New Database: LGBTQ+ Source

LGBTQ+ Source via EBSCOhost courtesy of METRO is the definitive database for LGBTQ+ studies. It provides scholarly and popular LGBTQ+ publications in full text, plus historically important primary sources, including monographs, magazines and newspapers. It also includes a specialized LGBTQ+ thesaurus containing thousands of terms.

LGBTQ+ Source includes 154 full-text journals not available in any version of Academic Search. The database also includes an LGBTQ+ thesaurus of more than 9,400 terms.

LGBTQ+ Source is accessible through the Library’s Database A-Z list.

New Database: Ethnic Diversity Source

Ethnic Diversity Source via EBSCOhost courtesy of METRO provides rich access to a variety of materials dating back to 1923 that cover the cultures, traditions, social treatment, and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in the United States, including African Americans, Arab Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, Latinx Americans, Native Americans, and multiracial Americans.

Included in the database are 346 peer-reviewed journals and 465 magazines, journals, and newspapers, as well as over 4,500 e-books, 2,000 biographies, and 6,300 primary source documents consisting of speeches, letters, and interviews.

Ethnic Diversity Source is accessible through the Library’s Database A-Z List.

New Nursing eBook: 2020-2021 Oncology Nursing Drug Handbook

A new nursing eBook has been added to the Library collection, entitled the 2020-2021 Oncology Nursing Drug Handbook. This text, specifically for nurses caring for patients with cancer, details drug therapy in terms of the nursing process: nursing diagnoses, etiologies of toxicities, and key points for nursing assessment, intervention, and evaluation.

Major topics and information include effective symptom management, patient education, chemotherapy administration, cellular communication pathways disrupted by cancer, immunotherapy, new drugs and their indications, and updated indications and side effects for recently FDA approved drugs.