Books are a great place to find broad, general information about a topic, such as the etiology of a disease or how nutrition effects diabetes.
The University Library eBook collections contain nursing and health sciences books, such as:
Try using those words as search terms in the eBook Publication Finder above, or search individual eBook databases below.
24/7 access to ebooks in all program areas.
Ebook Central (ProQuest) is a collection of ebooks selected by Rasmussen University Librarians to aid in research and support course assignments.
Nursing Reference Center Plus includes clinical resources and medical information on topics ranging from diseases, skills, drugs, management, and patient education. Resources include video, books, articles, and assessment topics.
To find eBooks in Nursing Reference Center Plus, click on the More button above the search box. Select Books from the drop down. You will see the main reference titles under Featured Books. You may also click on All Book Content to do a keyword search across all books.
Find the newest edition of Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice here. Ovid contains ebooks published by the American Nurses Association (ANA) on subjects including ethics, communication, collaboration, correctional nursing, addiction nursing, forensic nursing, home health nursing, and more.
Credo is an easy-to-use tool for starting research. Gather background information on your topic from hundreds of full-text general and subject-specific reference titles, as well as 500,000 images and nearly 1,000 videos.
Hundreds of reference ebooks (dictionaries, encyclopedias, & topic overviews) across all subject areas.
