Best databases for scholarly articles about nursing research. Accessible from on or off-campus for FHSU Tech NC HAYS students with an activated TigerNet ID. Accessible from on-campus for others with a TigerNet ID.
Citations, abstracts and some full-text scholarly articles covering a wide range of science and health sciences topics. Quick search tutorial
Full-text subset of PubMed. PMC contains more than 6 million full-text records, spanning several centuries of biomedical and life science research (late 1700s to present). Content is added to the archive through journal and publisher program deposit, author manuscript deposit, and digitization projects.
Use the search box on the library's home page, selecting the "Books & More" tab. On the results page, limit to Books using the filters under "Filter My Results". If you only want E-books, also limit to "Full-Text Online". You can also search our e-book databases directly. Note that ProQuest Academic Complete and ProQuest EBook Central are only available to FHSU and FHSU Tech NC HAYS students.
Reference e-books on a wide range of topics. Sources include dictionaries, encyclopedias, key concepts, key thinkers, handbooks, atlases, and more. Search by keyword or browse titles by topic.
With PQDT Open, you can read the full-text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge.
With PQDT Open, you can read the full-text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge.
Before you start searching, it's helpful to brainstorm keywords relating to your research topic. You may need to do some background research on your research question before you can identify additional keywords.
For example, let's say your research question is: In the past decade, how has the flu shot impacted the number of flu cases among elderly patients in the United States.
The main concepts would be:
There are three main ways to brainstorm keywords based on key concepts:
Using PICO to generate the question "Is acetaminophen or ibuprofen more effective at reducing fever in children?"
This video discusses why searching with library database is more effective than searching the internet, covering the following topics:
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