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Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems: Journal Articles and Databases
Full Lists of Databases and eJournals
Follow these links and pick a subject to see a longer listing for your subject:
What Is Peer Review?
Articles in peer reviewed journals have been assessed before publication by subject experts. This means they are the 'gold' standard in academic articles. You will be expected to use peer reviewed journal articles in your assignments.
Finding Articles on Reading Lists
Try this first
You can look up articles in OneSearch, our resource discovery service.
Put the exact title of the article in inverted commas.
If we can provide an instant link you will see the journal article displayed - click Full Text Online to access the text.
Next steps:
If we cannot provide a quick article link or it fails, then search for the name of the whole Journal instead of the article title e.g. "Journal of Common Market Studies"
For print-only journals you will be shown the location and shelfmark, so that you can locate the volume on the shelf
For electronic journals, click to link to the full journal and then navigate to the year, volume and issue that you want to see your article: or there may be an option to search for the article title provided by the online journal portal in which case key in the article in that box.
Key Databases
Try one of these key databases for your subject:
- CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new windowAn authoritative source of full text and bibliographic information for the professional literature of nursing, allied health, biomedicine, and healthcare, dating back to 1937. Full text material includes nearly 800 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials.
- PubMedPubMed comprises more than 34 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
- InterMid (MAG Online Library) This link opens in a new windowIntermid is the online archive of peer-reviewed articles from the British Journal of Midwifery, the UK's leading clinical journal for midwives and the African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health.
- InterNurse (MAG Online Library) This link opens in a new windowInternurse is the electronic archive of peer-reviewed nursing articles. Launched in 1998, it draws together articles from thirteen specialist journals published by MA Healthcare, which include the generalist clinical journal, British Journal of Nursing, and the Journal of Wound Care.
- BMJ Best PracticeBest Practice is an evidence-based decision-support tool at the point of care. Latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion are combined in a single source and presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. All residents of the Republic of Ireland can access the BMJ Best Practice for free, thanks to funding for a national license by the HSE National Health Library and Knowledge Service. There is no requirement to login, but you can register for a free personal account to customize your experience of the platform. You can also download the BMJ Best Practice app (while in Ireland) and use it offline (anywhere).
- EMBASE (Elsevier) This link opens in a new windowEMBASE (Excerpta Medica) is a comprehensive bibliographic database that covers the worldwide literature on biomedical and pharmaceutical fields.
- PsycInfo (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowPsycINFO is the American Psychological Association's (APA) resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. It is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health, and contains citations and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s. Ninety-nine percent of its content is peer-reviewed.
- Global Health (CABI) This link opens in a new windowGlobal Health is a specialist public health database with an emphasis on international health. It consists of two files: Global Health, current file (from 1973 to present) Global Health Archive (1910 to 1973*)
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