A. (1996). Concepts and cases in nursing ethics. (2nd ed.). Peterborough, Ont., Canada: Broadview Press. Call Number: RT85 .C673 1996.

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Anderson, Douglas Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary. 6th edition. St. Louis: Mosby, 2002. Ref9 R121.M89 2002
• Bullough, Vern L. et al. American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary. new York: Springer, 2000. 3 volumes. Ref9 RT34 .A44 1988
• Delong, Marilyn F. Medical Acronyms, Eponyms, and Abbreviations. 3rd ed. Los Angeles, PMIC, 1995. Ref9 R123.D455 1995
• Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. 30th edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2003. Ref9 R121.D73 (Latest Only)
• Dox, Ida G. Melloni's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. 4th edition. Boca Raton, FL: Parthenon Publishing Group, 2002. Ref9 R121.D76 2002
• Jablonski, Stanley, ed. Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2005. Ref9 R123 .J24 2005
• Magalini, Sergio I. and Sabina C. Magalini. Dictionary of Medical Syndromes. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1997. Ref9 / RC69 .M33 1997
• Melloni, Biagio John. Melloni's Illustrated Dictionary of Medical Abbreviations. New York: Parthenon Pub. Group, 1998. Ref9 R121 .M539 1998
• McPherson, Gordon. Black's Medical Dictionary. Lanham, Md.: Barnes & Noble, 1992. Ref9 R121.B598 1992
• Nettina, Sandra M. (ed.) The Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005. Ref9 RT51.B78 2005
• O'Toole, Marie. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Allied Health. 6th edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1997. R121.M65 1997
• Professional Guide to Diseases. 8th ed. Ambler, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005. Ref9 RT65 .P69 2005
• Rogers, Glenn T. English-Spanish, Spanish-English Medical Dictionary. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division, 1997. R121.R626 1997
• Stedman's Abbreviations, Acronyms, & Symbols. 3rd ed. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003. Ref9 R123 .S69 2003
• Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 27th edition. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 2000. Ref9 R121 .S8 2000
• Taber, Clarence W. Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. 20th edition. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 2005. Ref9 R121.T18 (Latest Only in Ref9; Previous eds. in stacks)
• Links to Medical Dictionaries on the Web [scroll down to "Dictionaries on the Web"]

Directories

• AJN Career Guide. Annual supplement to the January issue of the American Journal of Nursing. Ref9 RT82.A312
  Electronic Access (1996 to present)
  (http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_ejournals.html)

  Also available online at Lippincott's Nursing Center Career Center http://www.nursingcenter.com/careercenter/index.asp

• American Hospital Association Guide to the Health Care Field. Chicago: American Hospital Association. Annual. Very detailed geographic listing of hospitals, medical centers and health care systems, networks, alliances, organizations, agencies, and providers. Includes index of health care professionals in these institutions.
  Ref9 RA977.A63
• Medical and Health Information Directory. Detroit: Gale. Annual. 3-volume set is a guide to organizations, agencies, institutions, programs, publications, services and other resources concerned with clinical medicine, basic biomedical sciences, and technological and socioeconomic aspects of heath care. Ref9 R118.4.U6M43.
• National League for Nursing. Annual Guide to Graduate Nursing Education Programs. New York: National League for Nursing Press, (NLN Pub. No. PBTRAD 977491) Information about educational programs for nursing students pursuing advanced degrees. Ref9 RT75. A56
• National League for Nursing. NLN Guide to Undergraduate RN Education. New York: National League for Nursing Press. (NLN Pub. No. PBTRAD977378) Describes the profession, specialties, and educational requirements. The second part of the book is a geographic listing of associate, baccalaureate, and diploma programs leading to RN licensure. Ref9 RT79.N59
• Pearson LJ. "Annual update of how each state stands on legislative issues affecting advanced nursing practice." Published annually in the January issue of The Nurse Practitioner RT1.N756

Drug Information

The following is a sampling of drug handbooks. Browse the RM section (Therapeutics, Pharmacology) of the 9th floor Reference Collection for more drug sources.

