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The Nightingale

Newsletter for Nursing

Fall 2025

Welcome Back!

Greetings Nursing Faculty!  My name is Joyce Smith and I am the Nursing and Allied Health Liaison Librarian.  As the liaison librarian for your programs, I will be your primary contact for any library related questions or services. You are welcome to contact me regarding:

  • Collection Development 

  • Library Instruction 

  • Research Guides

  • Library Assignments

  • Online Library Tutorials

Please feel free to contact me at 386-312-4238 or by email at any time.  

New Library Homepage

Our Library website has a new look!  If you have existing links to any of our electronic resources listed in your courses, remember to change them to the new website address.  

Featured Database

HESI Prep for SJR State Students

SJR State students preparing for the HESI Exam should begin by using the diagnostics in EdReady that are designed for HESI prep. Once you've completed the diagnostic(s), make an appointment with a tutor at SJR State for customized assistance.

STEP 1.

Visit EdReady and create an account by Signing Up.

Click the image above and complete the SignUp for EdReady form. You do NOT need to fill in the Student ID box.

You can click here: STUDENT QUICK START GUIDE for step by step instructions to SignUp

STEP 2.

After you activate your account, log in to EdReady.

STEP 3.

Select your course.

Are you ready for the math portion of the HESI?

You DO NOT need a key for Are you ready for the math portiion of the HESI. Under “Are you ready for the math portion of the HESI?", click Go to Goal.

 

For the HESI 2 English Prep, select "Enter a key." .  Enter sjrstate_134, then select done. Once this goal populates on your dashboard, click Go to Goal.

 

Check out the HOW TO USE EDREADY VIDEO WALKTHROUGH to learn how to navigate EdReady.

STEP 4.

Once you have selected your Goal(s), take the diagnostic test.  Be honest with yourself and don't guess at answers.  The program will design a study path to help you study.

STEP 5.

Make an in-person appointment to go over your diagnostic results with either a Math or Writing tutor. 

 

  Orange Park Campus:  Palatka Campus: St. Augustine Campus:
Math

Michelle Mancil 904-276-6768

michellemancil@sjrstate.edu

JT Givvines 386-312-4327

jamesgivvines@sjrstate.edu

Tim Smith 904-808-7500

timothysmith@sjrstate.edu

Writing

Michael Ramey 904-276-6758

michaelramey@sjrstate.edu

Kayla Cook 386-312-4147

kaylacook@sjrstate.edu

Brenda Hoffman 904-808-7486

brendahoffman@sjrstate.edu

Research and Resource Guides

Anatomy & Physiology

This guide is designed to help SJR State students and faculty find and access anatomy and physiology resources available through the Library.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

This LibGuide is designed to assist students enrolled in Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) courses at St. Johns River State College. By using the tabs above, you will be directed to nursing sources that will be useful in finding information for your research papers and projects.

Nursing

This guide connects students to library resources and information to increase their skills, confidence, and knowledge in aspects of nursing research, and evidence-based practice.

Practical Nursing

This guide features magazines, newsletters, peer reviewed journal articles and websites with up-to-date and credible information. It will also show you how to use library resources to locate both print and online information for your research.

Kanopy

Kanopy is a streaming video collection of over 26,000 films from leading producers such as Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, New Day Films, HBO California Newsreel, Kino Lorber, PBS, BBC, First Run Features, The Video Project, Media Education Foundation, Documentary Education Resources.

APA Citation Tutorial

 

APA Citation Tutorial

At SJR State, many of your courses will require you to use the American Psychological Association's (APA) citation and format style for your academic work. This tutorial provides an overview of APA style. It is an excellent place to start to learn about using the APA format.

Libby by Overdrive

Libby by OverDrive is a free app that lets you borrow and download eBooks and audiobooks to your phone or tablet. It's easy to use, gives you the freedom to read across your devices, and you can download your titles to read or stream offline.

 

Enhance Your Courses with Library Content

Want to embed a 3D Model from BioDigital Human or a film from Films on Demand into Canvas?  The Library now has the capability to integrate content into Canvas for you.  We can embed databases, articles, streaming videos, images, chapters and more. 

Enhance Your Courses with Library Content

We are also available to ...... 

  • Create resource pages in Canvas that include databases of interest for your specific class
  • Create captioned video tutorials for any library resource
  • Update existing links to library content in Canvas

Contact me if you would like to advantage of any of these new services!

Collections

The titles in our curated collections consists of books selected to support SJR State courses and programs. The collection has been created to serve as a starting point for research or to help brainstorm. The best way to find out what books we have is to search our Online Catalog. Click on an image below to access the titles included in the collection.

Title Collections for Nursing Programs