Nursing

This is a guide for GRC's nursing students.

Before you search...

BEFORE YOU SEARCH, make sure you know...

Find Different Research Study Types

Find Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses

1. Option: use the linked tools in the key databases box on this page and employ some of these search strategies:

  • use the PICO acronym to construct the basics of your question and identify key search words

 

Find Clinical Guidelines

1. Option: use the "Clinical Guidelines" links in the key databases box on this page to search for clinical guidelines using some of these search strategies:

  • search for a specific topic
  • search with this word: nursing
  • if provided, use "nursing" limiter or filter tools
  • search for guidelines published by nursing associations or organizations

2. Option: conduct an internet search using this formula: nursing "clinical guidelines" "your topic"

example: nursing "clinical guidelines" "wound management"
note that you will need to determine if the guidelines are evidence-based

Find RCTs (randomized controlled trials)

1. Option: use the linked tools in the key databases box on this page and employ some of these search strategies:

  • use the PICO acronym to construct the basics of your question and identify key search words

Find Controlled Trials Without Randomization (quasi-experimental studies)

1. Option: use the linked tools in the key databases box on this page and employ some of these search strategies:

  • use the PICO acronym to construct the basics of your question and identify key search words

Find Cohort, Case Control, Cross-Sectional, Case Studies (non-experimental studies)

1. Option: use the linked tools in the key databases box on this page and employ some of these search strategies:

  • use the PICO acronym to construct the basics of your question and identify key search words

Find Qualitative Studies

1. Option: use the linked tools in the key databases box on this page and employ some of these search strategies:

  • use the PICO acronym to construct the basics of your question and identify key search words

Key Databases

Holman Library One Search

Selected Health Science Databases

Complete List of Health Science Databases

List of Individual Nursing Journals

Clinical Guidelines

Journal Article Searching on the Free Web