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NURSING RESEARCH (NUR 4165)

LIBRARIAN: Dr. Darlene Ann Parrish

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The selected sources listed below are useful for finding nursing research and clinical practice articles.

FAU LIBRARIES CATALOG AND JOURNALS
 

• For books, select "Catalog" under "Quick Links" and go to the "Basic Search" screen and choose "Subject Keywords" from the "Search for Keywords" menu. (Example:  Arthritis and Research)
   

• For lists of journals, select "Electronic Journals" under "Quick Links" and search by "subject category."  (Example:  Health Sciences)

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Electronic Databases are available from the FAU Libraries home page at http://www.fau.edu/library by selecting "Research Resources" or "Quick Links" and then "Indexes/Databases". When accessing the databases remotely, be sure to select the link for the "EZproxy" server.

• CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO)
  This electronic resource provides access to nursing research and clinical practice articles.  Additionally, it indexes nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, as well as Evidence Based Care Sheets.
   

• Evidence Based Medicine Reviews  (OVID)
  Provides the updated systematic reviews of the healthcare clinical studies in a full-text format.
   

• MEDLINE (Cambridge Scientific) OR (PubMED)
  The National Institute of Health-National Library of Medicine database gives  references to articles in over 4,800 journals in all areas of medicine including clinical medicine, experimental medicine, nursing and other areas. 
   

• Natural Medicine Comprehensive Database  This resources gives evidence based, clinical information on natural and herbal medicines, and dietary supplements used in the Western World.

• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  Contains references to U.S. doctoral dissertations and master's theses with some access to the full-text
   

• PsycINFO
  The database provides access to the literature of psychology and related disciplines, such as nursing.  Coverage is from 1806 to the current year.

EVALUATING INFORMATION

If you are not using one of the "Electronic Databases" listed above or other databases via the FAU Libraries Electronic Collection, you need to consider some of the following questions when evaluating information from the Internet:

1. How authoritative is the source of information?

2. How accurate is the information?

3. How reliable is the information?

4. How current is the information?

5. How relevant is the information to my topic?

CITING REFERENCES

• REF BF76.7.P83 2001  Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association.  5th ed.  Washington D.C. :  American Psychological Association, 2001.

• APA Style Electronic Formats (by Dr. Mary Ellen Guffey)
  This "quick" guide to citing sources found on the Internet provides the important components of a citation, with examples.

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