NSG370: Home
Welcome
- Welcome!
- Two Databases You Need to Know About
- Professional Articles/References/Citations
- Need some ideas of future trends?
- Electronic Journals
- APA
- Other Handy Things to Know
- Many More Databases
- Database Limiters
- Delivery+
- Presenting Your Stuff
- Evaluating Health Websites
- EndNote
Welcome!
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[This guide was originally created by Sharon Murphy, Liaison to the UB School of Nursing]
Two Databases You Need to Know About
CINAHL and MEDLINE (or PubMed/MEDLINE)
For finding articles suitable for your Future Trends Article and Group Debate assignments you might find some short tutorials helpful.
Professional Articles/References/Citations
You need to use professional resource material. Are you wondering how to tell the difference between scholarly and popular articles?
92 second YouTube video - APOLOGIES in ADVANCE for the 10-second commercial that may display
or look at another readable and printable summary to tell the difference between popular and scholarly articles.
- Tip: Nursing Research, ANS: Advances in Nursing Science, and Cardiovascular Nursing are scholarly nursing journals.
- These are not: AAOHN (American Association of Occupational Health Nurses) News, Hospital and Nursing Home Week, Nurse Practitioner World News, Nursing Bulletin.
By the way, do you know what "Peer Reviewed" or "Refereed" Mean? Here's an excellent and easy read.
Use Ulrich's Global Serials Directory to find out if a journal is refereed. Or look at the journal’s website.
Need some ideas of future trends?
Get some ideas by browsing Science Daily or The Wall Street Journal and typing in health - filter by NIH or another agency.
All of the following searchable subject terms have trends as a subheading in CINAHL:
- genetic counseling
- genetic screening
- advertising
- consumer participation
- emigration and immigration
- healthcare disparities
- multidisciplinary care team
- ethics
- substance dependence
- cultural competence
- wellness
Try these terms limiting to TITLE in CINAHL:
- personalized medicine
- deep sedation
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
- hospital at home
- medical home
- health literacy
- emerging infectious diseases
Try these subject terms on their own
- social determinants of health
- genetic privacy
- cultural competence
- social marketing
- sedation (combined with) terminal care
- bioterrorism
- special populations
- transients and migrants
- CPR (combined with) family (with) presence
All of the following searchable subject terms have trends as a subheading in Medline:
- individualized medicine
- pharmacogenetics
- genetic privacy (interested in the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008?)
- genetic counseling
- genetic testing
- advertising as topic
- healthcare disparities
- consumer participation
Try these terms limiting to the TITLE in Medline:
- hospital at home
- medical home
Try these subject terms on their own
- cultural competency
- social marketing
- bioterrorism
- health status disparities
- health literacy
- emigration and immigration
- transients and migrants
Electronic Journals
When you already have the citation information for a journal article that you would like (if you need to identify articles on your topic - use the databases):
Click on the Find Materials drop down to Journals link on the Abbott Library's main page
As a rule-of-thumb, most e-journals began around 1995. Use the links above or request it by Delivery+ - free, fast, and we'll send you an electronic copy.
APA
You need to use the APA 2020 manual (7th edition) for proper formatting.
A complete online copy is not available but maybe these links will answer most of your APA formatting questions.
Online books: APA Style Simplified or APA Style Guide to Electronic References
Academic Writers Tutorial: Basics of the 7th Edition APA Style
Need a visual? Here’s a sample step-by-step paper prepared by APA using the 7th edition.
APA's Frequently Asked Questions
Another source for quick answers - Purdue OWL - Online Writing Lab
Other Handy Things to Know
Many More Databases
The library has many more biomedical databases for you. Here is a list of databases useful for nurses that I have compiled for you, with links. Also, consult our more comprehensive biomedical database list.
Database Limiters
Databases have ways to limit or refine your search.
In CINAHL, good limiters to keep in mind include:
- English language
- last 5 years
- journal article (eliminates opinion pieces, editorials...)
- research article
- peer-reviewed
- journal subset Nursing or Core Nursing
Delivery+
Oh, no! Did you find a great article and UB does not have it? We’ll get it for you - fast and at no charge to you.
Presenting Your Stuff
- A Quick Lesson in Effective Presentations - (2:12 min runtime)
- Poster Presentations - Designing Effective Posters
Evaluating Health Websites - a one page sheet from the National Library of Medicine covering what you should notice
EndNote
Find out what this software does and how it can help you with writing and citing. (runtime 90 seconds)
Download EndNote - no charge
Here’s how to Export references from EBSCO (CINAHL) into EndNote (EndNote software must be on your computer):
- Conduct search
- Click on the “Add to Folder” link for each item you want
- When you have added all of your desired citations to your folder, click on “Folder has items” (located above your search results or on the right hand side “Go to: folder view”)
- Check items to export
- Click on Export
Select Direct Export to EndNote, ProCite, CITAVI, or Reference Manager and then click on Save.
Even if EndNote is closed, this action will launch EndNote. Choose your EndNote library.
The citations you selected will automatically be exported to your EndNote library.
Contact ASKHSL@buffalo.edu if you would like a copy of the EndNote handout we use when teaching classes.