Subject & Course Guides: Nursing: Books/E-books

Finding Books

CARLI I-Share Catalog
Search 70+ Illinois Colleges and order books unavailable at UIC.

Dissertations & Theses @ CIC Institutions
Provides downloadable doctoral dissertations originating from universities in the Big Ten conference from 1997 to present. More dissertations from other North American and European universities are available for preview and individual purchase. This is the new platform for Dissertations & Theses. All CSA and ProQuest databases will be migrated to this platform.

Dissertations and Theses contains full text of doctoral dissertations from universities in the Big Ten conference (Committee on Interinstitutional Cooperation or CIC) from 1997 to present. Further, D&T provides free 24-page previews for doctoral dissertations from accredited American and Canadian, selected British and European universities, covering all academic subjects. The non-CIC materials are available for individual purchase.

Library Catalog for UIC Library
Search for E-Journals or print journals in the Library Catalog
Open Access Theses and Dissertations
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OATD aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 600 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over 1.5 million theses and dissertations.

WorldCat (FirstSearch platform)
Union catalog with holdings information from libraries across the world.

The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with more than 49 million bibliographic records representing 400 languages. Covers information from 2100 B.C. to the present. Includes holdings information from libraries across the world. Now includes the Library of Congress Subject Headings as its thesaurus. Includes records produced by Connextion users.

Nursing E-Books Collections

AccessMedicine
AccessMedicine features core textbooks for medical education, with additional news and resources.

AccessMedicine, an online resource, provides searchable full text of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Hurst's the Heart, The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, selected Lange texts, Current Medical Diagnoses and Treatment, Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2002, Clinical Pharmacology and Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests. The texts are frequently updated. The AccessMedicine suite also has an "In the News" section and a "Resource Center" for selected topics.
AccessPediatrics
AccessPediatrics provides access to text books, atlases, videos, and other resources related to pediatrics, information necessary for completing evaluations, diagnoses, and case management decisions, as well as for pursuing research or self-assessment and board review. Limited to 10 simultaneous users.

AccessPediatrics is an integrated online resource that provides medical students, surgical residents, and practicing pediatricians with a broad range of content that covers the entire span of pediatric practice, from neonatology through adolescent medicine. It is organized around a set of Core Topics, developed by an advisory board of pediatricians, and updated automatically.

http://eservice.mhprofessional.com/rt.asp?I=530DFX247E5X8&L=1191157
Books@Ovid
Selected ebooks in medicine, nursing, pharmacology and anesthesiology.

Note: Ovid will be making changes to their system using HTTPS on August 1st 2018. If you continue to use an older, unsupported browser you will only be able to access Ovid via HTTP (not HTTPS).

Books@Ovid includes the full text, references, updates, and graphics from some of the most respected sources in medicine, nursing, and pharmacology. Color diagrams, charts, and other textbook illustrations are available as thumbnails or full-sized graphics.
Ebook Central
Formerly ebrary. This growing collection features more than 30,000 ebrary e-books and maps in all academic subjects.

UIC subscribes to the Academic Collection of e-books. The collection features more than 150,000 e-books and maps in academic subject areas including:

* Business and Economics
* Career and General Education
* Computers, Engineering and Applied Science
* Humanities
* Science, Medicine and Allied Health
* Social and Behavioral Sciences

First-time users will be directed to download a web-browser plugin when they first visit ebrary.com.
LWW Health Library
LWW Health Library meets the needs of educators and institutions by providing a single portal to foundational and clinical science content, as well as multimedia ancillaries for teaching and learning.

Note: to see the list of textbooks, click on the three bars next to Medical Education on the upper left hand corner of the page. A drop down menu will appear. Click TEXTS.
Nursing Reference Center Plus
Master nursing best practices with the source for evidence-based information designed specifically for nurses. Includes PERC (go to More and select Patient Ed).

This resource was partially acquired with funding from the Library/IT Assessment.

This database complements CINAHL; providing the most recent clinical evidence to nurses and other health care professionals, directly at the point-of-care.
R2 Digital Library
Provides online and fully searchable health sciences reference works.

The Rittenhouse Publishing R2 Library provides online and fully searchable health sciences reference works. The Library licenses two simultaneous users per book. After 15 minutes, your search session will expire, so you might want to create a login and save any results you need. You may print up to 10 sections or chapters per session. Do not attempt to download the entire contents of these books.
SAGE Research Methods
Contains information on research methods including over 120,000 pages of SAGE book, journal, and reference content.
SAGE Research Methods Cases
Search and browse this collection of case studies of real social research, specially commissioned and designed to help you understand abstract methodological concepts in practice.
Wiley Online Library
Platform for searching across all Wiley journals, online books from 2005-2011, and Current Protocols laboratory manuals.

Additional E-book Collections

AccessAnesthesiology
AccessAnesthesiology is for certification in pain management, critical care, and perioperative medicine. Limited to 8 simultaneous users.

Curricular and clinical tools for certification and recertification in pain management, critical care, and perioperative medicine, backed by an esteemed editorial board. Includes videos, charts and tables at your fingertips, guidelines, textbooks and practice tests.
AccessEmergency Medicine
AccessEmergency Medicine is for emergency medicine education and certification. Limited to 8 simultaneous users.

AccessEmergency Medicine is a complete online resource for medical education that allows users to quickly search the diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of emergency cases with videos, reference works, images, practice tests and curricular frameworks.
AccessPharmacy
This resource was acquired with funding from the Library/IT Assessment. Access Pharmacy contains core textbooks and reference works in pharmacy and pharmacology.

