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Nursing and Health Research

Magazine, Newspaper and Journal Articles

Great databases to start your research:

  • EbscoHost (Includes Medline)- Search from various research databases for magazine and journal articles. Updated daily. Use the keyword search technique to get the best results and limit your search to scholarly sources.
    • ***Remember to click on "Advanced Search" before you begin.***

What Else is There?

  • Nursing Reference Center Plus includes Evidenced-based care sheets/care plans; Core Measure topics; disease, conditions, and drug topics; Leadership & Management CEs; nursing management topics; regulatory topics; risk management topics; skills with videos/competency checklists and images; patient education handouts; Full text (PDFs); Create a citation; set an alert for topic updates, and it has a mobile app. 

    • All "Quick Lessons" include the following sub-headings: Description/Etiology, facts and Figures, risk factors, signs and symptoms, clinical presentation, assessment, treatment goals, food for thought, red flags, what to tell the patient or patient's family, references, and reviewer(s).

    • Includes Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses under "More," select "Books," and type in "HJ NA7Q"

  • Nursing and Allied Health (Gale OneFile)  "Research full-text titles cited in CINAHL and other resources to support specialized care, treatment, and patient management."

Click here to view a list of all of the MSJC databases.

Evaluating Websites

The web is a great information resource. There is so much information out there you can usually find some information on your topic. However, because anyone can put anything on the web you need to be very careful when using the web as a research source.

You can use the following checklist to help you to determine the reliability of the information you find on a website.

checkACCURACY

  • Is the information reliable and correct?
  • Is there an editor who verifies the information?

AUTHORITY

  • Is there an author? What are his or her qualifications?
  • What is the sponsoring organization? Is it reputable?

Hint: Look for links providing information about the author and his or her e-mail address. Check for "about us," "philosophy," etc. for information about the organization.

checkOBJECTIVITY

  • Does the website show a bias?
  • Is there advertising on the page? 
  • What is the purpose of the site? To sell, to inform, to persuade?

CURRENCY

  • Does the site include the dates it was created and updated?
  • How current are the links? Have any expired or moved?

Consider if currency is especially important for your research topic.

checkCOVERAGE

  • How does the site compare with other sites on this topic?
  • Is material covered in depth rather than superficially?