Thermistor measurement using NI PCI-6036E and CB-68LP

Hi everyone,
I am quite new to LabVIEW and DAQ and I am in an attempt of performing temperature measurement using the only existing hardware available which are NI PCI-6036E and CB-68LP. I was in the attempt of trying to perform the example of temperature measurement based on a book by Robert H. King "Introduction to Data Acquisition with LabVIEW", but as I go further I realized that the hardware I have is totally different that the one in the book, as the one in the book can perform direct resistance measurement from the thermistor.
I have learnt that there is a need of external excitation current needed but I am not sure of now to create one.
Is it true that I need to do a lot of external circuitry in order for me to realize the temperature measurement with only PCI-6036E and CB-68LP? I don't have a budget to buy SCXI or BNC-2120 accessory.
I bought a breadboard and a few resistors and connected to a voltage supply to build the external excitation but it failed miserably.
I am using Windows XP PC running LabVIEW 2011.

Hi Lynn,
Thank you for your reply. I was just wondering at which terminal should I connect the AI0 of the DAQ card. I did the connection accordingly, by placing the external resistor in series with the thermistor. I connected the +5V source to one end of the external resistor and at the same point I place a connection to the AI0 and at the other end of the thermistor to the ground. The voltage seems to be a constant 5V.
I wanted to monitor the change in temperature of the thermistor by monitoring the voltage variation. When I measure the voltage with an external multimeter there seems to be some changes in the voltage, from 4.51V to 4.54V when I place my thumb on the thermistor to give some heat. However, I couldn't monitor any variation with the VI on LabVIEW. Did I misconnected everything?
I build the VI solely using DAQ Assistant to measure voltage.

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