The most direct way to find an article from a nursing journal is by searching in the database CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health) following these steps.
Step 1: Go to the CINAHL database (a direct link to this database is below).
Step 2: Enter your search information into the "Advanced Search" page.
- Enter your keyword(s) in the search box(es).
- Select the relevant options under the "Limit your results" section (you may need to scroll down the page). To limit your results to articles from nursing journals, locate the "Journal Subset" option and select "Nursing."
- If the article you need to find has additional requirements to meet, consider selecting these other options
- "English Language"
- "Research Article"
- "Peer Review"
- "Nurse as First Author" or "Nurse as Author."
Step 3: Click search and review your results list.
This search process is outlined in detail in the tutorial linked below.
TIP: Nursing journals will most likely (but not always) have the word "Nurse" or "Nursing" in their title.
You can contact the Sciences/Health Sciences Librarian for further assistance.