To better understand (and write about) your research topic, you should brainstorm the main concept(s) involved, and find encyclopedia entries on that concept. This will not only give you a historical context (how has the thing, theory, or technology evolved over time?, what people, laws/policies are involved?), but will also help you find the words and phrases that are essential for searching the scholarly literature. Once you have a handle on your concept(s), search the journal, book and other literature, using the "Information Sources" section below.
CINAHL and Ovid Nursing are best for nursing-specific journal articles, but you may want to try others, such as MEDLINE, for topics that cross into more general health and medicine fields, or try searching our e-books. Search Tips Video Tutorial
To only see full-text results when searching: select "Your Journals@Ovid" on the landing page. 53 scholarly journals in nursing and allied health, plus Emcare, an indexing service for lots of other nursing content. SUNY Empire Login Required
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