This is an online curricular resource designed for pharmacy education that contains 24 core textbooks and reference works in pharmacy and pharmacology. AccessPharmacy allows students to select a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, or search across leading pharmacy online references.
AccessPhysiotherapy
AccessPhysiotherapy provides access to textbooks, modalities, videos and other resources for physical therapy students, educators, and those in practice seeking to maintain certification.

AccessPhysiotherapy features content from McGraw-Hill texts, interactive imaging content, exclusive multimedia, and flexible curricular tools.

http://eservice.mhprofessional.com/rt.asp?I=530DFX247E5X8&L=1191154
AccessSurgery
McGraw-Hill's AccessSurgery.com is a knowledge environment organized around the ACGME core curriculum for surgery. Limited to 10 simultaneous users.

McGraw-Hill's AccessSurgery.com is an integrated online resource organized around the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) mandate for a Core Curriculum.

* Surgical Videos: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
* Surgical Animations: Adapted from Zollinger’s Atlas of Surgical Operations, 8th Edition
* Textbooks: Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery, 8th Edition
* CURRENT Surgical Diagnosis & Treatment, 12th Edition
* Surgical Atlas: Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Operations, 8th Edition
* Surgical Anatomy: Skandalakis’ Surgical Anatomy
* Board Review: Surgery Review Illustrated and Schwartz's Principles of Surgery: Self-Assessment and Board Review, 8th Edition
* Quick Answers: CURRENT Consult Surgery
ClinicalKey
ClinicalKey replaces the content formerly offered through MD Consult.

It is updated daily. Searches can be filtered by content type, by specialty, by time and relevance.
NCBI Bookshelf
Free access to books and documents in life science and healthcare from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
SpringerLink
A growing collection of e-books published by Springer and Humana Press in copyright years 2004 to present, through 2010. Coverage includes Architecture and Design; Behavioral Science; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Business and Economics; Chemistry and Materials Science; Computer Science; Earth and Environmental Science; Engineering; Humanities, Social Sciences and Law; Mathematics and Statistics; Medicine; Physics and Astronomy, and more.

This is a portal to more than 1,500 journals in scientific, technical, and medical fields, published by Springer-Verlag, Inc. 1997 to present. It also includes a growing collection of e-books published by Springer and Humana Press in copyright years 2004 to present. Coverage includes Architecture and Design; Behavioral Science; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Business and Economics; Chemistry and Materials Science; Computer Science; Earth and Environmental Science; Engineering; Humanities, Social Sciences and Law; Mathematics and Statistics; Medicine; Physics and Astronomy, and more.

Reference E-Book Collections

Credo Reference
Growing collection of electronic reference books -- dictionaries, encyclopedias, bilinguals, almanacs, handbooks, atlases, and directories.

A continually growing collection of electronic reference books -- dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, handbooks, atlases and directories. There are bilinguals, general and specialized reference books, and all can be searched from one interface. See the title list on the website.

http://www.credoreference.com/advanced.do
DSM-V Library
This is the newest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). It includes DSM-5 Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, DSM-5 Clinical Cases, Guía de consulta de los criterios diagnósticos del DSM-5, and DSM-5 Legacy.
DSM Legacy Collection
The collection has previous editions of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders for reference and archival purposes. They include DSM-I, DSM-I Special Supplement, DSM-II, DSM-II 6th printing change, DSM-III, DSM-III-R, DSM-IV, and DSM-IV-TR.
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
Search Mental Measurements Yearbook With Tests In Print in EBSCOhost. Access limited to 4 simultaneous users.

Tip: Open link to the database in new tab. If you get the EBSCOhost Select New Service page, close the tab and return to the Databases A-Z List and try accessing the database again.
Merck Manuals
This resource contains medical reference books produced by the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. that cover a wide range of medical topics, including disorders, tests, diagnoses, and drugs.
SAGE Reference E-Books
Growing collection of topic and subject encyclopedias online. Note: To search only UIC subscribed titles, please click the Available to me button on the right.

This is a portal to over 60 topical and subject encyclopedias online.
SAGE Research Methods
Contains information on research methods including over 120,000 pages of SAGE book, journal, and reference content.

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E-books may also be found in the Library Catalog. After performing a catalog search, you may narrow your search to E-books by selecting "Electronic" and "Book" from the choices on the right side of the page. Or, try the new E-books search, below.

Finding Books in the Library

To find books by title, author, or subject, search our Library Catalog.

Most books at the Library of the Health Sciences are shelved by the National Library of Medicine Classification system. Books written specifically for nursing are usually classified "WY". Here is a select list of where you can find books related to nursing:

QS Anatomy.
QT Physiology.
QU 145 Nutrition.
QV Pharmacology.
QY 1-39 Lab Tests & Procedures.
QZ Pathology.
WB 205 Physical Examination.
WB 340-356 Drug Administration.
WY 11-11.1 History of Nursing.
WY 13-15 Reference Works.
WY 16 Nursing as a Profession.
WY 17 Atlases. Pictorial Works.
WY 18-18.2 Nursing Education. Review Books.
WY 20.5 Research.
WY 26.5 Informatics.
WY 31 Statistics. Surveys.
WY 49 Handbooks.
WY 85-87 Ethics. Nursing Theory. Psychology of Nursing Care and Nurses.
WY 100-100.4 Nursing Care, Assessment.
WY 101-145 Special Fields in Nursing.
WY 150-170 Medical-Surgical. Geriatrics. Maternal-Child. Pediatrics. Psychiatric. Etc.

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Richard J. Daley Library

Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago

Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria

Crawford Library of the Health Sciences-Rockford

Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana