The short video below walks you through basic steps for effective searching in PubMed, but this is just the tip of the searching iceberg. The second video in the list of links showcases different search techniques. Schedule a consultation to get personalized assistance from library experts. OHSU librarians and staff are available to address and support your information needs, including literature searching and citation management.
If no official EBM review has been done on your topic, these filters and hedges may be helpful in reducing the amount of literature you need to analyze.
Database with access to journal articles spanning various disciplines in nursing and allied health, along with evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons, and more.
A clinical reference platform that includes content from evidence-based nursing monographs, books, journals, practice guidelines, and core measures with nursing recommendations as well as Procedures Consult and Clinical Skills topics. This resources provides information to support nursing care in areas such as administering medication, managing nurse policy, monitoring for complications, and providing patient education.
An evidence-based database of nursing skills and procedures. The content is updated regularly to reflect changes in practice, and includes both quick and extended summaries, videos, checklists and more.
Provides information on trade name and generic drugs, including information on dosing and administration, safety, interactions, patient teaching, and integrated calculators.
Nursing Reference Center Plus is an evidence-based point-of-care resource designed specifically for nurses. It provides access to nursing care plans, nurse management and leadership topics, nursing skills checklists, continuing education credits, and more.
NOTE: If you have the Nursing Reference Center app installed on your device, you must uninstall it before installing the Nursing Reference Center Plus app.
Within 24 hours, tap on the link in the email to authenticate the app.
Note: If the app is not authenticated after 24 hours, you will need to request a new authentication key.
Ovid's MEDLINE and PubMed both offer tools for searching MEDLINE, the National Library of Medicine’s database for journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine.
Provides access to abstracts of articles, books and dissertations in the psychological, social and behavioral sciences. Produced by the American Psychological Association.
PubMed and Ovid's MEDLINE both offer tools for searching MEDLINE, the National Library of Medicine’s database for journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine.
Citation and abstract database of peer-reviewed literature that can be used by researchers to determine the impact of specific authors, articles/documents and journals.
Trip is a clinical search engine of evidence-based content designed to support clinical practice and care. It includes research evidence and other content types including images, videos, patient information leaflets, educational courses and news.
Evidence-based guidelines are the basis for evidence-based practice. Below are a few tips on how to find current guidelines:
All of the resources above are linked to below.
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Citation Guidelines:
Systematic reviews can be found by searching PubMed or CINAHL by using the following strategies:
A collection of databases that contain independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. 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.
For information about the OHSU Nursing Clinical Inquiry Council, see our webpage on the Ozone: