LibGuides: NURS 2103: Introduction to Professional Nursing: Find Articles

What is a Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed Article?

Peer-reviewed journal articles have gone through a special review process (peer review, naturally). This means scholars of a discipline have read an article carefully and determined that it makes a worthwhile contribution and was researched correctly. This is why instructors prefer you to use peer-reviewed articles -- it guarantees that your sources are good ones.

Peer Review (North Carolina State U Libraries)

This video explains the peer review process and its importance for scholarly journals.

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Google Scholar

PubMed and Medline

Differences in PubMed and Medline - University of Washington

Core Databases

CINAHL Complete
Use this database to locate journal articles and books on all aspects of nursing and allied health. CINAHL Complete is the world’s most comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL. Although the emphasis is on nursing, many of the references also relate to allied health disciplines such as cardiopulmonary technology, health education, medical, and laboratory technology, occupational therapy, emergency service, and social services in health care.
PubMed
PubMed comprises more than 19 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals. Citations may include links to full-text articles from PubMed Central or publisher web sites.
Web of Science
Web of Science is a database containing citations to articles and other sources in all areas of knowledge. (The database doesn't include full text, but links to full text if we have access.)
MEDLINE
Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more from the National Library of Medicine.

Other Useful Databases

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Use this database to access scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also included are abstracts and indexing for hundreds of journals.
Nursing & Allied Health Source
Provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more, as well as meeting the needs of researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions.
Family Health
This database includes journals and magazines covering an enormous range of health subjects, from sports injuries to women's health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry
Health & Medical Collection
Provides information on all major clinical and healthcare disciplines, including medical sciences, immunology, pharmacology, nursing, physical fitness and hygiene, surgery, and others.