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Nursing 260/1: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Spring 2008: Course research guide

Yvonne Nalani Meulemans
Behavioral Sciences and Nursing Librarian
Kellogg Library 3421
ymeulema@csusm.edu
760-750-4375
Office Hours: T & W, 12-1pm
appts. or anytime in office

Students in Nursing 260/1 can use this guide to find research literature on psychiatric and mental health nursing.

Further assistance is easily available by contacting Ms. Meulemans, Behavioral Sciences and Nursing Librarian.

 

Searching the nursing literature
Other sources
A night at the movies
Citing sources

 

 

 

Searching the nursing literature

The comprehensive database for nursing research literature is CINAHL.  
Click here for a basic introduction to CINAHL.

CINAHL
Provides abstracts for articles from 1,700 journals in the fields of nursing and allied health.
 
 Click here for a basic introduction to CINAHL.
 
Other useful databases  
 
PubMed @ CSUSM
The premier database of world biomedical literature on clinical medicine and preclinical research. Click here for some help in using PubMed.
 
PsycINFO
A comprehensive international database of psychology, covering the academic, research, and practice literature in psychology.
 
Sociological Abstracts
Provides access to the latest international findings in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and political science.
 
Social Services Abstracts
Abstracts of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
ERIC
A national database of education literature, including reports and journal articles.


 

 

Other sources
These other sources may be useful in your research as well as for other work in this course.
 

Psychiatric-mental health nursing (Mohr)
RC440 .P737 2006  5th Floor Stacks
 
Psychiatric mental health nursing (Frisch & Frisch)
RC440 .F75 2006  OVERSIZE
 
Psychiatric nursing : contemporary practice
RC440 .P749 2005 OVERSIZE  
 
Psychiatric nursing made incredibly easy!
RC440 .P764 2004  5th Floor Stacks
 
Mental health care for nurses : applying mental health skills in the general hospital
RC440 .M349 2006  5th Floor Stacks 
 
Oxford handbook of mental health nursing
RC440 .C27 2006  5th Floor Stacks    

 

A night at the movies
For this assignment, you can get some of the movies from CSUSM or other local libraries.

Search the CSUSM Media Library.

Also search San Diego County Libraries.

 

 
 
 
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