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Prenursing -- General Research Guide: Finding Books

This is a guide for prenursing students in the LINK program. It helps you find articles through databases, locate the books you need, and evaluate web sites and articles.

Books for the TEAS

Nursing School Entrance Exam Study Guides

Study Manual for the Test of Essential Academic Skills

The nursing school examination at Perimeter College at Georgia State University is the TEAS available from ATI. TEAS stands for Test of Essential Academic Skills .

The 2016 version of the study guide for the TEAS examination is available in several Perimeter College libraries, and the 2017 will soon be on order or arrive.

Note: there are a wide variety of nursing school entrance exams and very few other study guides use the word, TEAS, in their title. Most nursing school entrance exam guides cover material on multiple exams, including the TEAS.

Here are some other books that can help you prepare for the entrance exam. Although librarians order multiple copies of mostly older editions, these books are popular so plan ahead to take one out.

Finding Books with GILFind@GPC and GIL@GPC-Classic

Finding and Using Books

Screen shot of GIL-Find GIL-Find is the the library's catalog. For help using GIL-Find, please try Step by Step Quick Searching with GIL-Find.

Add Power to Your Search

  • To combine more than one main idea, use AND in UPPER CASE. Example: unemployment AND families for the effects of unemployment upon the family.

  • To search for an idea that's a phrase, put it in "quotes." Example: "traumatic brain injury."

Finally, long books can seem scary. To help you get the most out of them, remember the table of contents in the front and the index in the back to find information on y our topic.

Look at the books

To help find the books on the shelf, don't forget to ask a librarian or watch From Catalog to Shelves, a video on how to locate books.

There is also a tutorial on How to Shelve Books (Read Call Numbers) to help you better find them. This tutorial needs Flash/Shockwave.