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Nursing Subject Guide

Nursing Articles

Health Databases


Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions.

Finding Information in the Cochrane Library
A  tutorial on searching the Cochrane Library Databases

Health

EBSCO's Health databases searches CINAHL ®, PreCINAHL ™, Health Source ®: Nursing/Academic Edition, Clinical Pharmacology, SPORTDiscus, and the multidisciplinary Academic Search ™ Premier.

The EBSCO Health databases is the best place for locating the full text of articles.

National Library of Medicine Gateway

The National Library of Medicine Gateway facilitates the simultaneous search of multiple National Library of Medicine information systems, including MEDLINE and PubMed. Users can access citations - some of which link to full text, video, audio and images.

PubMed

PubMed is a free database that searches millions of article citations from approximately 5000 journals of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences. Users can access citations - some of which link to full text, video, audio and images.

 

Health Related Databases

EBSCO Education

EBSCO's Education searches three databases, Professional Development Collection ™, ERIC ®, and the multidisciplinary Academic Search ™ Premier.

ProQuest Education Journals

ProQuest® Education Journals gives users access to over 700 top educational publications, including nearly 600 of the titles in full text.

Psychology

EBSCO's Psychology searches three databases, PsycINFO ®, PsycARTICLES, and the multidisciplinary Academic Search ™ Premier. Searches can be limited to the PsycINFO database by going to EBSCO Database Selection. This will allow you to search using an electronic version of APA's official Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms ® .

Suggested APA subject terms may be helpful in finding information on the topics listed below:

 

Sociology

EBSCO's Sociology databases searches SocINDEX™ with Full Text and the multidisciplinary Academic Search ™ Premier.