Research Guides: Master of Science in Nursing- Masters Entry MSN: Master of Science in Nursing- Entry Level MSN

Databases

CINAHL Complete
CINAHL Complete is the world's most comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo.

The database also provides full text for more than 275 books/monographs. With full-text coverage dating back to 1937, CINAHL Complete is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.

CINAHL Complete also provides indexing for more than 5,300 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 3.7 million records dating back to 1937. Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association, CINAHL covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters. Searchable cited references for more than 1,550 journals are also included.

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CINAHL Tutorials
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PubMed
PubMed provides access to more than 23 million bibliographic citations primarily drawn from MEDLINE, as well as publisher-supplied citations, in-process and "ahead-of-print" citations.

Tutorials

PubMed Instructional Videos
PubMed Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine

PubMed Tutorials
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Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
You may see a screen prompting you to register or personalize your account. You are not required to do so and can click the 'Continue' button to access the site. Similarly, if you encounter a “Welcome to Scopus” screen asking you to create an account or sign in, click 'X' in the upper right to close the window.

Comprehensive: Scopus has twice as many titles and over 30% more publishers listed than any other abstract and index (A&I) database, with interdisciplinary content that covers the research spectrum. Timely updates from thousands of peer-reviewed journals, preliminary findings from millions of conference papers, and the thorough analysis in an expanding collection of books ensure you have the most up-to-date and highest quality interdisciplinary content available.

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Scopus Tutorials
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APA PsycInfo
PsycINFO is the American Psychological Association's (APA) resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. It is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.

Included is information on the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, technology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others. Journal coverage, which spans from the 1800s to the present, includes international material selected from around 2,500 periodicals in dozens of languages. APA PsycInfo is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.

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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence, including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE).

Cochrane Reviews investigate the effects of interventions for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. They also assess the accuracy of a diagnostic test for a given condition in a specific patient group and setting. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews is a full text resource.

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Cochrane Library Resources
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Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database
JBI covers a wide range of synthesized nursing and health science research, and includes a unique suite of full text information that’s been analyzed, appraised, and prepared by expert reviewers at JBI.

Includes:
Evidence Summaries
Evidence–Based Recommended Practices
Best Practice Information Sheets
Systematic Reviews
Consumer Information Sheets
Systematic Review Protocols
Technical Reports

JBI is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading providers of evidence–based information from across the globe, as well as tools to help healthcare professionals implement an effective evidence–based practice program and provide the best possible patient care.

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Reference Sources

DynaMed
DynaMed is a clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use at the point-of-care. With clinically-organized summaries for more than 3,200 topics, DynaMed provides the latest content and resources with validity, relevance and convenience, making DynaMed an indispensable resource for answering most clinical questions during practice.

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DynaMed Mobile Installation
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Gale eBooks
A great place to begin your research, Gale eBooks offers thousands of authoritative articles published in academic encyclopedias, and written by subject experts. Gale eBooks provides information you can not only trust, but cite in a paper as well. Formerly called GVRL: Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Books

Ignacio: Library Catalog
The library catalog lets you search across the holdings of Gleeson Library and Zief Law Library, including books, videos, and other materials. Alumni and visitor access.

Clinical Nurse Leader Certification Review, Second Edition by Cynthia R. King (Editor); Sally Gerard (Editor)
ISBN: 9780826137623
Publication Date: 2016-03-28

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5 by American Psychiatric Association Staff; Carolyn Kernberger
ISBN: 9780890425541
Publication Date: 2013-05-22
DSM-5 is used by health professionals, social workers, and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders.

Incredibly Easy! Series and other study guides

The goal of the Made Incredibly Easy, Made Incredibly Quick! and Made Incredibly Visual! books is to break down challenging clinical concepts - the ones that are often difficult or confusing to grasp - and present them in a refreshingly original, engaging format that is easy to understand.

Nursing Theories

Browse our list of print and electronic books on nursing theories and models.

Nursing Care Plans

Browse our list of print and electronic books on nursing care plans

NCLEX Resources

Find a comprehensive collection of the library's NCLEX study guides and resources.

NCLEX Resources
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COVID-19

Select COVID-19 related literature and data

Rapid Reviews: COVID-19
An open access, rapid-review journal will accelerate peer review of Covid-19-related research and deliver real-time, verified scientific information that policymakers and health leaders can use. MIT Press and UC Berkeley
LitCovid
A comprehensive curated literature collection regarding the 2019 novel Coronavirus from the National Library of Medicine.
COVID-19 and Health Disparities
A collection of articles, podcasts, webinars, and additional resources on health disparities and COVID-19. From Harvard Medical School.

