LibGuides: NRS401: Nursing Research Utilization: Finding Sources

Practice PICO Scenarios

Nurse Author & Editor site
Click the "Directory of Nursing Journals" tab for list of nursing journals in publication.

CINAHL Complete
The authoritative source of information for the professional literature of nursing, allied health, biomedicine, and healthcare including references to books, book chapters, pamphlets, audiovisuals, dissertations, educational software, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, nurse practice acts, critical paths, and research instruments. Although a bibliographic database, includes selected original and full-text material.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
A specialized medical and nursing resource for systematic reviews of evidence, considered the "gold standard" for Evidence Based Practice. Use the Search tab to search by keywords OR use the Browse tab & select By Topic.
PubMed
Biomedical literature with some nursing journals. Often not full-text.
Search feature available free online after graduation. UD's PubMed link connects to subscription full-text when available (Find It button in upper right).

PubMed provides access to bibliographic information that includes MEDLINE, as well as: 1) The out-of-scope citations (e.g., articles on plate tectonics or astrophysics) from certain MEDLINE journals, primarily general science and chemistry journals, for which the life sciences articles are indexed for MEDLINE; 2) Citations that precede the date that a journal was selected for MEDLINE indexing; 3) Some additional life science journals that submit full text to PubMedCentral and receive a qualitative review by NLM.

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing
JOGNN is a leading peer-reviewed journal with a nursing focus on the health care of women, childbearing families, and newborns. Coverage: 1972-present.

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