Nursing: History, Leaders, Organizations

An overview of materials available at Tompkins Cortland Community College library covering topics related to nursing leaders and the history of nursing; a supplement to NURS 110: Fundamentals of Nursing.

Reference Books
Searching for Books
Periodical Indexes Online
Web Sites
Books of Special Interest
Turnitin

Reference Books

American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary
One hundred seventy-seven biographical sketches and bibliographies of American nurses. [REF RT34 .A44 1988]
Dictionary of American Medical Biography: Profiles of Those Who Died Before 1977
Focuses largely on doctors but considers enough nurses to be very useful. Indexes include place of birth, state where prominent, occupation, and gender. [REF R153 .D53 1984]
Dictionary of American Nursing Biography
One hundred ninety-six biographical sketches of persons who were important in the history of nursing. [REF RT34 .D53 1988]
Historical Encyclopedia of Nursing
Alphabetical arrangement of topics from abortion to World War II, includes extensive bibliography. [REF RT31 .S66 1999]
Notable American Women
[REF CT3260 .N573]
Nursing in Society: A Historical Perspective
Discusses many nursing leaders. [RT31. D64 1983]

Searching for Books

To find books on a particular person, look in the online catalog.

Go to Library Gateway
Under Find Books and Media choose Search Library Catalog
Use the person’s name as a Subject Heading, e.g. Sanger, Margaret, or Nightingale, Florence. To find more general studies, look under some of the following headings and subheadings:

Military Nursing History
Nurses Biography
Nursing History
Nursing Social Aspects
Nursing United States

Important Point: If you cannot find books on your topic in the TC3 catalog, return to the Library Gateway and choose WorldCat. Repeat the search.

Periodical Indexes Online

CINAHL, PubMed, Science Direct, Infotrac or Proquest. To access CINAHL go to:

Library Gateway
Under Find Articles and Databases choose All Databases by Title
Under Databases by Title choose CINAHL
Use the subject heading "History of Nursing" (with the quote marks) to search. This will give you over 2000 articles. To narrow your search by combining History of Nursing with another concept.
Choose Search Methods and click on Advanced.

Important Point: Different Databases have different interfaces. Ask a librarian if you need assistance in searching CINAHL or any other database.

Web Sites

TC3 library maintains a page of links to high quality nursing web sites which includes a section on Nursing History. To access it:

Library Gateway
Choose Guides and Help
Choose TC3 Academic Subject Resources
Choose Nursing
Choose Internet Resources
For this project the Nursing History links will be of special interest.