Statistical Data

PolicyMap
Thousands of U.S. data indicators for demographic and socioeconomic analysis. PolicyMap data can be presented as maps, tables, charts and pre-built reports that can be incorporated into papers, presentations, blogs and websites. In addition, students can upload unlimited amounts of their own address-based data, and can share these maps with others.

An online (no software installation needed) U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform with multidisciplinary applications for college students and faculty. It is used in undergraduate and graduate curriculum and research related to social sciences, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration, public health, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, and geography, among others. Users can leverage thousands of U.S. data indicators in PolicyMap to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions, for their research and studies.

PolicyMap’s data indicators accessible via easy to use menus organized in categories including demographics, income and spending, housing, lending, quality of life, economy, education, health, federal guidelines, and analytics. Data can be viewed on a census block or census tract level in many cases, city, county, zip, state, US, as well as by congressional district, school district, state house and state senate districts.

Data.census.gov
Data.census.gov is the new platform to access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau. It replaces the American FactFinder website, which was retired in 2020.

The earliest data on data.census.gov will be from the 2000 Census. American Community Survey (ACS) Data will not be available prior to 2010 with the exception of the 2009 Comparison Profiles. All ACS data, including 2005 to 2009 data, are available in the Census Data API.

For detailed information about the new platform see this guide.

Google Search
There is a great deal of statistics and data on the open web. Use the advanced search tricks discussed in the below video to find it.

RAND State Statistics
This database contains information on California and U.S. public policy issues. The database is divided into three primary sections: 1) California Statistics, also called Databases; 2) Online Library; and 3) What's New. You may also search the entire database and some archived reports.

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Drugs and Pharmaceuticals

National Library of Medicine Drug Information Portal

Advanced and consumer information on 68,655 drugs and biologicals from the National Library of Medicine. Search by drug name, class, or category.

DailyMed

National Library of Medicine resource providing high quality information on marketed drugs, primarily label/package insert information.

Davis' Drug Guide for Nurses

Contains the information you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan -- well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic and thousands of trade-name drugs.

Laws and Legislation

California Nursing Practice Act with Regulations and Related Statutes 2016

The Nursing Practice Act (NPA) is the body of California law that mandates the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) to set out the scope of practice and responsibilities for RNs.

ProQuest Legislative Insight

Legislative Insight offers a compilation of full text primary source publications that are produced as a bill moves through the legislative process on its way to becoming a law. Legislative Insight offers a research citation page that not only links to the full text of the associated primary source publications, but allows the user to do a Search Within the page to find the full text of all the associated publications.

THOMAS

Use THOMAS to tracking legislation in Congress, perform legislative histories, locate recent Congressional documents full-text, determine Congressional committee membership and activities, and related information about Congress and the legislative process.

California Legislative Information

Status, history, votes, analyses, etc., of California legislation. Includes California Code.

Videos

Nursing Assessment in Video

Nursing Assessment in Video provides access to a series of training videos from Medcom Trainex, Each title provides hands-on demonstrations and step-by-step instructions in key assessment areas.

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Scholarship Repository

View completed MSN Capstone Projects and learn about the submission process.

View past projects

Scholarship Repository Homepage
The USF Scholarship Repository is an institutional repository service provided by the Gleeson Library | Geschke Center in collaboration with Dorraine Zief Law Library to digitally collect, preserve and provide electronic access to scholarly works and research output by the University of San Francisco community.
MSN Capstone Projects
View completed USF School of Nursing and Health Professions MSN projects.

Submit your work

University of San Francisco Electronic Theses and Projects Submission Guide
Submission instructions and the Electronic Thesis/Project Submission Agreement Form to be signed
More information on USF's digital publishing services

Citing Sources

RefWorks

RefWorks
RefWorks allows users to create personal databases to manage, store, and share the information citations/references. Users can automatically insert references from their database into their papers and generate formatted bibliographies and manuscripts in seconds. Create an account using your USF email address.

See our RefWorks Guide for information about creating accounts, using add-ons, and accessing user guides.

APA Resources

APA 7th Edition: Formatting In-Text Citations

APA 7th Edition: Formatting References

Purdue Online Writing Lab
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) APA 7th edition resources. Use the links on the left side of the page to find information on different aspects of APA style.
Excelsior Online Writing Lab: APA Style
You will often use sources for academic writing, and it’s important to know how to responsibly cite and integrate those sources into your own writing. APA format provides guidelines and structures for citing those sources in a way that helps you avoid plagiarism and give proper credit to your sources.
USF Learning, Writing, & Speaking Center: APA Basics
A 6.5 minute video on APA formatting & citing.

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