Nursing Research Guide: Finding Articles & More

The search box below will search the CINAHL and HealthSource/Nursing databases. When searching in our databases, make sure to combine your key terms with Boolean AND (to include all the terms) or Boolean OR (for related terms). Check out the video offerings on this page for a quick tutorial on Boolean operators, database searching and reading scientific articles.

From the U.S. National Library of Medicine. 

• MeSH - -  Medical Subject Headings

Terminology:

Evidence-based Nursing                 (EBN)

Evidence-based Practice                 (EBP)

Nursing Research                            (NR)

Randomized controlled practice      (RCT)

Quality Improvement                       (QI)

Suggested Database Search Terms: 

Systematic reviews

Clinical studies

Literature reviews

Meta-analysis (meta-analyses)

Joshua Vossler's video "Selecting and Using Keywords"

Keywords and Database Searching

• Use specific keywords, not questions.
• Revise your keywords to see how that changes your results.
• Look for more keywords in the articles you find.