Research Guides: Nursing: Articles & Databases

Databases for Nursing

Suggested WKU Libraries Databases::

CINAHL Full Text (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window To limit to scholarly articles, select [advanced search] , check the "peer-reviewed' box, and click "search.".
PubMed (NIH, Open Access) This link opens in a new window Comprises citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window Search for scholarly articles in Google by keyword/topic. Now features linking to full-text of articles held by WKU.
MEDLINE / PubMed (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and much more. Access provided by KYVL.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window An evidence-based health care database with full text systematic reviews.
DynaMed (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Dynamed publishes clinically-organized topics on evaluation, differential diagnosis, management, and comprehensive reviews of diseases, conditions, and abnormal findings.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window A large multi-subject database covering every topic with scholarly journals and popular magazines. Access provided by KYVL.
One Search (Primo) This link opens in a new window
Search across the WKU Libraries catalog and databases to discover books, articles, films, and more.

Other Useful Databases

Cabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities This link opens in a new window Provides publishing guidelines of journals in the fields of Business, Education, Health and Psychology.
Dissertations and Theses Full Text (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Indexes doctoral dissertations and master's theses from North American and European universities from 1861 to the present.
Lexi-Comp Online for Dentistry This link opens in a new window Contains drug information with a specific focus on dentistry.
APA PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Core database for research in psychology and related fields. Access provided by KYVL.
Testing & Education Reference Center This link opens in a new window Includes Peterson's practice test for NCLEX-RN.
HaPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) This link opens in a new window
A bibliographic database providing information about behavioral measurement instruments abstracted from journals covering health sciences and psychosocial sciences.
DSM-5-TR (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual, 5th Ed., Text Revision) This link opens in a new window
DSM-5-TR is the most comprehensive, current, and critical resource for clinical practice available to today's mental health clinicians and researchers. DSM-5-TR includes the fully revised text and references, updated diagnostic criteria and ICD-10-CM codes since DSM-5 was published in 2013. It features a new disorder, Prolonged Grief Disorder, as well as codes for suicidal behavior available to all clinicians of any discipline without the requirement of any other diagnosis.

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Databases Help

CINAHL Support Center via EBSCOhost Tutorials and guides for searching CINAHL.
Evidence-Based Medicine: PICO How to rephrase a search topic in the PICO format often used in evidence-based health care.
PubMed help Click [HTML Versions] for interactive videos!
Cochrane Library Training Hub
Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice (NLM)