Nursing Research Guide: Articles
This guide provides access to nursing research resources available through the DePaul University Library
Principal Nursing Nursing & Medicine Databases
This is not a full list of all the possible databases that may be pertinent to your area of study. To get a more comprehensive representation of literature relating to your topic or research question, consider using databases listed in other subject research guides.
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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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APA 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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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.
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