Hello. In this brief video, you will learn about the research guides that have been created to help you with your research, where to find them, as well as how to find other research help. The web address for the library's website is bradley.edu/library. However, there are many different ways of getting to the website. The university's A to Z list under library and library.bradley.edu also work. The Research Help page on the library website will tell you about all your options for getting help with using library resources.
You can get to the research help page in two ways. Firstly, under services, which is listed below the main search box. Secondly, by clicking the first large red button labeled ask a librarian. On the research help page, you will find all the ways of contacting the research help desk and contact information for librarians by subject. You can contact the research help desk by email, phone, or chat to answer quick or basic questions. If you specifically want help with research projects for nursing classes, you want to contact the nursing librarian listed on this page.
The research guides are for self-directed help. To access a full list of the research guides, click on the box below the chat icon. This will take you to an A to Z list of all the guides that librarians have created for different classes, subjects, and topics. You can limit the list by subject to show just nursing guides, for example, or you can scroll through the entire list and find the one that you're looking for. The main one that was created for all of your nursing classes is called Nursing Online Programs.
However, if you are new to Bradley University's online programs, you might also want to check out the library DIY for online students. But right now we're just going to look at the Nursing Online Programs Guide. The Nursing Online Programs Guide is organized by these tabs at the top. On the Welcome tab are links to other guides that will help you if you are new to research or to the article databases that you have access to through the Bradley University Library.
On the article databases tab, there are links to the databases that you will use for finding articles for most of your classes. Also to the right is the contact information for the health sciences librarian. On the book tab is a link to the library catalog where you can find, obviously, books. Books are great resources for information on things that do not quickly go out of date like nursing theories or disease pathologies.
If you have not used the library catalog, you can find more information in the library DIY for online students guide. There are also direct links on this tab to three of the separate eBook collections that focus on nursing and health topics. You can find all of the library's eBooks in the catalog, but these links can be helpful if you want to narrow your search to a specific collection. If you click on the help with APA tab, you will see a link to a more extensive APA research guide and information about the citation generator Zbib and the citation management tool Zotero.
The Developing Your Search Strategy tab has information to help you use your PICO to find and expand the search terms you will use within the databases. An instructional video on developing your search strategy can also be found on this tab, a link to a research guide on determining levels of evidence according to the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model can be found on the help with levels of evidence tab.
The last tab, Publishing your DNP project, will be helpful for those that choose to submit your project for publication in a scholarly journal after completion. It contains links to eBooks, articles, and online tools to help you with the process. The Nursing Online Programs Research Guide is located at bradley.libguides.com/ebpnursing. It contains many of the resources that you will use throughout your program. If you have any questions about this research guide or any other library resources, please contact the health sciences librarian.