LibGuides: Nursing: Articles (Databases)

Suggested Databases for Nursing

These databases focus on nursing research journals. If you need to find articles from other sources, see the complete listing of library databases on the Articles (Databases) web page.

If you are using a campus computer network, you can access the databases directly. If you are off-campus you will need to enter your current STLCC student, faculty, or staff ID number. Include the A at the beginning and put ST at the end of your number.

Articles (Databases)
Complete list of databases from STLCC Libraries.

CINAHL with Full Text
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) is the most comprehensive index to articles in nursing journals. Not all of the articles are available full-text. Limit searches by subject term, type of publication, and more. This is the database to use for in-depth research of the professional nursing literature.

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) is a comprehensive index to professional nursing literature and related fields, including citations, abstracts and full text of journal articles, dissertations, and other materials. The Advanced Search option includes the CINAHL Subject Headings Thesaurus.

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Cochrane Library
Database of systematic reviews and controlled trials to inform evidence-based healthcare.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about groups in The Cochrane Collaboration. Includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessment Database, NHS Economic Evaluation Database, and About The Cochrane Collaboration.

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Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
This is a blended database of articles from popular health magazines, medical and nursing journals, and health reference sources.

Provides access to consumer health related information -- diseases and disorders, surgeries and procedures, drug and supplement information, annotated websites and medical definitions. Also included is information from many Gale reference titles, including, but not limited to: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, Gale Encyclopedia of Diets, Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests, and more.

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Health Reference Center Academic
Full text of nursing and allied health journals.

Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in Gale's Health Reference Center. Also includes hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries.

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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Full text of articles from approximately 550 nursing, medical, and allied health journals along with indexing and abstracts for about 850 more. Can be limited to scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals. It can also be searched in conjunction with other EBSCOhost databases such as Academic Search Elite, HealthSource Consumer Edition, and CINAHL.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 600 scholarly full text journals, including over 400 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 615 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing, Nursing Diagnosis, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, Nursing Management, and many more. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1975.

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Ovid Nursing
Ovid Nursing is a large database of nursing journal articles. Choose the STLCC Journals @ Ovid if you want to find just full-text, core nursing journals. In either section of the database, you can start with a natural-language search and limit in many different ways, such as by full-text, date, type of article (review, care plan, etc.), core journal collection, or type of journal.

Natural language searching across journals, books, and databases, enhanced search modes, additional functionality in the results display, search aids, and new productivity tools are among the key features of OvidSP.

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Nursing and Allied Health Collection
Covers all aspects of the nursing profession.

Including nearly 400 titles, this predominantly full-text collection covers all aspects of the nursing profession from direct patient care to health care administration.

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PubMed
PubMed is provides access to thousands of medical and biomedical research journals, including Nursing journals.

PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that provides free access to MEDLINE, the NLM database of indexed citations and abstracts to medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, health care, and preclinical sciences journal articles. Includes additional selected life sciences journals not in MEDLINE. Their database of articles includes leading international medical journals.

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PubMed search tip: You can limit your search to just Nursing journals by using the filters. You may have to click on "see more filters" then on "journal category" before you see "nursing journals" as a choice.

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Searchpath, Module 4
Tutorial on using library databases.
HELP: Connecting to a Database from Off Campus
If you're having problems accessing databases or other e-resources from off campus, here are some things to check.

STLCC Nursing Journals & Magazines by Title

Nursing in STLCC Journal Locator
These journals are available through the STLCC library databases and/or in print at an STLCC campus library. Off campus database access is limited to current STLCC students, faculty and staff.

STLCC Electronic Journal Subscriptions

The Journal of nursing education [electronic resource].
Select link: STLCC online access
Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing [electronic resource] : JOGNN
Select link: STLCC online access
Journal of pain & palliative care pharmacotherapy [electronic resource].
Select link: STLCC online access
Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services [electronic resource].
Select link: STLCC online access
Physical & occupational therapy in geriatrics [electronic resource].
Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics [electronic resource].
Radiology [electronic resource].
Includes a year of original research ahead of print publication. Includes "How I Do It" video demonstrations of techniques and procedures.

Nursing Journal Publishers' Collections

Elsevier Health Sciences Periodicals
Abstracts & tables of contents for hundreds of journals.
Lippincott Nursing Center
Over 6000 articles from over 50 credible published nursing journals. Abstracts and some selected articles are free.

Free Full-text Articles

Here are two websites that offer free-full text articles from PubMed:

PubMedCentral
PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
BioMedSearch
BioMedSearch is a biomedical search engine that contains NIH/PubMed documents, and other publications not found anywhere else for free. It also provides advanced features that allow saved searches, alerts, etc. Registration is free.

There is a link to a Search Tutorial at the top of the page.

Medical & Nursing Magazines & Journals on the Web

Not many nursing journals are available online for free! Some of the ones listed here focus on nursing, while others cover health and medicine and may include some nursing topics as well.

JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
New England Journal of Medicine
NurseWeek
Nursing Open
An open-access, peer-reviewed nursing journal from Wiley.
Nursing Standard Online (UK)
Nursing Times (UK)
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
OJIN is a peer-reviewed online journal hosted by the American Nurses Association. This online resource publishes articles about nursing research, education and practices. OJIN is free and available to anyone working in the healthcare field.
PLoS Medicine