NURS 1000: Professional Nursing Orientation: Nursing History

The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) was first published in 1900.  It is the first professional nursing journal in the United States, by nurses and for nurses.  

It is an excellent resource for locating historical information from articles published in the early years of professional nursing.  Many current articles in AJN also discuss nursing history topics.  

For full-text access to AJN, follow the links below:

• JSTOR
  • Free full-text: 1900-1929 (search or scroll down to bottom of page to browse)
  • Indexing only: 1930-2019 (create a free JSTOR account to access up to 100 articles/month free) 
• University Libraries, 1996-Present

Nursing History Review is the official journal of the American Association for the History of Nursing. 

It publishes historical research studies on nursing and healthcare topics, and is the premier research journal for scholarly articles on nursing history.  

For full-text access to Nursing History Review, follow the links below:

• University Libraries, 2005-2017
• Search for additional articles in MEDLINE and request articles through Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)

Titles listed here represent a sampling of nursing history books available from the UT Libraries.

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