Databases/Journal Articles:
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
MEDLINE via EBSCO
Other Health Science Databases
APA Format, Citation Organizers
RefWorks
Web Pages on Nursing Research
Eastern Nursing Research Society
National Institute of Nursing Research
Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library - nursing research database and links to nursing research resources; from Sigma Theta Tau International.
Use your Salem State network/wireless network user name and password to log into library resources (such as CINAHL), periodicals, and ebooks from home.
Don't know your user name and password?
Do a search on the Salem State web page for Password Reset.
Use the following resources (databases) to find journal articles, and citations that will lead you to journal articles, on a variety of nursing and health science topics.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text/EBSCO
* The nursing database - from 1930s-present.
* CINAHL subject headings can be searched.
* includes many full-text articles.
* Available from home or campus.
* Can email/print/save results.
* The medical database produced by the National Library of Medicine (combination of three indexes including a nursing index) - from 1949 to the present.
* Available through EBSCO and National Institutes of Health's PubMed (most full-text available via EBSCO).
* MeSH subject headings may be seached easily using MEDLINE/EBSCO
* Available from home or campus.
* Can email/print/save results.
Other Databases
A wide variety of Health Sciences Databases may be found on the Library Web Page, under Health Science Databases.
Example CINAHL or MEDLINE Search:
osteoporosis and (fosamax or alendronate)
note: limit by age/gender; use CINAHL or MeSH headings for precise searching.
Terminology: conceptual framework, nursing research, nursing theory
Limit to Nursing Journals: Within the Journal Subset you may highlight Core Nursing or Nursing journals.