• Abrams, A.C. Clinical Drug Therapy: Rationales for Nursing Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1998. Ref9 RM262 .A27 1998
• Gahart, Betty L. Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals. 19th and 21st eds. St. Louis: Mosby, 2003 & 2005. Ref9 RM170 .G33 (Latest two eds. only)
• Hardman, J.G., et al, eds. Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996. Ref9 RM300 .G644 1996
• Nurse Practitioner's Drug Handbook. Springhouse, Pa.: Springhouse Corp. Annual. Ref9 RM125.N87
• PDR Electronic Library. (A comprehensive reference of all the prescribing information contained in Physician's Desk Reference, PDR for Ophthalmology, and PDR for Nonprescription Drugs, with a module on drug interactions. Also contains the texts of The Merck Manual, Stedman's Medical Dictionary, and other aids to diagnosis and treatment. Ref9 Stand-alone Workstation #10
• PDR Nurse's Handbook. Montvale, N.J.: Medical Economics, 1999- Ref9 RM301.12 .P37
• Spratto, George. Delmar's A-Z NDR-98: Nurse's Drug Reference. Albany, N.Y.: Delmar Publishers, 1998. Ref9 RM262 .S67 1998

Exam Review Guides

Browse the Ref9 RT42-55 section of the reference area for exam guides such as:

• AJN/Mosby Nursing Boards Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination. 10th ed. St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby YearBook. 1997. Ref9 RT52.A37
• Saxton, Dolores, et. al., eds. Mosby's Comprehensive Review of Nursing for NCLEX-RN 16th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1999. Ref9 RT55 .M64 1999 Also available electronically: Mosby's comprehensive review of nursing: NCLEX-RN. St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby, 1998. Ref9 Stand-alone Workstation #10.
• Smith, Sandra Fucci. Sandra Smith's Review for the NCLEX-RN. 10th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001. RT55 .S66 2001

Grants Resources

• Annual Register of Grant Support. Chicago: Marquis Academic Media. Ref1 AS911.A2 A67
• Bauer, David G. The Complete Grants Sourcebook for Higher Education. 3rd ed. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1995. LB2336 .B38 1995
• Bauer, David G. The "How To" Grants Manual: Successful Grantseeking Techniques for Obtaining Public and Private Grants. 4th ed. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1999. HG177 .B38 1999
• Directory of Research Grants. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press. Bobst Career Ref1 LB2338.D5n Latest edition only.
• The Foundation Directory. New York: The Foundation Center. Ref1 AS911.A2 F65 (Latest ed. only)
• Geever, Jane C. and Patricia McNeill. The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing. New York: Foundation Center, 1993. HG177.5.U6 G44 1993
• Reif-Lehrer, Liane. Grant Application Writer's Handbook. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1995. Ref9 R853.P75 R439 1995

Histories [see also: Bibliographies]

• American Association for the History of Nursing. Nursing History Review. New York, Springer. Annual. RT31.N873 (all issues kept on tenth floor)
• Fairman, Julie and Lynaugh, J.E. Critical Care Nursing: A History. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. RT120.I5 F34 1998
• Lewenson, Sandra. Taking Charge: Nursing, Suffrage, and Feminism in America, 1873-1920. New York: NLN Press, 1996. RT4 .L49 1996
• Lynaugh, Joan E. American Nursing: From Hospitals to Health Systems. Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers with the Milbank Memorial Fund, 1996. RT4 .L92 1996
• Norman, Elizabeth M. We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese. New York: Random House, 1999. D807.U6 N58 1999
• O'Connor, Bonnie Blair. Healing Traditions: Alternative Medicine and the Health Professions. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995. R733 .O36 1995
• Roberts, Joan I. Feminism and Nursing: An Historical Perspective on Power, Status, and Political Activism in the Nursing Profession. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1995. RT86.5 .R63 1995
• Rooks, Judith. Midwifery and Childbirth in America. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997. RG950 .R66 1997
• Small, Hugh. Florence Nightingale: Avenging Angel. New York: St. Martin's press, 1999. UH347.N6 S63 1998
• Smith, Susan Lynn. Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Black Women's Health Activism in America, 1890-1950. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995. RA448.5.N4 S65 1995
• Williamson, L. ed. Florence Nightingale and the Birth of Professional Nursing. Bristol, UK: thoemmes Press, 1999. 6 volumes. Ref9 RT37.N5 N54 1999