Books of Interest

100 Years of American Nursing: Celebrating a Century of Caring
[RT4 .S375 1999]
Advance of American Nursing
[RT4 .K34 1995]
Albanian Escape: The True Story of U.S. Army Nurses Behind Enemy Lines
[D807 .U6 M357 1999]
Always A Sister: The Feminism of Lillian D. Wald
[HQ1413 .W34 D36 1989]
American Daughter Gone to War: On the Front Lines with an Army Nurse in Vietnam
[DS559.44 .S57 1992]
Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses
[UH495 .G7 S86 1988]
Black Women in the Nursing Profession
[Oversize RT31 .H5]
Black Women in White: Racial Conflict and Cooperation in the Nursing Profession
[RT83.5 .H56 1989]
Cadet Nurse Stories: the Call For and Response of Women During World War II
[RT4 .R63 2001]
Caring in Crisis: An Oral History of Critical Care Nursing
[RT120 .I5 Z35 1995]
A Confederate Nurse: The Diary of Ada W. Bacot
[E625 .B33 1994]
Critical Care Nursing: A History
[RT120 .I5 F34 1998]
Early Black American Leaders in Nursing: Architects for Integration and Equality
[RT83.5 .D38 1999]
Information on Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926), Martha Minerva Franklin (1870-1968), and Adah Belle Samuels Thomas. [Early Black American Leaders in Nursing is also available online in NetLibrary]
Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History
[RT17.P6 C48 2003]
Education of Nurses: Historical Foundations and Modern Trends
[RT31 .H5 v.5]
Enduring Issues in American Nursing
[RT4 .E53 2001]
Ever Yours, Florence Nightingale: Selected Letters
[RT37 .N5 A4 1990]
The Face of Mercy: A Photographic History of Medicine at War
[Oversize RC971 .N23 1993]
Feminism and Nursing: An Historical Perspective on Power, Status and Political Activism in the Nursing Profession
[RT86.5 .R36 1995]
First Words: Selected Addresses from the National League for Nursing, 1894-1933
[RT4 .F57 1991]
Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910
[UH347 .N6 W6 1951]
Florence Nightingale and Her Era: A Collection of New Scholarship
[RT37 .N5 F55 1990]
Florence Nightingale, Rebel With A Cause
[Oversize RT37 .N5]
G.I. Nightingales: The Army Nurse Corps in World War II
[D807 .U6 T66 1996]
Highlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corps
[REF UH493 .C46 1996 and UH493 .C46 1987]
Hildegard Peplau: Psychiatric Nurse of the Century
[RC440 .P423 C35]
History and Trends of Professional Nursing
[RT31 .J4 1977]
History of American Nursing
[RT31 .B83 1984]
A History of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps
[UH493 .S27 1999]
History, Trends and Politics of Nursing
[RT31 .B83 1984]
Honoring Our Past, Building Our Future: A History of the New York State Nurses Association
[RT5 .N5 P386 2000]
Hospitals, Paternalism and the Role of the Nurse
[RT79 .A83]
In and Out of Harm's Way: A History of the Navy Nurse Corps
[Oversize VG353 .S74 1997]
In Hospital and Camp: The Civil War Through the Eyes of Its Doctors and Nurses
[E621 .S86 1993]
Legacy of Leadership: Presidential Addresses from the Superintendents’ Society and the National League for Nursing
[RT4 .L38 1993]
Lillian D. Wald: Progressive Activist
[HQ1439 .N6 L55 1989]
No Place Like Home: A History of Nursing and Home Care in the United States
[RT120 H65 B84 2001]
No Time for Fear: Voices of American Military Nurses in World War II
[D807 .U6 F47 1996]
Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not
[RT40 .N5 1992]
Nursing History and the Politics of Welfare
[RT31 .N864 1997]
Nursing History: The State of the Art
[RT31 .D64 1983]
Nursing in Society: A Historical Perspective
[RT31 .D64 1983]
Nursing, The Finest Art: An Illustrated History
[Oversize RT31 .D66 1996]
Ordered to Care: The Dilemma of American Nursing
[RT4 .R25 1987]
Our Army Nurses: Stories from Women in the Civil War
[E621 .O97 1998]
Pages from Nursing History: A Collection of Original Articles from the Pages of Nursing Outlook, The American Journal of Nursing and Nursing Research
[Oversize RT4 .P34 1984]
Path We Tread: Blacks in Nursing Worldwide, 1854-1994
[RT83.5 .C37 1995]
Physicians' Hand: Work Culture and Conflict in American Nursing
[RT4 .M44 1982]
A Piece of My Heart: the Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam
[DS559.8.W6 P54 1997]
Pioneer Healers: The History of Women Religious in American Health Care
[BX4220 .U6 P56 1989]
"Say Little, do Much": Nineteenth Century Religious Women and Care of the Sick
[RT 85.2 N455 2001]
Survey in Silence
[UB418 .G38 C36 1994]
Taking Charge: Nursing, Suffrage, and Feminism in America
[RT4 .L49 1993]
To Bind Up The Wounds: Catholic Sister Nurses in the U.S. Civil War
[E621 .M34 1989]
Wide Neighborhoods: A Story of the Frontier Nursing Service
[RT37 .B72 A3 1981]
Women of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War
[E621 .O24 1994]

