Pathways
to Nursing A Guide to Library and Online Research in
Nursing and Allied Health
June
7, 2004, Medford,
New Jersey—Information
Today, Inc. has announced
the publication of the new
book Pathways to Nursing:
A Guide to Library and
Online Research in Nursing
and Allied Health, by
Dennis C. Tucker and
Paula Craig.
Pathways
to Nursing
provides
a foundation
in library
and electronic
research
in the nursing
and allied
health sciences
fields. It
explains
essential
sources and
techniques
that can
be used by
nursing students,
healthcare
researchers,
and nurse
practitioners
who need
to gather
information
independently.
The book
covers both
physical
libraries
and online
resources,
showing how
each can
be used to
its best
advantage,
and describes
the six major
components
necessary
to the development
of information
retrieval
and utilization
skills in
this critical
field.
Chapters
and features
include:
·
The
Library as
a Physical
Space
· Electronic
Resources
and the
Internet
·
The
Library Catalog
· The
Research
Paper
·
The
Reference
Collection
· A
Review
of the
Process
·
Periodicals
and Indexes
· Further
Resources
The
book includes
nearly thirty
useful illustrations,
figures,
and screenshots
and a thorough
back-of-book
index.
ABOUT
THE AUTHORS
Dennis
C. Tucker
has worked
in libraries
of many types
and sizes,
including
the Mishawka
(Indiana)
Public Library
and the University
of Notre
Dame. He
served for
over a decade
at Indiana
Cooperative
Library Services
Authority
(INCOLSA)
in a variety
of positions.
He holds
an M.A.T.
from Southeast
Missouri
State University,
an M.L.S.
from the
University
of Missouri,
and a Ph.D.
from Foundation
House/Oxford.
Tucker is
the author
of several
well-reviewed
books including
Research
Techniques
for Scholars
and Students
in Religion
and Theology
and Library
Relocations
and Collection
Shifts.
Paula
Craig is
E-Learning
Coordinator
for Weill
Cornell Medical
College in
Doha, Qatar.
With more
than 33 years
working in
health science
libraries,
Craig has
developed
and taught
numerous
medical and
health online
literature
classes.
She was director
of the Library
at Christus
Schumpert
Medical Center
and coordinator
of Continuing
Medical Education
at Louisiana
State University
Health Science
Center. For
many years
she served
as Associate
Director
of the University
of Texas
M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center
Library.
She holds
a Masters
degree in
Library and
Information
Science from
the University
of Oklahoma.
Tucker
and Craig
were collaborators
at Northwestern
State University
of Louisiana,
where she
was Head
of the Library
at the School
of Nursing
and he, Director
of Libraries.
Pathways
to Nursing:
A Guide to
Library and
Online Research
in Nursing
and Allied
Health (120
pp/softbound/$24.95/ISBN:
1-57387-192-3)
is published
by Information
Today, Inc.
For more
information
or to order,
contact the
publisher
directly
at (800)
300-9868
[outside
the U.S.
call (609)
654-6266];
fax (609)
654-4309;
e-mail custserv@infotoday.com;
or log on
to the ITI
Web site
at www.infotoday.com.
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