HSLS Update

Introducing the HSLS Nursing Portal

The new HSLS Nursing Portal is a collection of selected electronic information resources especially for students, faculty and staff of the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and UPMC nurses.  From a single Web portal, these groups can easily access bibliographic databases of special interest to the nursing profession, including CINAHL, MEDLINE, and PsycINFO, as well as electronic resources that provide detailed drug information (Clinical Pharmacology, Lippincott’s Nursing Drug Guide).   The portal also provides links to evidence-based practice resources such as the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the journal Evidence-Based Nursing, plus links to collections of patient education materials developed by UPMC and other authoritative sources.

Students, faculty, and clinicians will find pages within the portal that contain resources selected especially for each group’s information needs.

The Especially for Students page contains
· tips on finding research articles in MEDLINE and CINAHL
· information on using American Psychological Association style rules to format term papers and other documents. 

The Especially for Faculty page provides
· links to HSLS services such as course reserves and document delivery,
· instructions for requesting assistance with literature searches,
· classroom instruction on library resources, and
· new books or journals recently added to the HSLS collection.

The Especially for Clinicians page includes
· links to drug and disease information resources
· patient education material
· online collections of care plans
· hints for finding additional care plans through use of PITTCat for the Health Sciences. 

Visit the HSLS NursingPortal at <www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/nursing>.            

--Mary Lou Klem