LibGuides: Nursing Research: Search for Articles

Databases for Health Sciences

CINAHL A large research database for nursing and allied health literature. Lots of full text, cited reference lists, author affiliation info, evidence-based care sheets, and more.
PubMed MEDLINE PubMed, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, contains over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals. Coverage goes back to the 1950s. PubMed also includes links to full-text articles and MeSH subject headings.
Nursing & Allied Health Contains a diverse mix of scholarly literature, clinical training videos, reference materials, and evidence-based resources, including dissertations and systematic reviews.
ScienceDirect Science Direct is one of the largest collections (2 million articles and 40 million abstracts) of science, technology, and medical information.
Scopus Scopus offers broad coverage of scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences literature, including 100% Medline title coverage.

Top Medical and Nursing Journals

While databases cast a wide net across many publications, these links will take you directly to a search in an individual journal. Sometimes, this can be a useful way to search if you know that a journal covers the exact area you're focusing on.

JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
JAMA is the flagship medical resource published by the American Medical Association.
Lancet
The Lancet is one of the world's most highly regarded medical journals. Each week it publishes an issue with new research.
New England Journal of Medicine
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is among the most-cited journals in scientific research and has contributed immensely to clinical practice.
American Journal of Nursing
Promotes excellence in nursing and health care through the dissemination of evidence-based, peer-reviewed clinical information and original research, discussion of relevant and controversial professional issues, adherence to the standards of journalistic integrity and excellence, and promotion of nursing perspectives to the health care community and the public.
Nursing
Latest practical and professional information based on continuing assessment of clinical nurses' needs. Clear, concise articles use a hands-on, how-to approach, enabling busy clinicians to save time and readily apply new concepts to everyday practice.
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health
The official journal of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Includes new research and current knowledge across a broad range of clinical and interprofessional topics including perinatal care, gynecology, sexual and reproductive health, primary care, public health, health care policy, and global health. With a focus on evidence-based practice, JMWH promotes health equity and excellence in midwifery.
Midwifery
Midwifery publishes the latest peer reviewed international research to inform the safety, quality, outcomes and experiences of pregnancy, birth and maternity care for childbearing women, their babies and families.