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Databases with eBooks

ProQuest eBook Central (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Collection)
Over 18,000 librarian-selected eBook titles covering Asian Studies, Women's Studies, Black Studies, Hispanic/Latino Studies and much more.
EBSCOHost eBook Collection
Over 17,000 eBook titles from across the disciplines, includes reference works and scholarly books.
ScienceDirect
Extensive collection of journals, academic books, and academic encyclopedias in health/life sciences, physical sciences, and social/behavioral sciences.

Books- useful for your research?

While journal articles offer you the most up-to-date research, books can be valuable resource for understanding what is recommended by experts applying research as evidence based practice.

eBooks

Courageous Well-Being for Nurses by Nicole Foster; Donna Gaffney; Donna A. Gaffney; Nicole C. Foster
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2023

The ultimate journey to well-being: one that is essential, inclusive, deep-rooted, individual, and above all, courageous.
Graphic Public Health by Meredith Li-Vollmer
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2023

Practical and purposeful, Graphic Public Health is a clarion call for the current era and an invaluable resource for public health professionals and advocates, scholars of comics and graphic studies, and fans of the graphic medicine genre.
Making Sense of Evidence-Based Practice for Nursing by Debra Evans
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2023

Develop the knowledge and skills necessary to challenge practice that is not underpinned by research and to increase your understanding of the processes involved in accessing, appraising, and synthesizing good quality research.
Notes on... Nursing Leadership by Alison H. James; David Stanley
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2024

A must-read for undergraduate and trainee nurses looking for a concise introductory text that links current key debates and thinking in leadership to nursing practice.
Notes on... Nursing Research by Dominic Roche; Clare L. Bennett
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2025

Ideal for undergraduate nurses, an overview of nursing research, its relationship with clinical practice and patient outcomes, and its positive effects on the nursing professional.
Nursing Ethics, 1880s to the Present by Marsha Fowler
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2024

2024 AJN Book of the Year Award winner, it is an ethics with a positive agenda for the good nurse, a good society, a healthy people, and human flourishing.
Nursing Ethics: Across the Curriculum and Into Practice 5th Edition by Janie B. Butts; Karen L. Rich
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2023

This book has been revised to reflect the most current issues in healthcare ethics including new cases, laws, and policies.
Professional Autonomy: A Guidebook for the Caring Professions by Ricardo A. Valenzuela; Ricardo A. Ayala
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2024

Aimed at supporting their emancipatory project, this book explores strategies for resisting dominance and enhancing agency within the caring professions.
Trauma-Informed Health Care by Karen Treisman
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2024

Reveals how every interaction can be an intervention and provides practical examples, graphics and reflective exercises to support you to bring about positive change. This book is perfect for anyone working in healthcare.

Print Books

Beyond Burnout in Nursing: Overcoming Stress in Nursing & Healthcare for Optimal Health by Suzanne Waddill-Goad
Call Number: 610.73 Wa117b

Publication Date: 2023

New strategies and up-to-date, data-driven information for building resilience and practicing self-care.
Jarvis' Physical Examination and Health Assessment by Carolyn Jarvis; Ann L. Eckhardt
Call Number: 616.0754 Ja298p

Publication Date: 2024

The most widely used, authoritative, complete, and easily implemented learning solution for health assessment in nursing.
Motivational Interviewing in Health Care by Stephen Rollnick; William R. Miller; Christopher C. Butler
Call Number: 610 Ro658m

Publication Date: 2023

Techniques to help motivate patients to create positive change as they manage chronic and acute conditions and make healthier choices in such areas as medication adherence, smoking, diet, and preventive care.
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses, Third Edition by Patricia Kelly (Editor); Beth A. Vottero (Editor); Gerry Altmiller (Editor)
Call Number: 610.73071 In8v

Publication Date: 2023

The chapters and the contents of this edition align with new domains of the AACN accreditation standards.
Reading, Understanding, and Applying Nursing Research by James A. Fain
Call Number: 610.73072 Fa149r

Publication Date: 2025

How to read research reports, evaluate them critically, and apply findings to practice by providing more examples of nursing research throughout the book. The steps of the research process are illustrated with excerpts from studies that have been published in nursing literature.