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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.
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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 ).
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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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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 APA PsycArticles.
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CINAHL & MEDLINE Combined Search
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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.
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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)
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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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Systematic reviews, evidence summaries, and best practice information sheets developed by an Australian-based university research and development institution.
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Search or browse helpful nursing and medical reference titles.
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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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Similar to ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health, with an overlapping journal set. This resource includes more health administration and consumer health titles.
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ProQuest One Academic is an interface that allows users to search across ProQuest Central, Academic Video Online (AVON), Academic Complete (eBook collection), and ProQuest Dissertation & Theses Global.
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PEERS DISCUSSION
Post the following:
Using proper APA formatting, cite the peer-reviewed article you selected that pertains to your practice area (nursing) and is of particular interest to you and identify the database that you used to search for the article. Explain any difficulties you experienced while searching for this article. Would this database be useful to your colleagues? Explain why or why not. Would you recommend this database? Explain why or why not.
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