A Research Guide for Nursing & Allied Health
A starting spot for identifying resources to support research in Nursing, and Allied Health.
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About this guide
This guide was created by expert librarians from Steely Library and Nursing & Allied Health faculty, to kickstart your research, guiding you to recommended databases and other resources in Nursing & Allied Health.
Databases
The selected databases are Steely Library approved and might be your best bests for researching most topics in Nursing & Allied Health.
- CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new windowFull text for more than 2,000 English-language nursing and allied health journals and publications back to 1937. Includes access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters, Evidence-Based Care Sheets, legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowPubMed was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). It was developed in conjunction with publishers of biomedical literature as a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full-text journals at web sites of participating publishers.
- Medline This link opens in a new windowThe MEDLINE database is widely recognized as the premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of biomedical literature. MEDLINE encompasses information from Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing, as well as other sources of coverage in the areas of allied health, biological and physical sciences, humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care, communication disorders, population biology, and reproductive biology.
- UpToDate This link opens in a new windowAn online, evidence-based, clinical decision support tool with topic reviews covering medical symptoms, tests and diagnosis, and treatment options for over 10,000 conditions. Features include interactive guides, lab interpretations, standard medical calculators, and a drug interactions analysis tool.
**Note: During the initial log in to UpToDate, you will be prompted to register for an UpToDate account. Complete the registration form and click "Submit Registration". Upon completion of the registration process, you will receive a confirmation email from UpToDate. - Cochrane Library This link opens in a new windowThe Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.
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