Subject Guides in the Health and Life Sciences

Resources in Nursing

This Resources in Nursing guide is designed to serve as a starting point for locating information on various aspects of the subject.

Finding Books

To locate books in the Biomedical Library, use either the UCLA Library Catalog or the Melvyl Catalog database, hosted by the California Digital Library.

• Need help learning to use these resources? See our locating books section.
• Key Textbooks in Nursing

Finding Journal Articles

• CINAHL Plus (for help searching, see Finding Articles in Nursing Using CINAHL Plus)
• Education Index 
• ERIC 
• PsycINFO® (for help searching see Finding Articles in Psychology Using PsycINFO)
• PubMed (for help searching, see Finding Articles Using PubMed)
• Web of Science (for help searching, see Finding Science and Social Science Articles Using Web of Science)

For more information on using databases effectively, see Dissecting a Database or Comparing Database Features.

Finding Drug Information

• MD Consult
• MICROMEDEX
• Mosby's Drug Consult

Finding Specialized Information

• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias 
• Handbooks 
• Patient Care & Education
• Psychological Tests
• Evidence Based Practice

Web Resources in Nursing