Nursing and Health Sciences Research Tips and Tricks
This module takes you through research strategies and concepts from figuring out your keywords to breaking down different parts of an advanced search in CINAHL and other subject-specific databases. It progresses through different parts of the research process from developing a research question to exploring subject-specific databases. Please feel free to skip around and use what works for you!
- Handout from Residency Day_Finding Materials Reviewa handout on different search strategies and options often covered in instruction sesssions
- Keyword Brainstorming Tutorial from Simmonsthis guide page goes over different ways to brainstorm keywords for nursing research with examples
Finding Quantitative and Qualitative Research Articles in CINAHL Complete
Finding Articles in CINAHL
Temporarily use this link for an in-depth description: https://libguides.southernct.edu/nursing/qualquant.
Below is an example of an advanced CINAHL search for a peer-reviewed nursing research article using qualitative research methods:
You still need to look at the Methodology section of the paper and the methods used in the research study to see if they are qualitative or quantitative.
