Providence Library Services

Quick links to databases

• CINAHL
• Ovid (MEDLINE)
• PubMed (MEDLINE)
• The Cochrane Library

User Guides

• Introduction to the library – Learn how to navigate the site. Learn about library resources and services. Learn basic searching techniques.
• AJN's Nursing Research: Step By Step
• AJN's Evidence-Based Practice Series: Step by Step

CINAHL

• Basic Searching
  
• Advanced Searching

Ovid (MEDLINE)  

• Getting Started
  
• Combining and Limiting Searches
  
• Search Result Display

PubMed (MEDLINE)

• PubMed for Nurses
  
• PubMed Introduction
  
• How to Search PubMed
  
• Getting the Articles

The Cochrane Library

• Introduction
  
• Browsing and Searching 
  
• Using MeSH and Search Manager

• Certification review and Core Curriculum ebooks
• Scope and Standards of Practice by specialty
• AACN Core Curriculum for Pediatric High Acuity, Progressive and Critical Care Nursing - 3rd Ed., 2019
• AACN Procedure Manual for Progressive and Critical Care - NEW EDITION, 2024
• Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery
• ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 4th ed.
• AORN eGuidelines+
• AORN Videos - see instructions for troubleshooting and remote access
• APIC Textbook
• ASPAN: 2025-26 Perianesthesia Nursing Standards, Practice Recommendations and Interpretive Statements
• AST - Association of Surgical Technologists Position Statements
• AWHONN's Perinatal Nursing, 5th Ed., 2021
• Code of Ethics for Nurses, 2025
• Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing, 6th Ed., 2019
• Davis' Drug Guide for Nurses
• De-escalating Violence in Healthcare: Strategies to Reduce Emotional Tension & Aggression
• Dorland's Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations 
• The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a path to achieve health equity - free download, registration required
• Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice NEW 9th ed. 2024
• Pass CNOR! 
• Policies and Procedures for Infusion Therapy: Acute Care, 7th ed. 2024
• Professional Governance for Nursing: The Framework for Accountability, Engagement, and Excellence
• Sheehy's Manual of Emergency Care, 8th ed. 2024
• Telephone Triage Protocols for Nurses, 6th ed. 2021
• Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing, 9th ed. 2024
• More nursing eBooks via R2
• More nursing eBooks via StatRef

remote access instructions for Procedures  |  app installation instructions 

Procedures:

• Alaska
• California - legacy Providence Southern California
• California - legacy St. Joseph Health
• Montana
• Oregon
• Texas
• Washington:
• Kadlec
• NW Washington
• SW Washington
• Swedish
• PHC- Spokane and Steven’s County
• Walla Walla

Procedures: Providence Senior and Community Services (PSCS)

• Home Health
• Hospice
• Infusion & Pharmacy
• PACE
• Skilled Nursing Facilities

• AWHONN's Neonatal Skin Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline, 4th ed., 2018
• AWHONN’s Perinatal Nursing, 5th ed., 2021
• AWHONN's Perioperative Care of the Pregnant Woman, 2nd ed. 2019
• AWHONN's Standards for Professional Nursing Practice in the Care of Women, Newborns & People Across the Lifespan, 9th ed.
• Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
• Guidelines for Perinatal Care, 8th ed.
• High Risk & Critical Care Obstetrics, 4th ed.
• Klaus and Fanaroff's Care of the High-Risk Neonate,7th ed.
• Neonatal Nursing: Scope & Standards of Practice
• NRP: Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation, 8th ed.
• NRP, Spanish edition - Libro de texto para la Reanimación Neonatal, 8th edición
• Transformative Nursing in the NICU: Trauma-Informed, Age-Appropriate Care, 2nd ed.
• More Perinatal/Neonatal Nursing Books
• Journals

• LactMed database
• Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession
• Briggs Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk (12th Ed.)
• Hale's Medications & Mother's Milk: A Manual of Lactational Pharmacology
• More books
• Breastfeeding Medicine
• Clinical Lactation
• Journal of Human Lactation
• More Journals

• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
• Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Journal of Nutrition
• Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
• Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietetics
• Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition
• JPEN, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
• Nutrition in Clinical Practice
• Topics in Clinical Nutrition

Find More Journals and Books

• American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® (1999 - present)
• BMC Palliative Care (2002 - present)
• Current Opinion in Supportive & Palliative Care (2007 - present)
• International Journal of Palliative Nursing (2002 - 2015)
• Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy (2008 - present; Full text Delay: 18 months) 
• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing (2002 to present)
• Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (2007 - present)
• Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy (2002 - present; Full Text Delay: 18 months)
• Journal of Palliative Medicine (1998 - present)
• Journal of Social Work in End-Of-Life & Palliative Care (2005 - present; Full Text Delay: 18 months) 
• Palliative Care: Research and Treatment (2008 - present)
• Palliative Medicine: The Research Journal of the EAPC (1999 - present)
• Progress in Palliative Care (Science and the Art of Caring) (2005 - present)

Providence St. Joseph Health libraries have print collections of palliative care texts and classic titles by Dr. Ira Byock, Dr. Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross, and Dr. Sherwin Nuland. For more information please contact your local PJSH library.

