Research: Methods, Communication, and Evaluation
Find Articles
- PubMed (MEDLINE) This link opens in a new windowProvides access to the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on medicine, nursing, dentistry and pre-clinical sciences. Links to full-text articles when available.
- CINAHL This link opens in a new windowCitations, abstracts and some full text for nursing & allied health journals. Coverage dates back to 1981.
- Ovid MEDLINE This link opens in a new windowOvid Medline is an interface for searching only Medline content the leading source for biomedical scholarly literature and research.
Websites and Databases
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews This link opens in a new windowTopic reviews of the evidence-based medical literature providing authoritative information. Includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration.
- Cochrane Library This link opens in a new windowA source for evidence based healthcare information. Includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews, Cochrane Methodology Register, Health Technology Assessment Database, and NHS Economic Evaluation Database.
Books
OHSU Library books on evaluating published research papers:
How to Read a Paper by Call Number: WB 102 G813h 2006Link provided is for the 2010 ed. eBook. A physical copy of the 2006 ed. is available in the main Library stacks.
Users' Guides to the Medical Literature by Call Number: WB102 U8453 2015Link provided is for the eBook. A physical copy is also available in the main Library stacks.
Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy by Call Number: W 20.5 G238h 2017
Studying a Study and Testing a Test by Call Number: WA 950 R554s 2012
Interpreting the Medical Literature by Call Number: W20.5 G311i 2006
Reading, Understanding, and Applying Nursing Research by Call Number: WY20.5 F162r 2009Link provided is for the 2017 ed. eBook. A physical copy of the 2009 ed. is available in the main Library stacks.
Evaluating Research for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice by Call Number: WY20.5 F278e 2009
Understanding Clinical Papers by Call Number: WZ345 B786u 2006Link provided is for the 2013 ed. eBook. A physical copy of the 2006 ed. is available in the main Library stacks.
