Resources
Student Resources
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Resource Guides
APA 7th Edition (PDF - 841.7 KB)
Avoid Plagiarism (PDF - 642.1 KB)
Data Collection (PDF - 1002.5 KB)
Nursing Research Basics (PDF - 885.8 KB)
Quality of Research Evidence (PDF - 894.2 KB)
Quantitative vs Qualitative Research Methods (PDF - 949.0 KB)
Research Design (PDF - 904.6 KB)
Types of Research Reviews (PDF - 1004.0 KB)
Types of Sources (PDF - 744.7 KB)
Paper Writing Links
APA Style Home Page
https://apastyle.apa.org/about-apa-style
Web site of the American Psychological Association
Find information on all aspects of APA Style
Check their blog for in-depth info
APA Format Citations (7th Edition)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7XVOf-uIpA
Easy to follow visual set up for your computer/paper MS Word 2020 and above
Citation Machine
http://www.citationmachine.net/
Free. Mostly accurate, but check your final reference entries and citations, especially for APA-style capitalization.
DOI Resolver
http://www.doi.org/index.html
Enter the digital object identifier (doi) of your journal article and it will pull up the citation
In Pictures
http://www.inpics.net/
In Pictures online tutorials are based on pictures, not words. They’re the easiest way to learn computer subjects. No complicated multimedia, just pictures that show exactly what to do. Word, PowerPoint, etc. NO ADS
Purdue OWL
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Purdue OWL describes how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation and format style. It contains resources on in-text citation and the References page, as well as APA sample papers, slide presentations, and the APA classroom poster.
NCLEX Exam Preparation Questions
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
https://www.ncsbn.org/index.htm
UWorld
www.uworld.com
Khan Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org
Plagiarism Checkers
Dupli Checker
http://www.duplichecker.com/index.asp
Plagiarism Checker .com
http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/
Did I Plagiarize?
http://thevisualcommunicationguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Infographic_Did-I-Plagiarize1.jpg
Nurse Theorist Links
http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/
Open Educational Nursing Resources
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?keywords=Nursing+&sort.property=relevance
Nursing Journal Collection Summary
Nursing Journal Collection
https://www.osfhealthcare.org/filer/canonical/1537302943/8171/
Miscellaneous
Careers in Nursing
https://bsneducation.com/careers/
Discover Nursing the Campaign for Nursing https://nursing.jnj.com/
Drug Information Portal
https://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/
From the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Health and Healthcare in Video
http://hlth.alexanderstreet.com
Lab Tests Online
http://labtestsonline.org/
Peer-reviewed, Non-Commercial, Patient Centered
MedlinePlus: Trusted Health Information for You
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
OSF HealthCare Library & Resource Center
https://www.osfhealthcare.org/libraries/
Electronic databases, drug info, patient education info
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
www.nursingsociety.org/student/Pages/StudentCentral.aspx
State Boards of Nursing
https://www.ncsbn.org/index.htm
Community Resource from U.S. Government
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/
Healthy People 2030
https://health.gov/healthypeople
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
https://health.gov/myhealthfinder
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
Videos
Counseling and Therapy in Video
http://alexanderstreet.com/products/counseling-and-therapy-video-series
Graduate Student & Research Links
American Nurses Credentialing Center
https://www.nursingworld.org/ancc/
ERIC Education Resources Information Center
https://eric.ed.gov/
Essential Evidence Plus
https://www.essentialevidenceplus.com/
Contact Library for User Name & Password
How to Do a Literature Review
Literature Review Sample (PDF - 149.2 KB)
National Guideline Clearing House
http://www.guideline.gov/
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Student's Guide to Research
PPT How to Research.pptx (PPTX - 2.4 MB)