Librarians offer in-depth research help.
During library open hours, ask at the main desk for help finding what you need. The desk is usually staffed by student workers - if you have in-depth research questions, just let them know that you want to meet with a librarian.
Click on the Ask a Question tab on the right side of a library web page. It will bring you either to live chat, or to a place where you can leave a message.
830-372-8100 (main desk)
Library directory (list of individual library staff and faculty)
If you are using an off-campus computer, you will be prompted for your last name (Not your network username but last name only) and your 8-digit TLU number.
Need an item that our library doesn't own? No worries, you can email the title, author and date of what you need to ill@tlu.edu or fill out a form. We can get most (but not all) articles within 2 days and many books within 4-8 days.
For more information, visit our interlibrary loan page.
Search for a particular journal:
Welcome to the Library Guide for Nursing Research at TLU!
Reminders:
Reference sources can provide background material and be a launching point for further research. Here are some examples.
The Library Catalog is the gateway to finding books. Most of our nursing books are ebooks.
Databases allow you to find scholarly articles, disease overviews, care sheets, book chapters, and more. To see a full list of TLU's databases related to nursing, go to the Nursing Databases page. Here are a few of the key databases and tutorials:
Finding research instruments like questionnaires, tests, and scales can be challenging. Many of them are proprietary and must be requested from publishers. Some cost money to use.
Here are some strategies for finding instruments:
Look at the book! Publication Manual of the APA. Use the index. (For example, if you find an article with an article number instead of page numbers, look up Article Number in the index.) The APA Style website has a lot of information, too.
The Purdue OWL APA Guide has lots of good examples. Ignore the pop-up ads and the auto-generator.
Use caution when working with automatic citation generators. The ones within databases (like CINAHL or PubMed) are often closer to correct than the ones on the open web.
(Sultanoğlu, H. et al., 2022)
(Sultanoğlu, H. et al., 2022, p. 127) for an exact quote
Sultanoğlu, H., Demir, M. C., & Boğan, M. (2022). Trends in geriatric trauma emergency department admissions during COVID-19. Journal of Trauma Nursing, 29(3), 125–130. https://doi.org/10.1097/jtn.0000000000000652
This PDF handout lists TLU's nursing resources according to the 6S model: Systems, Summaries, Synopses of Syntheses, Syntheses, Synopses of Studies, and Studies.
Follow this link to TLU's Human Subject Research (HSR) training, required for all Principal Investigators (student, faculty or staff) prior to submitting a protocol to the Institutional Review Board (IRB).