VCU Libraries | Blogs | Nursing Blog | August 2011

Well August has arrived and with it the start of the Fall Semester. If this is your first visit to this blog, please don't hesitate to subscribe and stay up with all the posts I will make throughout the year. The purpose of this blog is to keep the students, staff and faculty up to date on things going on at the library that may be useful, while also alerting readers to articles and other items that concern the field of nursing. I hope you find this blog useful and will be a repeat reader.

I hope that everyone had a good summer, even if the break may have been a bit too brief. If you are returning for another semester, welcome back. If you are new and just getting acclimated to VCU and the MCV campus, let me be one of the first to welcome you to campus and urge you to contact me if you should have any questions when it comes to research or completing one of your class assignments. If I can help I will. You will find my contact information below.

Roy Brown, MLIS
Education and Research Librarian
VCU School of Nursing Liaison
Phone: 804-828-1592 | Fax: 804-828-6089
email: rebrown2@vcu.edu

This is a busy month here at the library with many classes and other events going on this month. Below are some of the things that are going on along with some other things.

Workshops and Events of interest this Month:

If you or someone you know needs some help with any of these databases, please let them know. All of these take place at TML unless otherwise indicated.

Thursday - August 4, 2011 - 1:00pm Introduction to Searching CINAHL

Wednesday- August 10, 2011 - Noon PubMed Online Workshop (Online)

Monday, August 15, 2011 - Wednesday, November 23, 2011 7:30am Watercolors by Victor A. Yanchick

Wednesday- August 17, 2011 - Noon Library Orientation

Monday- August 22, 2011 - Noon RefWorks

Monday- August 29, 2011 - Noon Introduction to Searching CINAHL

Tuesday - August 30, 2011 - Noon Library Orientation

Wednesday - August 31, 2011 - 1:00pm PubMed

Tompkins-McCaw Library Website (Updated) : The library's website has been updated and I really encourage you to check it out. I think you will find it to be more useful when it comes to finding what you need.

Nursing Research Guide

I have made some changes to the Nursing Research Guide, please check it out if you get the chance. If you have any suggestions as to how the guide could be improved or if you see any errors, please let me know. Some changes made were:

I have added a page with handouts that may be helpful when you have trouble using a database
A video/multimedia page
I have also added additional resources to each section so that they are up to date.

New Books (Electronic and On the Shelf)

Enduring Issues in American Nursing/ Ellen Baer (Editor), Patricia D'Antonio (Editor), Sylvia Rinker (Editor), Joan E. Lynaugh (Editor)