Research Guides: Nursing: Research Help

Search Tips: Finding Evidence Based Articles

To search for evidence-based articles on CINAHL:

Click on the link below to go to CINAHL.
Below the search boxes, there is a list of "search options." Scroll down the list of limiters. (Look at the other choices on the way. You may find others that will come in handy in the future.)
In the right column, find one that says "Evidence-based practice." Check this box.
Go back up to the search boxes at the top, enter your search terms and click the search button. The results the search returns will be evidence-based.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Index, abstracts, and full text of the literature of nursing and allied health.

To search for evidence-based articles in the Nursing and Allied Health database:

Click on the link below to go to the Nursing and Allied Health Database.
Click on the "advanced search" link.
Put your search terms in the search box.
Scroll down the page to see the limiters. Under "document type", select "evidence based healthcare"

Nursing & Allied Health
Mix of scholarly literature, clinical training videos, reference materials, and evidence-based resources, including dissertations and systematic reviews which takes a holistic and interdisciplinary approach.

See the following video for additional information on how to find evidence based content in the Nursing and Allied Health database:

Video: Finding Evidence Based Content in Nursing and Allied Health Database

Recommended Newspaper Databases

For current news in the field of nursing, you can access a number of newspapers through the Library:

Black Life in America
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media. This collection offers “suggested searches” to guide students to pertinent topics from social justice, politics, arts, literature, key people, etc.

Newsbank - Health Topics
Collection of news articles organized around different health topics.

Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Full text for regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, and newspaper columns.
U.S. Major Dailies
Provides access to the Chicago Tribune (1985 - present), Los Angeles Times (1985 - present), New York Times (1980 - present), Wall Street Journal (1984 - present) and Washington Post (1987 - present); you can search all five newspapers using the search box on the main page, or select an individual newspaper to search only that paper.

Recommended Nursing Databases

If you are looking for articles on a given topic, you will need to look in one of our specialized nursing databases. Below are links to the top-used nursing databases. Please see our complete list of nursing databases for further research.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Index, abstracts, and full text of the literature of nursing and allied health.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Index, abstracts, and full text focusing on many medical disciplines.
MEDLINE with Full Text
Comprehensive index for medical journals, providing full text for more than 1,370 journals.
Nursing & Allied Health
Mix of scholarly literature, clinical training videos, reference materials, and evidence-based resources, including dissertations and systematic reviews which takes a holistic and interdisciplinary approach.
PubMed
Comprises more than 25 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
UpToDate
A point-of-care clinical resource. Useful for quick information about conditions, drugs, etc. Contains original, peer-reviewed text which provides specific, practical recommendations for diagnosis and treatment. For more information about how to access and use UptoDate, see the UptoDate research guide: https://guides.franklin.edu/msn/uptodate.

Nursing Database Search Box

You can type your search in the search box below to search CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition and MEDLINE with Full Text together.

Check both the "full-text" and "peer-reviewed" boxes below the search box to ensure that any articles found are considered scholarly, meaning they have a scientific or research basis and are written by and for professionals in the field.