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Undergraduate Nursing: Databases

Finding Articles by Topic or Journal Title

To locate journals by their title, use the Online Journal Portal. 

Click this link to view a brief tutorial regarding how to use the Online Journal Portal.

Nursing Databases

CINAHL Ultimate covers a wide range of topics including nursing, and 17 allied health disciplines. 

  • If you haven't used CINAHL, view this brief video tutorial.
  • Click here to view a brief tutorial regarding Evidence Based Care Sheets available through CINAHL.

Cochrane Library database includes systematic reviews, protocols, controlled trials and Clinical Answers.

Click here for a tutorial regarding how to search the Cochrane Library.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

MEDLINE is an authoritative database containing citations and abstracts from biomedical and health journals.

  • If you haven't used MEDLINE, view this brief video tutorial.

MEDLINE with Full Text

Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary

Ovid Emcare is a new scholarly nursing and allied health database focusing on clinical practice.

  • If using an Ovid database, begin with Ovid Emcare, which includes access to more journals than Ovid Nursing Database

Ovid Nursing Database includes articles and citations from Ovid nursing journals and MEDLINE.

PubMed offers citations and abstracts covering the fields of biomedicine and health, life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering.

Science Direct serves as an access point for thousands of journals, articles and book chapters.  See this document regarding Science Direct articles.

Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination, 4th edition provides videos with step-by-step examinations and rationales for the clinician's actions.

Academic Search Ultimate

If you haven't used Academic Search Ultimate, view this brief video tutorial.

Additional nursing databases are available on the library's website.

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