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Find a Print Nursing Journal Article

This guide is to help the nursing students who seek a hard copy / print journal article about their various topics

Find Print Nursing Journal Article

Find a Print Journal Article Class Assignment:

Find an article about your chosen topic in a print/hard copy journal within last 10 years. This guide is designed to utilize the online databases to provide search access to the journals that Gavilan Library has in house. Below you will find a list of print journals and dates that the Gavilan library owns. You can also try your local public library and the library at your practicum site to find additional print journals. 

List of Nursing/Medical Journals in print in the library
Title Dates
AJN: American Journal of Nursing January 2006 - Current
JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)

January 2006 - Feb. 24 2010

Current issues are availabe from the Santa Clara County Library system (upon request to Gilroy and Morgan Hill)
Journal of Practical Nursing Fall 2006 - Fall 2011
Journal for Nurse Practitioners October 2015 - Current
New England Journal of Medicine

February 2, 20016 - April 22, 2010

Current issues are availabe from the Santa Clara County Library system (upon request to Gilroy and Morgan Hill)
Nursing July 2013 - Current

 

1)    Start on the Library Homepage (http://www.gavilan.edu/library

2)    Select the Full List of Library Databases from the Find Resources dropdown menu

Screen print of drop down menu under Find Resources on Library Homepage

3)    From the Full List of Library Databases, select the Health Source: Nursing/Academic link

Screencap of the Health Source: Nursing/Academic link

 

4)    Login, if prompted. You can access the Library databases with your library card number ORyour GavID number (remember to include all the numbers and letters in each)

5)    Now we search for one of the titles that the library has in the collection. From the Database homepage, select the Publications link at the top of the page.

Screencap of the Publications link at the top of the Health Source search page

6)    Search for one of the titles on the first page of this guide and click the Browse button.

screencap of searching for a journal title

7)    Click on the title from the search results.

screencap of the title listing in the search results

8)    From the Title Detail screen you will click on the Search Within This Publication link.

screencap of the Search Within this Publication link on the title detail screen

9)    Now let's add the topic term into our search and click Search.

Be sure to add the word "AND" between the journal name (e.g., "Nursing") and your search terms. Place it in all caps.

screencap of the search box with search term added to publication designation

10)   Review the results. If you need to, you can sort your results by newest on top. Remember you can use the magnifying glass icon to review the article abstract to figure out if the article will be helpful.

screencap of a search results

NOTE: Once you have chosen an article, you will use the Journal title you are searching along with the issue date to locate the journal in the library. With the journal in hand you can find the article on the pages listed in the search results.

Location Information

Journals are shelved in 2 locations, Current and Back Issue:

  • Current periodicals (published this year) are located near the circulation desk. The current issue should be on display. The shelves tilt up to allow access to previous issues from this year.
  • Back Issues are shelved in the Periodicals/Quiet Study Room. Back issues of journals are shelved alphabetically. Once you locate the title they are shelved by date left to right.

If you have trouble locating an issue, please ask for help at the reference desk.

picture of the reference desk