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News for Nursing Faculty & Students 

HaPI database (Health & Psychosocial Instruments) moved to EBSCOHost  (10/7/2009)

HAPI (Health & Psychosocial Instruments) is now only available to IUPUI via EBSCOhost.

IUPUI’s link for HaPI:      

Brief tutorial that includes a section on searching HaPI. (I'm still looking for a better one):

Cochrane databases (& EMB Reviews) moved to Wiley  (9/15/2009)

Cochrane is now only available to IUPUI via Wiley.

IUPUI’s link for the Wiley Cochrane: 

Brief tutorial highlighting three different ways of searching Cochrane via Wiley (from UC Davis):

NOTE-- Wiley currently does not have an email function.  One way to email your search: 1) Run your search,  2) Open the search history link,  3) copy and paste the search history into Word,  4) send the Word document as an email attachment.

APA 6th Edition now available (last updated 9/10/2009)

      Some useful resources for faculty, staff, and students include summaries of the changes, brief guides to the 6th edition, and tutorials for learning APA Style. 

         Changes from the 5th edition (summaries from the APA):

         Corrections to July 2009 printing of APA 6th edition

         Brief guides to the 6th

         Useful resources for teaching APA Style 6th Edition 

      E-reserves no longer available / Copyright info you can use 

      The library's Electronic Course Reserves System will be discontinued at the end of September.  Needed items must be downloaded and saved elsewhere prior to that date.  Items that are in compliance with current Copyright law may be uploaded into Oncourse Resources to make them available to students.  To determine whether a given item is in compliance, see Some Copyright Information for Instructors using Oncourse at IUPUI 

      VPN Changed in July 2009

      Beginning July 2009, UITS replaced the way that off-campus and on-campus wireless computers connect to library databases. 

      For Off-Campus access -- Use the UITS's new SSL VPN.  The following power point and brief installation demo give details.

      For On-Campus wireless access -- Register your computer and use IUPUI Secure.  The following webpage leads to details for specific operating systems and types of devices.

      CINAHL Links & Tutorials 

      Beginning January 2009, CINAHL is only availble from EBSCOhost.  Two EBSCOhost versions are available at IUPUI:

      CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO) – Evidence Based Practice searching

      Automatically Maps keywords to official Subject Headings.  Also offers basic keyword searching, citation searching, and index term browsing.

      CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO) - General searching 

      Use when you are looking for a specific author or article title.  Offers basic keyword searching, multi-term keyword searching, visual searching, citation searching, and index term browsing.

      CINAHL Tutorials for IUPUI users (most require the free Flash player)

      Tutorials for Evidence Based Practice searching of CINAHL at IUPUI:

      EBSCOhost CINAHL for Ovid users:

      Original CINAHL OVID Tutorial: Library Database Searching for Evidence Based Nursing Practice at IUPUI (Fall 2008) 
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      Randi L. Stocker
      Liaison to the School of Nursing

      Best Time to Contact
      Any time you are experiencing an "information emergency", try calling my personal cell phone: 317-409-1974
      Office Hours: W 3-5 pm - in UL 1125 (UL Writing Center)
      My other hours are irregular.
      To schedule phone meeting, chat meeting, or in-person meeting, leave me a message via email, phone, or chat.

      University Library
      Room UL 3135Q
      rstocker@iupui.edu
      317-274-0494

      UL Reference Desk Interlibrary Loan

      Department Websites
      Indiana University School of Nursing
      Indiana University School of Medicine Libraries

      Nursing Guide



      Last updated by andjsmit on 10/28/2009
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