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Table of Contents:

Finding Overview Articles

Finding Journal Articles

Finding Books

Finding Help

APA Style (7th ed.) Help Guide: http://bit.ly/CBCAPA

Link to longer sample papers from the official APA Style website

Examples of paraphrasing (Walden University)

Finding Overview Articles

It is a good idea to start your research with an overview article. Choose articles from The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine or Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health if available. Even though these are not journal articles, subject specific encyclopedia articles can be used as one of your additional sources.

1. Gale ebooks: CBC Health Sciences Collection (Medical Encyclopedias)

Use the search box on the left that is labeled "Search within Collection"
Click on "Citation tools" to generate APA citation.

Example Overview Article:

APA citation generated by the citation tools:

Edgren, A. R., & Odle, T. G. (2020). Diabetes Mellitus. In J. L. Longe (Ed.), The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (6th ed., Vol. 3, pp. 1557-1562). Gale. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX7986600564/GVRL?u=pasc15962&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=2fa2d24e

Revised APA citation:

Edgren, A. R., & Odle, T. G. (2020). Diabetes mellitus. In J. L. Longe (Ed.), The Gale encyclopedia of medicine (6th ed., Vol. 3, pp. 1557-1562). Gale.

[Permalink]: https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX7986600564/GVRL?u=pasc15962&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=2fa2d24e

2. Nursing Reference Center Plus (This is another place that you should try to do a quick search to see if there is a CINAHL Nursing Guide on your topic. These guides are evidence based summaries. Check out the list of references at the end to see if you can track down some additional sources. If our library don't own the full text of an article, you can request for free through Interlibrary Loan. )

Example CINAHL Nursing Guide:

- Once you find the nursing guide that you like, open the detailed record by clicking on the article title
- then, click on "Save" on the right side menu
- in the popup window, choose the radio button "Citation Format"-"APA"
- click on "Save" again and you should see the APA citation at the beginning of the document

APA citation generated by the database

Pilgrim, J. R. B. M., & Oji, O. D. A. F.-B. (2021). Hypertension: an Overview. CINAHL Nursing Guide.

Revised APA citation:

Pilgrim, J., & Oji, O. (2021, July 16). Hypertension: An overview. CINAHL Nursing Guide.

[Permalink]: https://bit.ly/3Pvz7BZ

Example Drug Reference entry from Nursing Reference Center Plus:

Vallerand, A., & Sanoski, C. (2019). Dornase alfa. In Davis’s drug guide for nurses (16th ed.). F. A. Davis Company.

[Permalink]: https://bit.ly/3XC6Ahh

3. Use Medlineplus or Mayo Clinic to find reliable consumer health information on the web.

Top health websites listed by the Medical Library Association (Useful for finding statistics information)

General format for a nonperiodical Web Page:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of webpage. Site Name (Omit if it is the same as the group author). http://Web address

(If no date, use n.d.)

EXAMPLES:

Mayo Clinic. (2020, January 1). Blood sugar testing: Why, when and how.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetes/in-depth/blood-sugar/art-20046628

Vorvick, L. J. (2020, January 23). IV treatment at home. In A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia.https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000496.htm

Finding Journal Articles

1. CINAHL with Full Text

Use CINAHL Headings (recommended)
Use Advanced Search options

Note: The APA citations for journal articles generated by CINAHL (EBSCO) are usually pretty good, especially when there is a DOI. However, you should double check the case of the titles of journal articles and make sure only the first letter of the article title and the first letter of the subtitle should be capitalized.

CINAHL with Full Text (screenshot)

Tutorial: Finding nursing journal articles in CINAHL (Video - 9mins)

Tutorial: CINAHL/MeSH Headings

2. If you are not finding a lot of results in CINAHL, try to broaden your search and use CBC Health Sciences OneSearch to find additional articles.

3. Lastly, try google scholar . If you go to the Settings and then click on "Library links", you will be able to type in "Columbia Basin College" in the search box. "Columbia Basin College - Full text @ CBC Library" should appear as a result, click on the check box so that you will see links to full text on Google Scholar results.

Screenshot of Google Scholar setting for Library links

Finding Books

1. You should also try to use CBC OneSearch (the search box on the CBC main library's website) to search for books and ebooks on your topic. Note: Do NOT include "Inc., Ltd., or LLC) in the publisher name.

Example ebook:

APA citation generated by the citation tools:

King, J. (2016). Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Clinical Symptoms, Emerging Treatment Strategies and Impact on Quality of Life. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Revised APA citation:

King, J. (2016). Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) : Clinical symptoms, emerging treatment strategies and impact on quality of life. Nova Science Publishers.

[Permalink]: https://bit.ly/3tsc6ax

2. ebook collection promotion(These ebooks may be useful for studying):

Database name: Made Incredibly Easy!

Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: LWW Health Library

What's in the database: Thirty ebooks, searchable across collection. Plus four case studies, medical Spanish audio files, and supplemental quizzes.

There are 4 additional titles that can be accessed separately through Ovid Books:
1. Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! (5th Edition, 2021)
2. ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy! (6th Edition, 2016)
3. Hemodynamic Monitoring Made Incredibly Visual! (4th Edition, 2020)
4. Psychiatric Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! (3rd Edition, 2020)

Finding Help

Please don't hesitate to email Ying to ask a question or to set up an appointment. Ying is more than happy to help.

you can email me through Canvas to ask a question or set up a zoom meeting (let me know a couple of dates/times that would work for you) or
email me directly at: yyu@columbiabasin.edu
Submit a Question/Request an Online Meeting
or use the “Chat with a Librarian” service:
- Go to the library’s homepage at https://columbiabasin.edu/library
- The chat box is on the left side
- It's available 24/7, a librarian from another college will help you after hours.
- A CBC librarian is usually available M-T 8am to 4pm, F 8am to noon
The Health Sciences Library is open
- Monday - Thursday from 7:30am to 4pm
- Friday 7:30am to noon
- You are welcome to schedule an in-person quick meeting or call the library phone number at 509-544-8336 during those times.
- You can reserve a study room at http://bit.ly/CBClibrooms

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