Last update: Monday, February 11, 2008

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		Nursing: History, Leaders, Organizations An overview of materials available at Tompkins Cortland Community College library covering topics related to nursing leaders and the history of nursing; a supplement to NURS 110: Fundamentals of Nursing. Reference Books Searching for Books Periodical Indexes Online Web Sites Books of Special Interest Turnitin Reference Books American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary One hundred seventy-seven biographical sketches and bibliographies of American nurses. [REF RT34 .A44 1988] Dictionary of American Medical Biography: Profiles of Those Who Died Before 1977 Focuses largely on doctors but considers enough nurses to be very useful. Indexes include place of birth, state where prominent, occupation, and gender. [REF R153 .D53 1984] Dictionary of American Nursing Biography One hundred ninety-six biographical sketches of persons who were important in the history of nursing. [REF RT34 .D53 1988] Historical Encyclopedia of Nursing Alphabetical arrangement of topics from abortion to World War II, includes extensive bibliography. [REF RT31 .S66 1999] Notable American Women [REF CT3260 .N573] Nursing in Society: A Historical Perspective Discusses many nursing leaders. [RT31. D64 1983] Back to top Searching for Books To find books on a particular person, look in the online catalog. Go to Library Gateway Under Find Books and Media choose Search Library Catalog Use the person’s name as a Subject Heading, e.g. Sanger, Margaret, or Nightingale, Florence. To find more general studies, look under some of the following headings and subheadings: Military Nursing History Nurses Biography Nursing History Nursing Social Aspects Nursing United States Important Point: If you cannot find books on your topic in the TC3 catalog, return to the Library Gateway and choose WorldCat. Repeat the search. Back to top Periodical Indexes Online CINAHL, PubMed, Science Direct, Infotrac or Proquest. To access CINAHL go to: Library Gateway Under Find Articles and Databases choose All Databases by Title Under Databases by Title choose CINAHL Use the subject heading "History of Nursing" (with the quote marks) to search. This will give you over 2000 articles. To narrow your search by combining History of Nursing with another concept. Choose Search Methods and click on Advanced. Important Point: Different Databases have different interfaces. Ask a librarian if you need assistance in searching CINAHL or any other database. Back to top Web Sites TC3 library maintains a page of links to high quality nursing web sites which includes a section on Nursing History. To access it: Library Gateway Choose Guides and Help Choose TC3 Academic Subject Resources Choose Nursing Choose Internet Resources For this project the Nursing History links will be of special interest. Back to top Books of Interest 100 Years of American Nursing: Celebrating a Century of Caring [RT4 .S375 1999] Advance of American Nursing [RT4 .K34 1995] Albanian Escape: The True Story of U.S. Army Nurses Behind Enemy Lines [D807 .U6 M357 1999] Always A Sister: The Feminism of Lillian D. Wald [HQ1413 .W34 D36 1989] American Daughter Gone to War: On the Front Lines with an Army Nurse in Vietnam [DS559.44 .S57 1992] Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses [UH495 .G7 S86 1988] Black Women in the Nursing Profession [Oversize RT31 .H5] Black Women in White: Racial Conflict and Cooperation in the Nursing Profession [RT83.5 .H56 1989] Cadet Nurse Stories: the Call For and Response of Women During World War II [RT4 .R63 2001] Caring in Crisis: An Oral History of Critical Care Nursing [RT120 .I5 Z35 1995] A Confederate Nurse: The Diary of Ada W. Bacot [E625 .B33 1994] Critical Care Nursing: A History [RT120 .I5 F34 1998] Early Black American Leaders in Nursing: Architects for Integration and Equality [RT83.5 .D38 1999] Information on Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926), Martha Minerva Franklin (1870-1968), and Adah Belle Samuels Thomas. [Early Black American Leaders in Nursing is also available online in NetLibrary] Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History [RT17.P6 C48 2003] Education of Nurses: Historical Foundations and Modern Trends [RT31 .H5 v.5] Enduring Issues in American Nursing [RT4 .E53 2001] Ever Yours, Florence Nightingale: Selected Letters [RT37 .N5 A4 1990] The Face of Mercy: A Photographic History of Medicine at War [Oversize RC971 .N23 1993] Feminism and Nursing: An Historical Perspective on Power, Status and Political Activism in the Nursing Profession [RT86.5 .R36 1995] First Words: Selected Addresses from the National League for Nursing, 1894-1933 [RT4 .F57 1991] Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910 [UH347 .N6 W6 1951] Florence Nightingale and Her Era: A Collection of New Scholarship [RT37 .N5 F55 1990] Florence Nightingale, Rebel With A Cause [Oversize RT37 .N5] G.I. Nightingales: The Army Nurse Corps in World War II [D807 .U6 T66 1996] Highlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corps [REF UH493 .C46 1996 and UH493 .C46 1987] Hildegard Peplau: Psychiatric Nurse of the Century [RC440 .P423 C35] History and Trends of Professional Nursing [RT31 .J4 1977] History of American Nursing [RT31 .B83 1984] A History of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps [UH493 .S27 1999] History, Trends and Politics of Nursing [RT31 .B83 1984] Honoring Our Past, Building Our Future: A History of the New York State Nurses Association [RT5 .N5 P386 2000] Hospitals, Paternalism and the Role of the Nurse [RT79 .A83] In and Out of Harm's Way: A History of the Navy Nurse Corps [Oversize VG353 .S74 1997] In Hospital and Camp: The Civil War Through the Eyes of Its Doctors and Nurses [E621 .S86 1993] Legacy of Leadership: Presidential Addresses from the Superintendents’ Society and the National League for Nursing [RT4 .L38 1993] Lillian D. Wald: Progressive Activist [HQ1439 .N6 L55 1989] No Place Like Home: A History of Nursing and Home Care in the United States [RT120 H65 B84 2001] No Time for Fear: Voices of American Military Nurses in World War II [D807 .U6 F47 1996] Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not [RT40 .N5 1992] Nursing History and the Politics of Welfare [RT31 .N864 1997] Nursing History: The State of the Art [RT31 .D64 1983] Nursing in Society: A Historical Perspective [RT31 .D64 1983] Nursing, The Finest Art: An Illustrated History [Oversize RT31 .D66 1996] Ordered to Care: The Dilemma of American Nursing [RT4 .R25 1987] Our Army Nurses: Stories from Women in the Civil War [E621 .O97 1998] Pages from Nursing History: A Collection of Original Articles from the Pages of Nursing Outlook, The American Journal of Nursing and Nursing Research [Oversize RT4 .P34 1984] Path We Tread: Blacks in Nursing Worldwide, 1854-1994 [RT83.5 .C37 1995] Physicians' Hand: Work Culture and Conflict in American Nursing [RT4 .M44 1982] A Piece of My Heart: the Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam [DS559.8.W6 P54 1997] Pioneer Healers: The History of Women Religious in American Health Care [BX4220 .U6 P56 1989] "Say Little, do Much": Nineteenth Century Religious Women and Care of the Sick [RT 85.2 N455 2001] Survey in Silence [UB418 .G38 C36 1994] Taking Charge: Nursing, Suffrage, and Feminism in America [RT4 .L49 1993] To Bind Up The Wounds: Catholic Sister Nurses in the U.S. Civil War [E621 .M34 1989] Wide Neighborhoods: A Story of the Frontier Nursing Service [RT37 .B72 A3 1981] Women of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War [E621 .O24 1994] Back to top Last update: Monday, February 11, 2008
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