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Nursing Databases
Looking for journal articles on a topic?
Start with one of these library databases.
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PubMed This link opens in a new windowSearches MEDLINE, the leading database of journal articles in the health sciences, including medicine, nursing, the allied health sciences, public health, and the basic sciences. Coverage is 1946 - present.
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CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
1300+ full-text journals available to support nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This resource also provides access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, evidence-based care sheet and quick lesson disease overviews, and continuing education modules.
You can also try any of the following:
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PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA) contains citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines, dating from the 1800s. PsycINFO is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.
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Ovid Emcare This link opens in a new window
Emcare, produced by Elsevier, covers all nursing specialties and nursing healthcare professions. Emcare includes international coverage of allied health, education and training, development and management, midwifery, health and healthcare economics, clinical medical and healthcare social work, psychiatry and mental health, and traumatology, emergency and critical-care medicine. Emcare includes unique content not found in other nursing and allied health databases and features more than 1000+ journals not covered by Elsevier’s Embase database. Limited to 1 simultaneous user.
Tutorials
Do you need more help searching our databases? Try one of these tutorials first. If you still need help, contact your librarian!
OneSearch
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Find Books and Articles Using OneSearchUse OneSearch to find the books and articles you need.
PubMed
CINAHL Complete
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Researching in CINAHL (New Interface)This video demonstrates searching in CINAHL, including selecting options for evidence-based practice.
Google Scholar
Finding Full-Text
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Using Find ItA short tutorial on using Find It, a service that allows you to find full-text articles even when they're not in the database you're searching.