LCU Library: Nursing : Find Articles

Before You Search...

Identify keywords in your topic.
Choose the best database.
Use 1-2 words per search box.
Combine "keyword phrases" with AND.
Use limiters as needed (dates, scholarly (peer reviewed).
Evaluate your results by reading abstracts.
Look at subject terms assigned to a good article to focus search.
No full text? Use Journal Finder on main LCU Library page.
The Cite button will help with footnotes.

Nursing Databases: Use These To Find Articles

CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Full text for hundreds of nursing and allied health journals indexed in the CINAHL database and additional materials include Evidence-Based Care Sheets and Quick Lessons which provide concise overviews of diseases and conditions and outline the most effective treatment options.
Health Research Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
Broad collection of journals, evidence-based resources, and full-text dissertations, and includes the top ProQuest health and medical databases.
MEDLINE Complete This link opens in a new window
Full-text database of biomedical and health journals and companion to the MEDLINE index.
Gale Onefile: Nursing & Allied Health This link opens in a new window
Full-text titles cited in CINAHL supporting specialized care, treatment, and patient management.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about Cochrane groups
Dynamed Plus This link opens in a new window
DynaMed Plus is the next-generation clinical reference tool physicians can rely on for fast, easy access to point-of-care decision support.
PubMed - search for full text in LCU databases using Find Journals This link opens in a new window
Gale Health and Wellness This link opens in a new window
Consumer heath resource has full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more.

Full text not found? Use OneSearch or ProQuest search boxes on main library page to search for article title.

Academic Video Online - Proquest Platform This link opens in a new window
Multidiscipline video collection. Also available in Alexander Street Platform.

Database Tutorials

Accessing LCU databases quick guide

CINAHL Advanced Searching Tutorial

Health Research Premium Collection Searching

ProQuest Ebook Central

Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Full text ebooks. Contains books from the Academic Complete, Reference Ebook, Health & Medicine, eLibrary & SciTech collections. Books can be read in your browser. To download and read offline you will need Adobe Digital Editions.

Ebooks: Find, view & cite

DNP Quality Improvement links

Quality improvement usually includes clarifying best practices - a literature review of what is currently known on the topic using medical databases.

Need Help With Evidence Based Research?

The EBR tool guides you through the evidence based research process. Please use your LCUnet username and password to create your account. The EBR tool is a supplemental text costing $10 paid by credit card.

Using Pico To Search

7 steps to the Perfect PICO Search
Ebsco Health white paper on using PICO to search CINAHL
Translating your PICO into a PubMed Search
This short video will demonstrate how to translate your PICO into a PubMed search.

Finding Tests & Measures

Generally, sources provide descriptions but not the actual test instruments. Journal articles may include a portion or example of a test instrument. You might locate the actual test instrument by:

Finding articles in journal databases that have measurements included in the appendix
Finding a copy posted for free on the Internet
Contacting the test's author(s) and asking a copy of the test and permission to use the test
Purchasing the test from the publisher

Note: You need the copyright holder's permission to use the test if you plan to publish your research.

PsyArticles - In advance search, select TM Test & Measures as the search field. This field captures the tests and measures used in research study. It may be in the body or with an Appended label: Tests and Measures: Quest Atlantis Commitment Questionnaire (Appended)

CINAHL Plus - In advance search, select Instrumentation as the search field.

For other databases, search for your topic AND Test & Measures as the Subject search term. Look for alternate subjects such as inventory, questionnaire, assessments, or rating.

For reviews of tests, see Mental Measurements Yearbooks and Tests in Print.
Other books may be available that are specific to a discipline.

Literature Reviews: An Overview For Graduate Students

Video created by NCSU Libraries.