Informatics

• American Nurses Association Task Force on the Scope of Practice for Nursing Informatics. Scope of Practice for Nursing Informatics. Washington, DC: American Nurses Pub., 1994. RT50.5 .S366 1994
• Carty, Barbara. Nursing Informatics: Education for Practice. New York: Springer, 2000. RT50.5 .N8695 2000
• Edwards, Margaret J. A. The Internet for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals New York: Springer, 1997. Ref9 RT50.5 .E36 1997
• Gerdin, U., M. Tallberg. and P. Wainwright, eds. Nursing Informatics: The Impact of Nursing Knowledge on Health Care Informatics. Amsterdam; Washington, D.C.: IOS, 1997. RT50.5 .N868 1997
• Greenhalgh, Trisha. How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence Based Medicine. London: BMJ, 1997 Ref9 R118.6 .G77 1997 Free on the web at: http://www.bmj.com/collections/read.shtml
• Hebda, Toni. Handbook of Informatics for Nurses and Health Care Professionals. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. RT50.5 .H43 2005
• Mills, Mary Etta C. Information Management in Nursing and Health Care. Springhouse, Pa.: Springhouse Corp., 1996. RT50.5 .M555 1996
• National Center for Nursing Research. (1993) Nursing Informatics: Enhancing Patient Care http://www.nih.gov/ninr/research/vol4/
• Nicoll, Leslie H. Computers in Nursing's Nurses' Guide to the Internet. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 2001. Ref9 RT50.5 .N53 2001
• Saba, Virginia K. Essentials of Computers for Nurses: Informatics for the New Millennium, 3rd. ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. RT50.5 .S23 2000

Research

• Burns, Nancy. and Susan. K. Grove. The Practice of Nursing Research: Conduct, Critique & Utilization. 5th ed. St.Louis, MO: Elsevier/Saunders, 2005. RT81.5 .B86 2005
• Fitzpatrick, Joyce. J., ed. Encyclopedia of Nursing Research. New York: Springer, 1998. [Introduction to the key terms and topics of nursing research.] Ref9 RT81.5.E53 1998
• Hoskins, Carol N. ed. Developing Research in Nursing and Health: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 1998. Ref9 RT81.5 .D49 1998 and RT81.5 .D49 1998
• LoBiondo-Wood, Geri and Judith Haber, eds. Nursing research: Methods, Critical Appraisal, and Utilization. 5th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2002. Ref9 RT81.5 .N8665 2002 and RT81.5 .N8665 2002
• Munro, Barbara Hazard. Statistical Methods for Health Care Research. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1997. RT81.5 .M86 1997
• Polit, Denise F. Essentials of Nursing Research: Methods, Appraisal, and Utilization. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005. RT81.5 .P63 2005
• Powers, Bethel A., and Thomas R. Knapp. A Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications, 1995. Ref9 RT 81.5.P69 1995
• Tarling, Magie and Linda Crofts, eds. The Essential Researcher's Handbook for Nurses and Health Care Professionals. 2nd ed. Edinburgh ; New York: Bailliere Tindall, 2002. RT81.5 .E875 2002

