Research Guides: Nursing: Finding Articles

Free Health Journals

The following are free electronic journals from the web that do not require any login/authentication process.

PubMed Central
links to a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature

Free Medical Journals
links to free online full-text journals, including pharmacy and pharmacology titles

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
links to free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals

Primary Nursing Databases

CINAHL with Full Text
This resource provides full text for hundreds of nursing and allied health journals indexed in the CINAHL database dating back to 1981.
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
MEDLINE® covers the international literature on biomedicine, with information indexed from approximately 3,900 journals published world-wide.
PubMed
PubMed provides access to bibliographic information that includes MEDLINE, OLDMEDLINE, as well as: out-of-scope citations (e.g., articles on plate tectonics or astrophysics) from certain MEDLINE journals, primarily general science and chemistry journals, for which the life sciences articles are indexed for MEDLINE.
OVID Journals
Ovid contains access to scientific, technical, nursing, and medical journals. Provides access to journal literature, eBooks, and databases in the health sciences.
ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect is a full-text scientific database offering more than 3.5 million journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books.
Health and Medicine
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Multi-source database provides access to full text and images of many respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.
Nursing and Allied Health
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This collection covers all aspects of the nursing profession from direct patient care to health care administration and brings together information found in more than 1,000 journals, with a strong emphasis on full text titles cited in CINAHL.

Circulation (an American Heart Association Journal)
Circulation publishes original contributions of scientific excellence concerned with clinical and laboratory research relevant to cardiovascular disease. The research articles are from many disciplines including cardiovascular medicine and surgery, epidemiology, radiology, and pathology, to appeal to cardiologists, internists, cardiovascular surgeons, nurses, and others interested in cardiovascular medicine.
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Coverage includes Cardiovascular News, Clinical Cardiology, From Bench to Bedside, Images in Cardiovascular Medicine, and the AHA Calendar.

Other Health Sciences Databases

BioMed Central
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An open access publisher of peer reviewed research in biology and bio-medicine. The website requires free registration.
MedlinePlus
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Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it provides information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues, the latest treatments, information on drugs or supplements, medical videos, and illustrations.
Micromedex
Micromedex provides referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine. Also access IBM CareNotes which includes patient education handouts, conditions, and diagnoses.
UpToDate
Content is provided by a faculty of 4,400 expert clinicians. This resource covers over 8,500 topics in 17 medical specialties and includes a calculator and drug interaction feature. For Pharmacy and Nursing students and faculty ONLY
LexiComp
Lexicomp Online provides relevant drug, disease, and clinical information, helpful for hospital pharmacists when collaborating with physicians, nurses and other clinical staff.
Natural Medicines
Natural Standard provides high quality, evidence-based information on dietary supplements (including herbs, vitamins, and minerals), functional foods, diets, complementary practices (modalities), exercises, and medical conditions. Clients include, but are not limited to: corporations, manufacturers, retail pharmacies, hospitals, universities, organizations and private professional practices.
SciFinder-n
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***Create an account using your Union email while on campus***

SciFinder-n is a research discovery tool that allows you to explore the CAS databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more!
APA PsycINFO
PsycINFO® database provides abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences.
Social Work Abstracts
The Social Work Abstracts database contains more than 45,000 records from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more.

Maximum of 4 users at the same time.

General Subject Databases

Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, indexes and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and more than 13,200 publications. It covers a range of disciplines such as science, engineering, psychology, religion, and many others.
Science
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With more than 1.6 million articles, researchers can stay current with the latest scientific developments in particle physics, advanced mathematics, nanotechnology, geology, and hundreds of other areas.
WilsonWeb OmniFile
Wilson Web OmniFile is a full text database that contains articles from approximately 2,700 publications beginning in 1994 that cover Art, Agriculture, Applied Science, Business, Education, Science, Humanities, Law, Library Science, Social Sciences, Technology, and more.

Finding Research Instruments

Identifying an instrument is generally just the beginning of the process - you will next need to locate the actual instrument and gain any needed permissions to use the instruments. Contact your faculty member or a librarian if you need further assistance.

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)
Material on unpublished information-gathering tools for clinicians in medical and nursing areas as well as psychology, social work, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech & hearing therapy.

Maximum of 1 user at the same time.
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
Information about and reviews of standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas.