MSOE's library books circulate for a three-week period. They can be renewed in person or by telephone (414) 277-7180. Reference items and journals cannot be checked out.
Library Catalog
The Library Catalog will tell you which books we have in our library. The catalog will also tell you the titles of journals and magazines owned by the library. The catalog does not include the text of actual articles.
Try doing a General Keyword Search.
- When you do a general keyword search, you also search the table of contents of books
- For all keyword searches in the catalog, be sure to use an asterisk to capture all forms of a word (e.g., nurs* to get nursing, nurse, nurses).
- A general keyword search of the catalog with the phrase nurs* retrieves 1325 items, including:
- Perspectives on Nursing Theory, Call number RT 84.5 .P47 2009
- Nursing Without Borders, Call number RT 86.5 .N87 2007
- Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach, Call number RT 120 .I5 C744 2009
EBSCO ebooks
EBSCO ebooks provides access to more than 9,500 electronic books. The full content of books as published is featured. Books in this database cover all subject areas; treatment of subjects is scholarly and academic.
A subject search on the term nursing in this database retrieves the full text of 192 books on nursing, including the following titles.
- Holistic Nursing : A Handbook for Practice by Dossey et al. (Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2005).
- Power & Conflict between Doctors and Nurses : Breaking Through the Inner Circle in Clinical Care by Maureen Coomba (New York: Taylor & Francis, 2004).
- Understanding Medical-surgical Nursing by Williams and Hopper (Philadelphia: F. Davis, 2003).
- Pharmacological Aspects of Nursing Care by Reiss et al. (Albany, NY: Delmar, 2002).
- Advanced Nursing Skills : Principles and Practice by Molly Courtenay (London: Greenwich Medical Media, 2000).
Ebrary
Ebrary offers a rapidly growing selection of hundreds of thousands of authoritative e-books from over 500 publishers. Browse and search for titles in all academic subject areas. This database also offers a bookshelf for keeping track of your sources and for taking notes. View this Quick Start Video for more information. Over 6,000 medical and nursing books are available.
MSOE Blackboard School of Nursing —Nursing Program, Lab and Clinical Resources
This site features access to the following nursing eBooks:
- American Nurses Association Social Policy Statement
- American Nurses Association Scope and Standards of Practice
- American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses
Also available:
- The APA Guide to Electronic References
The MSOE Library does not own every book published. The next section will tell how to find books that may help you with your project but are not owned by the library.