NUR406 : Contemporary Nursing Trends and Theory

CINAHL; Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature

• Nursing, allied health

• Journal articles
• Book chapters
• Dissertations
• Conference papers
• Info for patients

• 1937-present
• More than 3.7 million citations
• Some articles peer reviewed

Good place to start to search for nursing articles

Tutorial from EBSCO

PubMed

• Medicine, nursing, other health care fields including health care delivery

• Journal articles; most journals are peer reviewed
• Books

• 1966-present; some citations prior to 1966
• More than 27 million citations

Useful for searching for healthcare questions, like treatment for an illness.

For nursing topics, may supplement CINAHL

• FAQs
• Tutorials
• Tutorial for nurses

Health Source

• Nursing

• Full text journals of 550 journals; many of the journals are peer reviewed
• AHFS Consumer Medication Information, includes Drug information monographs written for consumers

​PsycINFO

• Psychology

• Journal articles
• Books & book chapters
• Dissertations

• 1887-present
• Over 4 million
• Nearly 2,500 journals covered; most journals peer reviewed.

PsycINFO Quick Reference Guide from the American Psychological Association

Web of Science

• Multidisciplinary content

• Over 12,000 journals
• Over 150,000 conference proceedings
• Also includes Journal Citation Reports (InCites)

Database allows cited reference searching

Useful for comprehensive searching

Web of Science training resources