Library Resources for Cultural Awareness in Nursing
by Esther
Sunde
Fall 2007
See the
Publication manual of
the American Psychological Association BF76.7P83 2001
LIBRARY
HOME PAGE
Visit the Library’s web site to get started with your
research paper!
http://dept.seattlecolleges.com/sslib
Encyclopedia of Religion BL31.E46 2005
American Immigrant Cultures E184.A1A63448 1997
Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups E184.A1H35
Statistical Handbook on Racial Groups in the United
States E184.A1H417 2000
The Asian American Encyclopedia E184.O6A827 1995
The Latino Encyclopedia E184.S75L357 1996
The African American Encyclopedia E185.A253 2001
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History E185.E54 1996
Encyclopedia of Anthropology GN11.E63 2006
Encyclopedia of World Cultures GN307.E53 1991
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life
GN333.W67 1998
The Statistical Abstract of
the
The library’s online catalog
is accessible from the Library Home Page:
http://dept.seattlecolleges.com/sslib
Click on Catalog. You'll come directly into Basic Search. Select the field that you want the computer to search
and type in your search terms. You can
do Title, Keyword Relevance, Author,
or Subject searches. You must use Library of Congress subject headings,
the authorized “standard” vocabulary for searching the Subject field.
You’ll find the book’s
location and call number in the library catalog. When you find a relevant book on
the library shelves, always look at the books next to it to see if there are
other books about your topic nearby. Books in the library are arranged
according to subject.
If you would like to borrow a
book from another campus, you can place a hold by clicking on Request Item. It takes 48 - 72 hours (2
- 3 working days) for a book to be sent to South Campus. Check the Hold Request
list at the Check-In/Check-Out desk to find out if your book has arrived.
CHECKING OUT BOOKS
You’ll need show your student
ID card to check out a book. Please bring it with you! You can check out books
for 2 weeks; magazines can be checked out for 1 week at a time. Media materials
must be used in the library.
RECOMMENDED
LIBRARY DATABASES
The following databases are
accessible from the South Seattle Community College Library web site at http://dept.seattlecolleges.com/sslib
Click on Databases and make your selection from the alphabetical list. Databases can
also be searched from home. For remote access, you must login to the databases
with your last name and student ID number.
Ethnic NewsWatch / Culturegrams / Academic Search Premier / ProQuest
SELECTED WEB SITES
The Office of Minority Health
Culture Clues, University of
http://depts.washington.edu/pfes/cultureclues.html
Ethnomed
The 2007 Statistical
Abstract: The National Data
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
Alzheimer’s Association:
Caring for Diverse Populations
http://www.alz.org/professionals_and_researchers_caring_for_diverse_populations.asp
Cultural Profiles Project,
Citizenship and Immigration
http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/index.html
DiversityRx.org
7 Tips for searching
1. Think
carefully about how to describe your topic. Use broader terms, narrower terms, synonyms
and related words.
2. Use a plus
(+) in front of each required search term: +muslim
+women
3. Use quote marks ("
") around a phrase: "health care”
4. Use a minus (-) to exclude a term from your search.
The search below leaves out web pages about the astrological sign, Cancer:
+cancer
–astrology
5. If your
results aren't satisfactory, try another strategy.
6. Read the Help or Search Tips for a particular
search engine or database. Each search engine is different, and there may be
helpful hints for more effective searching.
7. Try using more than one search tool to find
information. Use encyclopedias, the online library catalog, databases, search
engines and directories! Different search tools yield different results.