Pathways to Nursing provides a foundation in library and electronic research in the nursing and allied health sciences fields. It explains essential sources and techniques that can be used by nursing students, healthcare researchers, and nurse practitioners who need to gather information independently. The book covers both physical libraries and online resources, showing how each can be used to its best advantage, and describes the six major components necessary to the development of information retrieval and utilization skills in this critical field.

Chapters and features include:

· The Library as a Physical Space
· Electronic Resources and the Internet
· The Library Catalog
· The Research Paper
· The Reference Collection
· A Review of the Process
· Periodicals and Indexes
· Further Resources

The book includes nearly thirty useful illustrations, figures, and screenshots and a thorough back-of-book index.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Dennis C. Tucker has worked in libraries of many types and sizes, including the Mishawka (Indiana) Public Library and the University of Notre Dame. He served for over a decade at Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority (INCOLSA) in a variety of positions. He holds an M.A.T. from Southeast Missouri State University, an M.L.S. from the University of Missouri, and a Ph.D. from Foundation House/Oxford. Tucker is the author of several well-reviewed books including Research Techniques for Scholars and Students in Religion and Theology and Library Relocations and Collection Shifts.

Paula Craig is E-Learning Coordinator for Weill Cornell Medical College in Doha, Qatar. With more than 33 years working in health science libraries, Craig has developed and taught numerous medical and health online literature classes. She was director of the Library at Christus Schumpert Medical Center and coordinator of Continuing Medical Education at Louisiana State University Health Science Center. For many years she served as Associate Director of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Library. She holds a Masters degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Oklahoma.

Tucker and Craig were collaborators at Northwestern State University of Louisiana, where she was Head of the Library at the School of Nursing and he, Director of Libraries.

Pathways to Nursing: A Guide to Library and Online Research in Nursing and Allied Health (120 pp/softbound/$24.95/ISBN: 1-57387-192-3) is published by Information Today, Inc. For more information or to order, contact the publisher directly at (800) 300-9868 [outside the U.S. call (609) 654-6266]; fax (609) 654-4309; e-mail custserv@infotoday.com; or log on to the ITI Web site at www.infotoday.com.