Resource Guides: Nursing Research: EBP Assignment

Keywords and Searching

To find protocols published in peer-reviewed journals, use the Protocols Subject Heading in CINAHL, along with keywords describing your chosen subject.

In ScienceDirect, try your chosen subject along with nursing protocol.

Databases to use

CINAHL This link opens in a new window
Articles from peer-reviewed journals, Nursing/Allied Health trade publications, and Evidence Based Care Sheets. Limited to four simultaneous users.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Articles from scholarly/peer-reviewed journals on physical, life, health, and social sciences
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Articles from peer-reviewed/scholarlyjournals, magazines and newspapers

Google Scholar
Searches the open web for scholarly articles. Some articles will not be freely available online. If they are not free, check library databases to see if Edmonds has access. If we don't, place an interlibrary loan request for the item.