• Providence Institute for Human Caring - Includes details on upcoming events and information and resources for patients and family members
• Providence Institute for Human Caring (internal page) - Includes internal presentations, communications, Advance Directive resources and ACP Decisions video resources.
• Providence Institute for Human Caring Video Library - Includes training and support videos on palliative care related topics.
• Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) Course Curriculum - Includes course curricula and CME/CEU across a broad range of palliative care related topics. Provides the essential tools, training, technical assistance, and metrics to build and sustain palliative care in all health care setting.

Other organizations

• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
• Hospice Foundation of America
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
• National Palliative Care Research Center

Abstract and manuscript writing help

• The help of scientific writers is available through the Pathfinder app. Follow the Request Services then Writing and Illustrating Services path to find writers. 
• Use the ProvidenceChat app to help with editing, proofreading or summarizing text. Available on campus only. 

General

• Building and Sustaining a Hospital-based Nursing Research Program
• Elements of Style - a classic by William Strunk in full text; the American English writing style guide.
• Establishing a Research Friendly Environment
• How to Write, Publish, and Present in the Health Sciences: A Guide for Clinicians and Laboratory Researchers (2010)
• How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-based Healthcare - 7th Ed. (2025)
• Introduction to Nursing Research: Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice - 6th Ed. (2023)
• Nursing Research & EBP eBook collection, on our SharePoint Learning Portal

Biomedical

• Authorship guidelines - Who is an author?
• CRediT - Contributor Roles Taxonomy
• Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals.
• Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication.
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• List of Participating Journals
• The basics - tips on publishing in medicine from Dr. Lundberg, the former editor of JAMA.

Other Useful Databases

• EBSCO Discovery - searches across all Providence Library's subscribed content
• ERIC - education database
• Google Scholar - multidisciplinary search engine, see instructions for connecting to Providence Library's subscribed content
• Health Business Elite - for healthcare administration and business articles, includes full text access to Harvard Business Review and Modern Healthcare
• ScienceDirect - general science and medicine database, includes articles not findable in PubMed

Tips for Searching the Literature

• Finding articles on quality improvement

Reporting Research

• The EQUATOR network - Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research - an international repository of research reporting guidelines, including SQUIRE for quality improvement studies and PRISMA for systematic reviews.

What Are Citation Managers

Citation managers, also called reference managers, are tools that facilitate storing references. With a citation manager you can:

• organize, share, and annotate references
• automatically upload references and pdfs from databases and the web or create references manually
• seamlessly insert citations and create bibliographies in documents
• select citation style, such as APA, AMA, NLM, Chicago, etc.

Free Citation Managers

Guide to getting the most out of Zotero

Subscription Citation Manager

• EndNote desktop - available via ServiceNow, small fee to cost center applies and Business Justification required.
• EndNote tutorials

Citation and Writing Style Guides

• American Medical Association

• AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors 
• Advancing Health Equity: Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts

• National Center for Biotechnology Information

• The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers

• APA, AMA, Chicago, MLA

• Purdue OWL - a free resource for APA, AMA, MLA and Chicago Manual of Style
• APA tutorials
• APA Style site - select Style and Grammar Guidelines from the top menu for References, In-Text Citations, Bias-Free Language, Paper Formats, etc.
• APA Style Citing Clinical Practice References - includes information on citing UpToDate, Cochrane Reviews, drug info and more

• Books at the library

• APA and other style manuals may be available at your local library or can be requested on interlibrary loan for you. Just Ask Your Library.

• Guidance on using images appropriately in your presentations and manuscripts
• Information on copyright and copyrighted materials

• Providence Research Network's Pathfinder app

click here to request help with:

• grant writing
• statistics
• writing and illustrating
• you can access library and institutional repository services through the Pathfinder as well, but you can always email us at librarian@providence.org

ProvidenceChat

• use to summarize, edit, proofread, refine your writing. Access on campus at ProvidenceChat app.

Author and researcher database

• Register at ORCID - get a unique identifier distinguishing you from other researchers. Add it to your grant applications, manuscript submissions, and more. 

System Library Services: support for researchers

• check here to see how we can help!