I am the librarian at the Health Sciences Library that works with the Nursing School.

Here’s my nursing information page with my contact information.

You can also get help by emailing ASKHSL@buffalo.edu or calling the Reference Desk at 829-3900 x 102. Since I will be away part of this semester, my colleagues Michelle Zafron and Dean Hendrix will be happy to lend you a hand.

Interview with Dr. Grady, National Institute of Nursing Research Director - “From childbirth to end-of-life care, nursing research is aimed at helping patients across the entire lifespan.”

Changing Practice, Changing Lives: Ten Landmark Nursing Research Studies

Making a Difference: Part Two - 16 vignettes of programs of research which have made a difference in practice (Completed in 2003).

Nursing, Research, and the Evidence

School of Nursing’s Center for Nursing Research

Many Nursing Faculty list their research publications in their directory listings

Check out this Cartoon
Since anyone can put up anything on the Internet - it pays to be a cyber skeptic and use your critical thinking skills.

You are welcome to take this 16 minute tutorial, Evaluating Internet Health Information (or copy link: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html) produced by the National Library of Medicine

OR

Browse these documents to see what you like best for the essentials:
* Five criteria for evaluating Web pages
* Checklist.
* Evaluating Resources

Check out these sites - do they seem credible?
* Site #1. * Site #2 * Site #3

Take a look at some of these fake websites!

• Three databases you need to know about: Nursing Reference Center, CINAHL and MEDLINE
  

• UB's Multisearch
  

• MedlinePlus - an authoritative, trusted source for health information from the National Library of Medicine.
  

But what about * Google Scholar
and * Wikipedia?
7 Things You should Know about Wikipedia

The library offers classes and tutorials on searching.

Combining search terms: Boolean Logic visualized

Click on the E-journals link on the Health Sciences Library's main page

What does "Peer-reviewed" or "Refereed" mean?

Use the Ulrich's Periodicals Directory to find out if a jounal is refereed. The databases I have listed in the previous section - CINAHL, Nursing Reference Center, Medline - take special care to include primarily peer-reviewed journals.

BISON
BISON Catalog Searching Tips
Library Skills Workbook Get it done!

iprint - What you need to know about printing at UB

• Basics of APA Style(Tutorial)
  

• Frequently Asked Questions about APA Style (from APA Style.org)
  

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. (Health Sciences Library Reserve WZ 345 P976 2011)
  

• Class Handout noted in class on September 2

Evidence Informed Nursing Practice Blog

Plagiarism: What It Is & How to Avoid It