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Introduction
Resources Databases Websites Writing Your Paper Use the Web Page Evaluation Check List (pdf) to qualify your Internet & free Web choices. For a list of evaluation guidelines use the LRC Subject Guide, Researching, Evaluating. Being a nurse has always involved a great deal of study and compassion. All through history, nurses have played a vital role in the health and in the growth of nations. Their compassion for mankind, strength of spirit, and peaceful natures have paved the way toward a better world. Begin by searching our Online Catalog of published materials. Go to the Nursing database guide. Army Nurse Corps, a commenoration of World War II service - This Web site is a U.S. military resource that is one of a series of fourteen studies of World War II operations originally published by the War Department's Historical Division and now returned to print as part of the Army's commemoration of the 50th anniversary of that great battle. This section focuses on the Army Nurse Corps and how its role allowed for greater operations on land, on sea, and in the air. Information was written from a combination of combat interviews, narratives, and a careful analysis of key operations. Center for the Study of the History of Nursing (Barbara Bates) - "The Center was founded in 1985 at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing to collect, preserve and make assessible primary sources which document Nursing's history." Civil War Nurses - includes a painting and a short piece on nurses along with links to biographies on Dorothea Dixon and Clara Barton. Civil War Medicine - for links to the bigger picture of medicine and the times of the Civil War. Civil War Medicine (From VCU Libraries) - general overviews of medicine during the CivilWar with links to related sites of interest. Experiencing War: Women At War (The Library of Congress, Veterans History Project) - "Chosen from among the over 3,000 collections of women’s experiences in the Veterans History Project, this modest selection spans four wars. While many of the collections are nurses’ tales, there is also the story of a code breaker (Ann Caracristi), a welder (Meda Brendall), and a flight surgeon (Rhonda Cornum), plus two women who rose through the ranks to secure places in the military history books. Jeanne Holm served her country for 33 years, in 1971 becoming the first woman general in the Air Force. And in December 1990, Darlene Iskra became the first woman to command a U.S. Navy ship." Google - if you are looking for a quick way to search the Internet, use keywords such as nurses, war nurses, "history of nursing" and include the era you are looking for such as "civil war", Vietnam, "world war", etc. History of Nursing Websites (VCU) - A very good set of links! MedMark.org, Health & Medical Directory, Nursing History - scroll down to find links to some great sites on military nurses, selected profiles, and selected biographies. Men in American Nursing History - "This is an interactive site that takes you through narrative on men in the in history of nursing. The is created by Bruce Wilson an Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing at the University of Texas – Pan American." National Museum of Civil War Medicine: Museum Exhibits Pioneer Nurses of West Virginia - "the first online to honor the Pioneer Nurses of West Virginia, is in conjunction with my other West Virginia sites that memorialize our ancestors, as well as the history of West Virginia. For the purposes of this website, the Pioneer Nurses are those who were nurses in West Virginia from the 1860s through 1935. The year 1935 was chosen when I bought a vintage booklet that contains a list of all registered nurses in West Virginia from the time licensing was required (1907), through 1935. Also included here are the nurses from West Virginia who served in wars, from the Civil War through the Korean War. But this site will NOT be limited to only those nurses (pre - 1935) who were "registered". There were MANY early nurses who practiced as nurses but were never licensed. Some graduated from organized schools of nursing and others studied under a physician. Legally, if they didn't get a license when it became a requirement, they weren't registered nurses - but they were, indeed, nurses. They will be included in a separate section." Women and the American Civil War (From About.com) - more resources on women in the War Between the States, including those who fought, those who worked as nurses or spies, and those who kept the home fires burning. Confederacy and Union women and their roles. Women and the Vietnam War - a selected bibliography from Oakton Community College by Sandra Wittman. Women Were There - accounts from the Korean War era. Women's History: World War and Nursing (From About.com) - plenty of links to a multitude of information and images. www.WomenInVietnam.com - some personal accounts and information from Marilyn Knapp Litt. The Zwerding Nursing Archives - this site "specializes in rare art and photographic postcards, selected for historic significance, artistic composition, and condition, dating form 1893 to 2004, related to the nursing profession worldwide. The primary functions of the ZNA are to preserve these images and to make them accessible to the nursing profession and to those associated with it." Use the Researching, Evaluating, Citing(APA), Writing, and Check Form links located under the Subject Guides link on the left. There you will find:
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