Translating a Research Question
Choose 2-3 databases to search. Some of our favorites are PubMed, CINAHL Complete, and PsycINFO. Use a separate search bar line for each part of your question. This will build your search "equation" for you. All you do is "OR" your synonyms together.
Key Databases
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowTutorial: PubMed in a Minute
National Library of Medicine's interface to the MEDLINE database and to citations from additional sources such as online books, journals not selected for MEDLINE, and articles not yet published. Contains citations covering all fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the healthcare system, and preclinical sciences. - CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new windowTutorial: CINAHL Complete in a Minute
Full-text access to nursing and allied health journals, plus healthcare books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, and standards of practice. - PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowTutorial: PsycINFO in a Minute
Citation and abstract database of peer-reviewed literature covering behavioral, social, psychological, and health sciences. Produced by the American Psychological Association.
Other Helpful Databases to Search
- Global Health This link opens in a new windowCitations covering all aspects of public health from key literature, including journals, books, conference proceedings, theses, and patents.
- Ovid MEDLINE This link opens in a new windowAccess to millions of the latest bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 5,600 biomedicine and life sciences journals in nearly 40 languages.
- PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new windowFull-text journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group.
- PsychiatryOnline This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to the DSM-5®, The American Journal of Psychiatry, and other psychiatric reference sources including journals, news, textbooks, and practice guidelines.
- SPORTDiscus This link opens in a new windowCitation and abstract database of literature covering sports, exercise, fitness, sports medicine, and other sports-related disciplines.