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Full-Text Articles in Education
Mapping The Literature Of Pediatric Nursing: Update And Implications For Library Services, Carol L. Watwood
Mapping The Literature Of Pediatric Nursing: Update And Implications For Library Services, Carol L. Watwood
DLPS Faculty Publications
Objective
The purpose of this study was to identify core journals and other types of literature cited in four major pediatric nursing journals and to characterize coverage of these resources in major bibliographic databases. The study was part of the “Mapping the Literature of Nursing Project” of the Medical Library Association's Nursing and Allied Health Resource Section. It updates a similar analysis published in 2006 and determines whether citation patterns have changed over time.
Methods
Cited references from articles published in 4 pediatric nursing journals between 2011 and 2013 were collected. Cited journal titles were ranked according to number of …
How We’Ll Fight The Next Deadly Virus Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Susie Roy
How We’Ll Fight The Next Deadly Virus Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Susie Roy
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Elizabeth Hurm
Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Elizabeth Hurm
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
Manufacturing And Engineering [Career Paper], Mahdi Alawami
Manufacturing And Engineering [Career Paper], Mahdi Alawami
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
Bali: The Land Of Many Gods, Brian E. Coutts
Bali: The Land Of Many Gods, Brian E. Coutts
DLPS Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Dawn Of De-Extinction. Are You Ready? Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Benjamin Paul Watson
The Dawn Of De-Extinction. Are You Ready? Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Benjamin Paul Watson
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
Nursing [Career Paper], Hannah Garrett
Nursing [Career Paper], Hannah Garrett
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
Evelyn Thurman Oral History Project (Fa 769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Evelyn Thurman Oral History Project (Fa 769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 769. This collection is an oral history project about Mary Evelyn Thurman a librarian, educator and storyteller. 32 interviews were conducted by Lisa Karen Miller, an employee of Western Kentucky University’s University Libraries. These items are stored in the digital Sound Archives.
Mcgregor Collection (Mss 566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcgregor Collection (Mss 566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 566. Correspondence, accounts, and lists of materials relating to the acquisition by the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, of rare books, periodicals and manuscripts with funding provided by the McGregor Plan.
The Folklore Of Flowers, Lisa Karen Miller
The Folklore Of Flowers, Lisa Karen Miller
DLPS Faculty Publications
This presentation was prepared for WKU's Society for Lifelong Learning. It relates history and folklore of a variety of flowers, including their use in folk medicine, as food, and other stories and beliefs.
Chapter 5: Health Resources, Carol L. Watwood
Chapter 5: Health Resources, Carol L. Watwood
DLPS Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Sports Broadcasting News Analysis [Career Paper], Jefferson Sanders
Sports Broadcasting News Analysis [Career Paper], Jefferson Sanders
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
How To Start A Movement: Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Daulton Cowan
How To Start A Movement: Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Daulton Cowan
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
Nursing: The Career That Saves Lives [Career Paper], Maggie Flanagan
Nursing: The Career That Saves Lives [Career Paper], Maggie Flanagan
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
Natural Gardening, Lisa Karen Miller
Natural Gardening, Lisa Karen Miller
DLPS Faculty Publications
This presentation features methods of natural and organic gardening that preclude the use of harmful pesticides and herbicides.
Industrial Production Manager [Career Paper], Wesley Osborne
Industrial Production Manager [Career Paper], Wesley Osborne
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
The Happy Secret To Better Work: Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Logan Secrest
The Happy Secret To Better Work: Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Logan Secrest
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
The Folklore Of Herbs, Lisa Karen Miller
The Folklore Of Herbs, Lisa Karen Miller
DLPS Faculty Publications
Take a walk through the herb gardens of history and find out what our ancestors knew (and thought they knew) about herbs and their uses for medicine, beauty, and even love. The presentation compares ancient beliefs to current scientific evidence and reveals the places where they intersect.
