Library Guides & Links to Guides

Style Guides - Links

General

• Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement Handbook of Citational Practices

• Synthesis: Using the Work of Others  Includes information on plagiarism, APA Style, & copyright issues

• Citation Style Guides

American Psychological Association (APA)

• JHC Library's Quick Reference to APA Style, 5th ed.
  This document SUPERSEDES & REPLACES all APA Style handouts previously available in the JHC Library.

• Slate Citation Machine  generates bibliographic citations in APA and MLA formats

• Citing References: APA Style (5th ed.)  University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

• APA Citation Style, 5th ed.  Long Island University

• APA 5th ed Example Paper  See also APA 5th ed Simulated Journal Article

• APA Online: Electronic References (See also APA-Style Helper)

• Citation of References Retrieved from Online Databases and the Web  Based on APA Style, 5^th ed.

• American Psychological Association (APA) Format, 5th ed.  University of Minnesota-Crookston

• APA Style Guide, 5th ed. (with examples)  University of Southern Mississippi

• APA Style Format Templates 
  Linking to the Reference Point Software site does NOT constitute an endorsement of this software by JHC.

Other

• Uniform Requirements of Manuscripts Submitted to Medical Journals  "Vancouver Style"

• AMA Style Guide

• National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation : Internet Forms  

• Scientific Writing and Publishing Aids

• Other Citation Style Guides

• Style Manuals

Database-Specific Guides - Links

General

• Research Database Fundamentals  Use Additional Research Links in menu on the left

• ERIC Database Expert Search Strategies

• General Searching Tips  

• Guide to Tests and Measurement Instruments

• Searching Bibliographic Databases for Nursing Theory

Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL)

• Nursing Information Access

• CINAHL via Ovid

OVID

• Calder OVID Manual

• BUMC MEDLINE Plus/OVID Tutorial

• Online MEDLINE OVID Tutorial

• OVID Web Search Guide

• CINAHL via OVID

• Searching Health-Related Databases via OVID

OCLC FirstSearch

• FirstSearch Database Information Area

• Using OCLC FirstSearch  

National Library Medicine (NLM) Databases

• MEDLINE Fact Sheet

• MEDLINEplus Basics

• PubMed Fact Sheets, Guides, and Tutorials

• PubMed Basics

• PubMed Quick Guide

• Introductory PubMed Tutorial

• PubMed Tutorial

• PubMed Online Training

• Using PubMed to Search MEDLINE  Requires Macromedia's Shockwave

Computer/Internet/Web and Email Guides - Links

Computer/Internet/Web

• Computer & Web Tutorials

• Using the Internet

• World Wide Web Primer  

• Internet Explorer Quickguide  

• A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web

• Finding the Invisible Web

• Becoming WebWise Online Course for the Novice Internet User from the BBC

• Internet Information Skills for Nursing

• Internet Information Skills for Allied Health

• Online Tutorial for the Use of Electronic Resources for Nursing Students  Provided by Emmanuel College

• Finding Images on the Web

Search Engines

• How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory

• A Short and Easy Search Engine Tutorial

• Search Engine Showdown  "The User's Guide to Web Searching"

• Search Engine Watch  "Tips About Internet Search Engines & Search Engine Submission"

Guides to Evaluating Web Resources

• Sources for Evaluating Health Information  MEDLINEplus Health Information

  • MEDLINEplus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing

• Judge: Web sites for health: Consumer guidelines

Email

• GroupWise WebAccess

• Free Email Address Directory & Guide

• The Elements of E-Mail Style

• Email Etiquette

Library Guides - Links

• JHC Library Brochure  

• How to Use the JHC Library Online Catalog (E-CATALOG)

• Searching Databases for Research Articles  

• Limit PubMed Search to Local Holdings  

• ILLiad Tutorial

Miscellaneous Guides - Links

• Word Processing with Microsoft Word  

• Study Skills Multimedia Resources in the JHC Library  

• Academic Success Center  George Washington University

• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

• Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

• Writing in Nursing: a Guide for Undergraduate Writing  George Mason University

• Online Writing Workshops  Purdue University

• Copyright Crash Course

• ^© Primer

• Guide to Tests and Measurement Instruments

• Finding and Using Health Statistics  National Library of Medicine

• Finding Medical Statistics

• Research 101: Using the Internet to Conduct Research

• Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine: A Tutorial

• Evidence-Based Medicine: Finding the Best Clinical Literature

• Distinguishing Scholarly from Non-Scholarly Periodicals

• Is This a Scholarly Publication?  A Student's Guide to Telling the Difference Between Types of Publications