Nursing Research Guide

This is an SVC Library Resource Guide for Nursing Students

• APA Page (on our Citing Sources Guide)
• Citing Sources Library Guide
• Also see the APA Tab on this guide

The library databases highlighted below provide research articles on Evidence Based Practice and Nursing. 

For more research tips and help, see the Research tab on this guide

• With each database the terms may be slightly different so be sure to check the subject headings or topics to get the best results.
• Experiment with keywords and terms/terminology to get a variety of results.
• For example:
  • "substance abuse" AND "evidence-based" AND nursing OR nurs* AND intervention 
  • "Pediatric HIV" AND treatment AND "evidence-based nursing"

Reminder: All databases are accessible from home using your mysvc/Canvas username and password.

• CINAHL 

Look for Evidence-Based practice sheets at the top of the search page

• Nursing Reference Center 

Search "nursing practice, evidence-based" or look under the "evidence-based care sheets" tab. This database has evidence-based practice in many of it's sections.

• Science Direct 

Try "evidence based" as one of the search terms

• Academic Search Complete

Try "evidence-based" as a keyword or "evidence-based nursing" as a subject term

• ProQuest

Try "evidence-based" as a keyword or "evidence-based nursing" as a subject term

• PubMed

Try "evidence-based practice" as one of the search terms​​​​​