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We can help you:
Find or narrow a paper topic,
locate appropriate sources,
and more.
Email refdesk@augsburg.edu for an appointment
What's in this Guide
Look below for tools for:
Look to the tabs on the left to find other Nursing resources.
Peer-Reviewed Research
Nurses at Augsburg are required to use only peer reviewed articles in their research, but what does "peer review" mean?
See this explanation of the peer review process from Elsevier, a major publisher
You can find peer-reviewed, scholarly articles in the following databases:
- CINAHL This link opens in a new windowCINAHL, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, offers full-text articles in fields such as nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and other allied health disciplines.
For more advanced help searching PubMed, see the PubMed guide.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowComprises over 26 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. Produced by the (US) National Center for Biotechnology Information at the National Library of Medicine.
Point-of-Care Reference
- UpToDate This link opens in a new windowUpToDate is a clinical decision support resource. You must register for an account the first time you use it.
Websites
- Minnesota Department of HealthFind Minnesota-specific public health information and reports about diseases and conditions, minority and multicultural health, policy, and more.
- Health, United StatesHealth, United States is an annual report on the health status of the nation. It contains detailed tables and charts on health status and its detriments, birth and death rates, life expectancy, health care resources, and much more. The site includes the report from 1975-Present.
- Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)An easy-to-use site containing information, publications, and statistics on just about any issue in the field of Community Health. Find your topic in the A-Z list at the top of the page. Their WONDER site is an easy-to-use system for finding statistics.
- Office of Minority HealthA good source for government documents and policy information on minorities. Look for data and statistics, health topics, and information on minority populations.