Remembering Evelyn, Lisa K. Miller
Remembering Evelyn, Lisa K. Miller
DLPS Faculty Publications
This is a Powerpoint presentation shown at the November 21, 2014 Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Book Award Luncheon held in the Kentucky Building at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The travel slides were loaned to WKU Libraries by Miss Thurman's nephews, Jeff Newton and Steve Newton.
A Literary Tour Of Ireland, Lisa K. Miller
A Literary Tour Of Ireland, Lisa K. Miller
DLPS Faculty Publications
This Powerpoint presentation offers an overview of some of Ireland's greatest writers, from Dublin, Limerick and the West, and Belfast and the North. Includes an audio file of W.B. Yeats reading "The Lake Isle of Innisfree." The Powerpoint is available below under "Additional Files."
Exercise Science, Currey Mccullough
Exercise Science, Currey Mccullough
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
Photos That Changed The World: Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Chris Riehl
Photos That Changed The World: Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Chris Riehl
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
Genetic Genealogy: What Every Librarian Should Know, Rosemary L. Meszaros, Katherine Pennavaria
Genetic Genealogy: What Every Librarian Should Know, Rosemary L. Meszaros, Katherine Pennavaria
DLPS Faculty Publications
The past few years television, podcasts, and blogs across the Internet promoted the role of DNA testing in genealogy. But what do you really get, and is it worth the price? We discuss the logistics of DNA testing as it relates to genealogy and take a hard look at the legal issues involved in genealogy’s hottest topic.
The Academic Library And High-Impact Practices For Student Retention: Perspectives Of Library Deans, Adam L. Murray
The Academic Library And High-Impact Practices For Student Retention: Perspectives Of Library Deans, Adam L. Murray
Dissertations
Dramatic declines in state appropriations for postsecondary education, the rise of performance-based funding models, and limitations on tuition increases have resulted in a focus on student retention as a matter of importance to institutions of higher education. Concomitantly, academic libraries face changes in service models brought about by technology and the rising costs of providing access to an ever-expanding field of literature required by academic programs and faculty. The value proposition of the academic library is reduced in the face of budget interests that impact recruitment and retention. Many researchers and university leaders have called on academic libraries to develop …
Talk To Me: Using Ohms To Index An Oral History Project, Lisa Karen Miller
Talk To Me: Using Ohms To Index An Oral History Project, Lisa Karen Miller
DLPS Faculty Publications
The presentation discusses using the University of Kentucky's Oral History Metadata Synchronizer to index the interviews comprising the Western Kentucky University Libraries Oral History Project, conducted by Lisa Karen Miller in 2013.
Becoming An Air Pilot In The 21st Century, Yazeed Alharbi
Becoming An Air Pilot In The 21st Century, Yazeed Alharbi
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
Report On My Fall 2013 Sabbatical Leave, Haiwang Yuan
Report On My Fall 2013 Sabbatical Leave, Haiwang Yuan
DLPS Faculty Publications
Haiwang Yuan, Professor of Department of Library Public Services of WKU, received his 2012-2013 Research & Creative Activities Program (RCAP) grant from WKU Research Office and a book contract from a U.S. publisher ABC-CLIO to write a book on Tibetan folktales. He then applied for and was awarded the fall 2013 sabbatical leave. With the grant and the leave, he made his research field trip to Tibet and some other Tibetan communities in China. This is the report he has given to his dean and WKU Academic Affairs Office as required. He has now submitted the manuscripts of his book.
Plan B Career Information: Annotated Resource List, Elizabeth Howard
Plan B Career Information: Annotated Resource List, Elizabeth Howard
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
Ua1c11/23 Wku Libraries Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/23 Wku Libraries Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
WKU University Libraries photograph albums.
Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 868. Letters written by William Joseph Kimbrough to Sarah Gilbert Garris, Library Science instructor at Western Kentucky State College, 1953-1954, during his military service in
California and Japan. Includes a vivid description of a visit in a middle class Japanese family’s home and additional details about his experiences written in 1992.