In this section, you'll find:
Articles, which you can access through databases and through the library's catalog, will report on specific research done by scholars in the field. When you know your topic or research question, dig into articles for information that will support your ideas or answer your questions.
Start with these core databasesTry these go-to databases first for nursing research and nursing journals. Then explore the other tabs of this section for databases that focus on various aspects of health and medical research.
Scholarly research, quick summaries, and evidence-based information sheets covering 50 nursing specialties, speech and language pathology, nutrition, general health and medicine, and more.
Search AJN: The American Journal of Nursing, Journal of Nursing Administration, MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, Nursing Research, and Nursing. We subscribe to full text for the past 5 years.
You can also browse these journals.
Search Tips: Nursing Journals@OvidNursing Journals@Ovid provides access to our subscription of the latest 5 years of a few key nursing journals and evidence-based practice resources. However, you can search more broadly within Ovid if you click on the link above the search bar to Change resources and add or switch to Journals@Ovid Full Text. You will then have articles in your search results that we don't have full-text access to. Don't ever pay for an article, and don't be discouraged if you see "Pay per view" articles. You can:
Questions along the way? Email your Reference & Instruction Librarian, Amanda, at reference@uj.edu.
Try these databases for a broader set of health & wellness articlesFrom additional scholarly-focused resources to databases geared more towards consumers, this broader set of databases will widen your search net.
Provides nearly 550 full-text scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines plus patient education sheets for more than 1300 drugs/medications.
Comprehensive consumer health resource providing access to thousands of full-text medical journals, periodicals, reference works, multimedia, and more.
Comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. Covers all areas of health and wellness including drug information.
Full-text journals (often peer-reviewed) and reports focusing on complementary, holistic, and integrated health care and wellness.
Another full-text database option for scholarly articles indexed in CINAHL. Subjects covered include specialize care, treatment, and patient management.
Try these databases for evidence-based practice resourcesThese resources include systematic reviews, evidence-based guides and information sheets, and more. For more EBP resources and info, see the EBP Guide:
Includes evidence-based information as well as tools that help healthcare professionals implement an effective evidence-based practice program. From the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI).
Contains different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the CENTRAL register of controlled trials. The Cochrane Reviews are systematic reviews and meta-analyses that summarize and interpret the results of medical research.
Try these databases for articles from other medical & related fieldsThese databases cover medicine and the health sciences more broadly, or focus on related fields such as psychology/mental health.
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