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(More Info)	National Association of School Nurses
NASN's aims to advance the delivery of professional school health services to promote optimal health and learning in students. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	National Institutes of Health
General information about health, and news about current developments in medicine. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	National League for Nursing
To advance quality nursing education that prepares the nursing workforce to meet the needs of diverse populations in an ever-changing health care environment. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	National Library of Medicine Gateway
An entry point for searching the many valuable resources at the NLM. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
The United States Department of Commerce National Technical Information Service (NTIS) serves as the largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today. Included are citations for millions of publications in hundreds of subject areas. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Nature Encyclopedia of the Human Genome
Written by 1400 experts, this unique encyclopedia has over 1000 peer-reviewed articles covering a wide range of topics, from structural and functional genomics to ethical and social issues. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Netherlands in Fifty Maps: an Annotated Atlas
Published by the Royal Dutch Geographical Society this atlas includes 126 pages of maps reprinted from the Journal of Economic and Social Geography. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	New Britton and Brown Illustrated Flora of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada
A comprehensive, three-volume encyclopedia that provides extensive information on plants in the area east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio River valley. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	New Cambridge History of India
These are thematic volumes which update the old Cambridge History of India (1922- )(3rd floor DS 436 .C22). Each volume of the NCHI has a distinct title, and concludes with an extensive bibliographic essay. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	New Cambridge Medieval History
A 7-volume successor to the Cambridge Medieval History (1911-1936). Read the full annotation

New Dictionary of the History of Ideas

(More Info)	New Encyclopedia of the American West
A one-volume encyclopedia which complements the Encyclopedia of the American West. Read the full annotation

New Grove Dictionary of American Music

(More Info)	New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
Multi-volume work (3 vols.) which contains entries on various jazz topics. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
An expanded second edition of the most comprehensive music encyclopedia in English. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments
Multi-volume work (3 vols.) which offers encyclopedic coverage of musical instruments from around the world. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	New Handbook of Political Science
A comprehensive overview of major areas of political science studies. Includes extensive bibliographies. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	New Oxford History of Music
A 10-volume work which covers the time periods from ancient all the way through modern. Each volume features a different time period in music history, such as Early Middle Ages, Ars Nova and the Renaissance, The Age of Beethoven, and Romanticism. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture
A comprehensive ten-volume work. Somewhat dated, but still relevant for any botany project. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	New York Times Encyclopedia of Film
This 13 volume work is a reprint collection of facsimile articles that appeared in The New York Times between 1896 and 1979. Arranged chronologically, they give a view of film history as it happened. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	New York Times Film Reviews
Reproductions of complete film reviews printed in the New York Times. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	New York Times Theater Reviews
Features a compendium of every theater review and awards article published in The New York Times about the theater. Read the full annotation

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(More Info)	Nineteenth Century French Fiction Writers: Romanticism and Realism, 1800-1860
Critical essays on the writings of 19 French authors. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Nineteenth-century French Fiction Writers: Naturalism and Beyond, 1860-1900
Critical essays on the writings of 20 French authors. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism
Excerpts from criticism of the works of fiction and non-fiction writers who lived between 1800 and 1900, from the first published critical appraisals to current evaluations and commentaries. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	NIST Chem WebBook
This site provides thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program. Read the full annotation

Nomenclature Glossary for Zoology

(More Info)	Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook, Epoch 2000.0
Norton's Star Atlas is the most famous astronomical reference tool, used by professional and amateur stargazers in their search of the night skies. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Notable American Women
A five volume set published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. First three volumes cover 1,359 American women who died between 1607 and 1950; the next volume with the subtitle The Modern Period covers 442 women who died between 1951 and 1975; the last volume, subtitled Completing the Twentieth Century profiles 483 women who died between 1976 and 1999. Read the full annotation

Nursing

(More Info)	Nursing Center
Provides many full text articles in its Continuing Education section. Journals include American Journal in Nursing, Nursing Management, and The Nurse Practitioner. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Nursing Diagnosis Handbook : A Guide to Planning Care
A reference that helps nurses and students correlate diagnoses with information about clients based on assessment findings, medical and psychiatric diagnoses, and treatment plans. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Nursing Outlook
Nursing Outlook provides innovative ideas for leaders in the nursing profession through peer-reviewed articles and timely reports. Each issue examines current issues and trends in nursing practice, education, and research, offering progressive solutions to the problems facing the profession. Read the full annotation

Nursing Research

(More Info)	Nursing World
The site of the American Nurses Association. It provides links to the free Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (a peer-reviewed electronic journal), state nursing associations, and American Nurses Foundation. Read the full annotation

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