Nursing Research Guide: Articles
This guide provides access to nursing research resources available through the DePaul University Library
Principal Nursing Nursing & Medicine Databases
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CINAHL CompleteFind nursing-related articles, conference proceedings, care sheets, practice acts, guidelines and many other document and publication types that support nursing and related professions. Remember to use the built-in 'CINAHL Headings' thesaurus to explore and discover subject heading vocabulary used by CINAHL to express the concepts you're interested in.
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Nursing & Allied Health Database (ProQuest)Find journal articles, reports, dissertations, electronic book chapters, reference sources and training videos covering a broad range of nursing, health care, and wellness-related topics.
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PsycInfoFind journal articles, book chapters, dissertations and other publication types across a broad range of psych-related disciplines, including psychiatry, education, business, computers, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Use the built-in 'Thesaurus' tool to explore and identify the vocabulary PsycInfo uses to express the concepts you're interested in.
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PubMedFind articles and other document types covering an extremely broad range of biomedical/clinical research. Use PubMed's "MeSH" (Medical Subject Heading) Database to explore and identify the vocabulary used by the database to express the concepts you're interested in.
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic EditionFind more articles relating to nursing and allied health professions (this database contains useful content you won't find in CINAHL).
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Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)Get information & journal article references relating to measurement/assessment instruments (e.g. questionnaires; rating scales; tests; indexes; coding schemes) used in the research of health, psychosocial & behavioral sciences.
Additional Databases for Nursing & Medicine Research
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Sociology Collection (ProQuest)Use this collection to find information across a collection of three separate ProQuest databases (Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, and the Sociology Database) that addresses social, cultural, ethnic, racial, gender and other aspects that relate to social groups and your health topic.
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Social Sciences AbstractsFind articles from journal publications oriented towards the social aspects of health, medicine & wellness.
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GenderWatchFind articles and other document types relating to gender and sexuality.
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Academic Search CompleteFind articles from a very broad range of different subjects, in addition to nursing and health.
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ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center)Use ERIC to find journal articles, reports and other documents relating to a wide range of education & training topics that relate to nursing, health care, medicine, and caring professions in general.
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ScienceDirectFind articles from across thousands of science, health & social science journals and book chapters published by Elsevier.
Additional Clinical & Evidence-Based Information Sources
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ClinicalTrials.govFind up-to-date information for locating federally and privately supported clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions
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Cochrane LibraryFind high quality, independent evidence-based health care information (protocols, methods, trials, evaluations and assessments) from six different Cochrane Library databases, including The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), a comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed systematic reviews produced by the Review Group of The Cochrane Collaboration.
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National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)Find objective & detailed evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
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UpToDateFind physician-authored evidence-based information intended to support clinical decision-making at the point-of-care. Use the library link above to register and set up your DePaul UpToDate account. Once your account is created, you will be able to use the mobile app.
Access note: Available only to currently enrolled students, faculty, and staff; not available to the public.
Saving Your Search Results
Here are links to setting up indivdual accounts with the major database providers of nursing & health-related articles:
Help Finding Nursing Articles
Where's the Full Text?
No Full Text in Database? ...
1. Click 
2. When displayed, click "ARTICLE"
3. Otherwise, click on "JOURNAL"
4. If neither option shows, click Request via Illiad
Also use ILLIAD to get an electronic copy of any article we do not have online
Got Citation but Need Full Text?
Trying to find full text when you've got an article citation (or partial citation)? Start by first determining what access we have for that journal, then 'search within' that journal.
Google Scholar Search Box
Have Google Scholar detect when DePaul has article access!
1.Go to scholar.google.com
2. Click on 
(top right)
3. Select Scholar Settings
4. Select Library Links
5. Search for DePaul
6. Select check box for:
7. Save