Statistical Sources

• Health, United States. Rockville, Md., U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Resources Administration, National Center for Health Statistics. Ref6 HE20.6223: Kept in Documents Collection. [see electronic version below]
• Interagency Conference on Nursing Statistics. A comprehensive listing of statistics on nurse population, geographic distribution, employment level, educational preparation, sociodemographic charactistics, specialty certification/state credentialing, salary and benefit information, nursing students demographics. "Research on Nursing Resources -- Nursing Supply and Demand: Data Sources and Gaps" on the web at: http://www.iconsdata.org/research.pdf
• National League for Nursing, Division of Public Policy and Research. Nursing Data Review. New York: NLN Press. (NLN Pub. No. 19-2686). Latest edition. Results of NLN/s annual survey of nursing education programs, graphics, tables and executive summary, which interprets the data and reviews the key findings. Ref9 RT79.N58
• National League for Nursing, Division of Research. Nursing Data Source 1998. New York: NLN Press. Ref9 RT79.N93
• Publications from the National Center for Health Statistics. CD-ROM contains the following NCHS publications: Health U.S., Advance Data, Vital and Health Statistics Series, Monthly Vital Statistics Reports, Healthy People 2000, and other publications. Ref6 USDOCS CD-ROM HE20.7042/7--ask for disk at the reference desk. [Publications also available on the Web at the National Center for Health Statistics Products Page]
• Statistical Abstract of the United States. Prepared by the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department. Ref1, Ref6, or Ref9 HA202
• Vital Statistics of the United States. Washington, D.C.: United States Bureau of the Census. Ref6 USDocs HE 20.6210

Writing on Health Topics and Citing Your Sources

• American Medical Association Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors. 9th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1998. Ref9 R119 .A533 1998
• The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. Ref1, Ref6, or Ref9 Z253 .U69 2003
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001. Ref1, Ref6 or Ref9 BF76.7 .P83 2001
  See also, web guide: "Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association" at: http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
• Barnum, Barbara Stevens. Writing and Getting Published: A Primer for Nurses. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 1995. RT24 .B37 1995
• Cormack, D. Writing for Health Care Professions. 2nd ed. Oxford; Boston: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1994. R119 .C64 1994
• Fondiller, Shirley H. Health Professionals Stylebook: Putting Your Language to Work. New York: NLN Press, 1993. R119 .F66 1993
• Poirrier, Gail P. Writing-To-Learn: Curricular Strategies for Nursing and Other Disciplines. New York: NLN Press, 1997. PE1404 .P57 1996
• Sheridan, Donna R. How to Write and Publish Articles in Nursing. 2nd ed. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 1997. Ref9 RT24 .S54 1997
• Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Ref1 or Ref6 LB2369 .T8 1996
• See also: handy web guide to citing sources in different styles (from Dartmouth College) at: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/

Locating Books

Bobst Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System. Consult the online catalog Bobcat (via the WWW at http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu/ or via telnet: www.bobcat.nyu.edu [login: bobcat]. Bobcat will give you the call number for the book or journal and indicate whether the journal is bound or held in microform. Books and journals with call number Q,R,S, and T (not TR) are shelved on the 9th and 10th Floors. Those journals that are older may be on microfilm or microfiche held on Level A. Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings (shelved in the catalog area on the first floor and at the science reference desk on the ninth floor) to determine the appropriate subject headings for your topic, or start your catalog search by Keyword, then note the subject headings for relevant titles retrieved. For more help searching Bobcat, link to How to Find a Book: A Bobst Library Tutorial [http://library.nyu.edu/research/tutorials/book/]

Browsing the Stacks: circulating materials are arranged in call number order in the stacks. This means that nursing materials (call number beginning with "R" will be found on the ninth and tenth floors. Another sequence of reference books (call number begins with "Ref9 ...") are kept near the 9th floor Science Reference Desk.

Many nursing materials are classed "RT." Other Library of Congress classes of interest for browsing are:

• QM--Human Anatomy
• QP--Physiology
• R 5-130.5 General Works, includes medical and nursing dictionaries
• R 726.5-726.8--Medicine and Disease related to psychology, terminal care, dying (includes works on Palliative Care)
• R 733--Alternative, Holistic Medicine
• RC--Internal Medicine
• RD--Surgery (RD99--Surgical Nursing)
• RE--Ophthalmology (RE88--Ophthalmic Nursing)
• RG--Gynecology and Obstetrics
• RG 950--Midwifery, Midwives
• RG 951--Maternity Nursing
• RG 973--Childbirth Education
• RJ--Pediatrics (RJ245--Pediatric Nursing)
• RM--Therapeutics, Pharmacology
• RT--Nursing