Nursing Databases
Nursing Databases
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CINAHL Plus with Full Text
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Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature: a large collection of journals and e-books on many nursing and allied health topics.
Embase
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Coverage of biomedical literature worldwide that includes MEDLINE, plus many conference abstracts and EU journals not found elsewhere. Particularly strong in drug and pharmacology information. Nursing Databases
MEDLINE with Full Text
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Millions of references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine; indexed with the National Library of Medicine’ Medical Subject Headings (MESH).
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Database
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Includes abstracts and indexing that covers nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and related topics. It also includes dissertations and can be a good source for grey literature.
PubMed
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Includes the MEDLINE database, plus in process-citations, “Ahead of Print” items, NIH-funded research projects, books from the NCBI Bookshelf, and selected items from PubMed Central. Learn how to locate full text available through Walden University Library in PubMed.
TRIP Database
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TRIP (Turning Research into Practice) is a freely-accessible database that includes evidence-based synopses, clinical answers, systematic reviews, guidelines, and tools. It does not automatically link to Walden subscriptions; may use Google Scholar to find full text.
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CINAHL & MEDLINE Combined Search
CINAHL stands for Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature and includes peer-reviewed articles, reports of evidence-based practice, case studies, systematic reviews, and more.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
An independent, well-respected source of evidence to inform healthcare decision making. Includes full-text PDF versions of the Cochrane Reviews and the Cochrane Protocols.
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Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Open Access database that includes critical appraisals of systematic reviews, particularly those addressing the effects of health interventions. While DARE doesn’t include the full text of the systematic reviews, it does include citations to the original research.
Note: This is the archived version. The site was last updated March 31, 2015.
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JBI EBP Database (formerly Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database)
Systematic reviews, evidence summaries, and best practice information sheets developed by an Australian-based university research and development institution.
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Ovid Nursing Books
Search or browse helpful nursing and medical reference titles.
Ovid Nursing Journals Full Text
This is a small collection of full text nursing journals. They range in scope from general nursing to specializations such as emergency and dermatology nursing. All titles are also indexed in CINAHL.
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ProQuest Health & Medical Collection
Similar to ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health, with an overlapping journal set. This resource includes more health administration and consumer health titles.
PsycINFO
The largest resource devoted to scholarly peer-reviewed literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health. Also includes book chapters, books, dissertations, and all content from PsycARTICLES (American Psychological Association journals).
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ScienceDirect
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Coverage is particularly strong for the life and physical sciences, medicine, and technical fields, but also includes some social sciences and humanities.
Multi-Database Searches
Thoreau Multi-Database Search Best Bet
Thoreau is a tool that searches across many of the Library databases. It is not able to search every database, but it does search enough of our resources to be a useful tool for quick, simple searches.
CINAHL & MEDLINE Combined Search
CINAHL stands for Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature and includes peer-reviewed articles, reports of evidence-based practice, case studies, systematic reviews, and more.
ERIC and Education Source Combined Search
Search ERIC, a database of 1.3 million bibliographic records maintained by the US Department of Education, and Education Source, one of the largest collections of full-text education journals, at the same time.
Political Science Complete & Business Source Complete Combined Search
The Political Science Complete and Business Source Complete Combined Search contains both practical and scholarly information on policy, legal, economic, and professional topics. Use this search to locate scholarly journal articles, case studies, company profiles, reports, conference papers, financial data, and SWOT analyses. Particularly useful for topics related to business policy and the nonprofit sector.
Psychology Databases Combined Search
Find articles in the field of psychology across multiple databases including, PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS, PsycEXTRA, and PsycINFO.
PsycTESTS & Health and Psychosocial Instruments Combined Search
PsycTESTS and Health and Psychosocial Instruments are collections of assessment instruments related to a variety of fields. This simultaneous search allows you to search both databases at once to locate assessment instruments.
New / Trial Databases
New, trial, and temporary resources
COVID-19 resources
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A list of librarian-recommended resources to find reliable information about the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.
Popular Databases
Frequently-used databases
Education Source
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Education Source covers all levels of education–from early childhood to higher education as well as all educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. It is the world’s largest and most complete collection of full-text education journals with many peer-reviewed titles.
ERIC
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ERIC, maintained by the US Department of Education, indexes over a million journal and non-journal sources focused on education research, including including work produced or funded by the U.S. Department of Education, other federal departments, state or local agencies, policy organizations professional associations, and more.
SAGE Journals
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Includes current peer-reviewed journal articles in psychology, political science, management, education, and more.
SAGE Knowledge
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This database contains encyclopedias and handbooks in over 20 different subject areas.
ScienceDirect
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Coverage is particularly strong for the life and physical sciences, medicine, and technical fields, but also includes some social sciences and humanities.
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AARP State Data Center
This site provides statistics and reports on Social Security, Medicare, housing, long-term care, poverty level, caregiver estimates and more on a state-by-state level.
ABI/INFORM Collection
ABI/INFORM Collection offers over 2,000 full text resources including peer-reviewed journals, trade publications, business news, reports, and working papers. Topics include all aspects of international business, such as business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and the competitive landscape.
Academic Search Complete
A multidisciplinary database containing peer-reviewed journals, conference papers, newspapers, magazines and other materials. This database is a good starting place for topics that cross many subject areas.
Academic Video Online (AVON)
Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: AVON
Academic Video Online (AVON) is a multidisciplinary collection of videos of virtually every video type: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, demonstrations, original and raw footage including tens of thousands of exclusive titles. There are thousands of award-winning films, Academy,® Emmy,® and Peabody® winners plus newly released films and previously unavailable archival material.
Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection
ProQuest Accounting & Tax brings together highly ranked global and scholarly journals with key resources for locating quick and precise results covering current news and topics, as well as the trends and history influencing important accounting and tax issues of the day.
ACM Digital Library
ACM Digital Library is a comprehensive collection of publications put out by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). It includes a 50+year archive of over 40 ACM journals, magazines, and peer-reviewed articles as well as ACM conference proceedings and ACM SIG newsletters.
Agricola
From the National Agricultural Library, search books and articles in agriculture related subjects like food and nutrition, natural resources and environment, and laws and regulation.
American National Election Studies
The American National Election Studies website provides survey data on public opinion, voting, and more. Registration and agreement to terms is required, however downloading of data is free.
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Offers data on indicators affecting children and families in the United States, including education, family and community, and well-being. Downloadable into graphs and reports.
Annual Reviews
This collection offers comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists.
