Subject Guides: Nursing: Articles & Databases

Finding Articles

To find magazine/journal articles about Nursing, try the library databases listed to the right. Other databases can be found on the Libraries databases page. NOTE: If you are searching off-campus, you will need your AU global ID and password

Print Journals

If you'd like to physically browse through journals on this topic, you can do so on the 4th floor of RBD Library.

The R classification is for all aspects of medicine with RT the section dedicated to nursing. However, specific types of nursing may be found in other sections, for example, surgical nursing is found in RD 99- RD 99.35, ophthalmic nursing is found in RE 88 and pediatric nursing in RJ 245 - RJ 247.

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Journal Abbreviations

PubMed/Medline Journal Abbreviations
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Databases

Nursing/Medical

CINAHL This link opens in a new window Provides indexing, abstracts, and some full text of the literature related to nursing and allied health fields from 2,960 journals. 1981-present.
PubMed This link opens in a new window Comprises more than 21 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
MEDLINE (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window The complete MEDLINE database, including such topics as microbiology, delivery of health care, nutrition, pharmacology, and environmental health. The categories covered in the database include anatomy, organisms, diseases, chemicals and drugs, techniques and equipment, psychiatry and psychology, biological sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and education, technology, agriculture, food, industry, humanities, information science and communications, and health care.
MEDLINE (OVID) This link opens in a new window Provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 5,400 journals covering biomedical and allied health literature. 1949-present.

JBI EPB The JBI EDP Database provides up to date evidence-based information and guidance for health professionals to inform decisions made at the point of care. JBI was previously known as the Joanna Briggs Institute.

Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window Systematic reviews to inform healthcare decision making
Alt-HealthWatch This link opens in a new window Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness
Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window A collection of consumer health information including full-text consumer health magazines, searchable full text for current health-related pamphlets and many health reference books.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window Provides access to full text journals and other periodicals focusing on the nursing disciplines. Also includes abstracts and indexing for other journals

Psychology

APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new window Contains summaries of the world's journal literature in psychology and related disciplines, as well as dissertations and technical reports. Covers over 1300 journals in over 30 languages from approximately 50 countries. To integrate behavioral information from other fields, PsycINFO scans publications from related disciplines such as sociology, linguistics, education, medicine, law, physiology, business, psychiatry, and anthropology, and represents those relevant to psychology.
APA PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals with the exception of ads and editorial board lists. PsycARTICLES covers 53 journals, 1985-present, and provides both PDF and HTML formats.

Business/Economics/Management

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window Provides full text articles for business journals--and other periodicals--covering management, economics, finance, accounting and international business.
EconLit This link opens in a new window Produced by the American Economics Association, EconLit indexes and abstracts more than 450 international economic journals. EconLit source material includes journal articles, essays, research papers, books, dissertations, book reviews, and working papers. The database contains more than 350,00 records and covers subjects from accounting, consumer economics, monetary policy, labor, marketing, demographics, modeling, economic theory, planning, and more. The database contains records from 1969-present with approximately 15,000 records added annually.

Science

Web of Science This link opens in a new window Web of Science is the online version of the print and CD-ROM versions of 3 separate ISI indexes: Arts & humanities citation index; Science citation index (called Science citation index expanded, in online version); and, Social sciences citation index. (5 simultaneous users)
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window NOTE: To limit to Nursing, click search (in the green toolbar) and then in the subject area, choose Nursing and Health Professions.
Anatomy.TV This link opens in a new window 3D computer-generated models of human anatomy. Images may be manipulated by rotating, zooming, and peeling away layers while viewing accompanying text. Also contains interactive quizzes. Auburn University Libraries subscribes to three sections of Anatmomy.tv: 1) Audiology, SLP, and Head and Neck Neuroanatomy, 2) General Human Anatomy and Physiology, and 3) Functional Anatomy.

Database Tutorials

PubMed Tutorials Tip sheets and brief animated tutorials with audio.

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Nursing: Articles & Databases