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Advancement to Nursing: Notes for Class

 

medlib.summahealth.org/atn

OR Google "Summa Medical Library."  At the library's website, scroll down to the bottom under Topical Guides, and choose the Barberton ATN guide.  The correct link is usually the 2nd result (not Summa Health, not NEOMED.  Look for Summa Medical Library)

 

R2 Library

  • Format for your username: First-nameLast-initial.  So Susanna Reid would have a username of: SusannaR
  • Format for your password:  atn25XXXFirst-name / Susanna Reid is from Smithville High School (SHS) and is graduating in 2025.  She would have a password of atn25SHSSusanna

 

 

Limiters

  • Academic journals or Peer Reviewed 
  • (Free) Full Text: use this limiter until you get into college (likely)
  • Language: not applicable for HealthSource Nursing Academic, but IS applicable in MEDLINE & PubMed
  • Dates of Publication

Other Searching Tips

(1) * Wildcard Character / Truncation Symbol

  • (asterisks are used for truncating in most databases)

(2) "alarm fatigue" Quote marks around a phrase force results where the words enclosed in quotes appear right next to each other (in most research databases)

(3) importance of Synonyms - Other ways people can describe the concept you are searching on. Doesn't have to be an exact identical meaning

  • Example: Perinatal Nursing (somehwhat equals) Mother-Baby Nursing = Obstetrical Nursing = Labor & Delivery Nursing = Women's Health Nursing

 

Saving Your Work

Create a Personal Folder in EBSCOHost databases. 

  • Save your references;
  • Save your search strategy