Articles: best databases to use
- CINAHL This link opens in a new windowProvides comprehensive coverage of the English language journal literature related to nursing and the allied health disciplines.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowContains more than 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
- ClinicalKey This link opens in a new windowFeaturing content from medical texts, reference books and journals. Great for background reference information.
- APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowProfessional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas.
- Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
A good multidisciplinary database. Includes the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, the Science Citation Index Expanded, and the Social Science Citation Index. Search them together or separately. NOTE: Web of Science can also help you identify classic but OFTEN CITED ARTICLES.
How do I get an article if Wright State does not have it?
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About Scholarly Articles and Finding Professional Nursing and Healthcare Articles
- What are scholarly articles? How do I find them? How do I read them?Brief tutorials. Includes 5-minute video explaining peer-review.
- How do I find scholarly and/or professional nursing and healthcare articles?CINAHL help: subject searching and limiting search results to articles likely to be written by nurses.
- How do I find scholarly and/or professional medical and healthcare articles?PubMed help: subject searching, other search features, and how to limit to nursing-related research.
- How do I get an overview of research designs and methods?Links to selected eBooks.
Types of Reviews in Healthcare - Articles
- Grant, M. J., & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 26(2), 91–108. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.xRequires authentication with w number and password. To access the full text, click the PDF full text link to the left of the abstract.
- MacEntee, M. I. (2019). A typology of systematic reviews for synthesising evidence on health care. GERODONTOLOGY, 36(4), 303–312. https://doi.org/10.1111/ger.12439Requires authentication with w number and password. To access the full text, click the PDF full text link to the left of the abstract.
Evidence Evaluation Table - Template and Sample
- Evidence Evaluation Table TemplateCopy and paste from this template to create the columns for your own Evidence Evaluation Table. [Online-only content for “Critical Appraisal of the Evidence: Part I,” by Fineout-Overholt and colleagues in the American Journal of Nursing, July 2010, p. 47-52]
- Sample Evidence Evaluation Table - CompletedThis is an example of an Evidence Evaluation with all of the elements filled in. [Online-only content for “Critical Appraisal of the Evidence: Part III,” by Fineout-Overholt and colleagues in the American Journal of Nursing, November 2010, p. 43-51.]
- More EBP Resources for Nursing"How to" links, tutorials, articles, and videos covering all aspects of the process of Evidence-Based Practice.
APA Style
- APA Style HelpGeneral APA guidelines, samples and templates, and sample citations for various types of sources.
Publishing
- Tools for Nurse AuthorsHelp identifying journals in which to publish, determining author guidelines, journal metrics, and more!
- Retraction Watch DatabaseShould you wish to reference the Retraction Watch Database, we suggest the following as a basic form (of course, different citation styles may require different formatting) :
The Retraction Watch Database [Internet]. New York: The Center for Scientific Integrity. 2018. ISSN: 2692-465X. [Cited (applicable date)]. Available from: http://retractiondatabase.org/.
