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ARTICLE DATABASES - Strategies for Searching Health-Related Databases for Empirically-Researched Articles

Database	Search Statement Strategy	Is Item Cited in Randall Library?
CINAHL--nursing and allied health professions--GUIDE TO CINAHL	1. Select Advanced Search. 2. Select "Subject Subset" off menu. 3. Enter "Peer Reviewed." 4. Enter search statement in next line. Sample Search Statements: homeless and qualitative (homeless or homelessness) and qualitative (homeless or homelessness) and (qualitative or quantitative)	Select "Libraries With Item" button.
MEDLINE--medical literature through ScienceDirect (guide to ScienceDirect)	1. Select Search. 2. Enter search statement.	Check Randall Library's catalog, available through the Home Page. Select "Journal Title," type in name of periodical. If a record displays, Randall Library owns it.
PSYCINFO--psychological literature--GUIDE TO PSYCINFO	1. Enter Search Statement in search box. Sample: homelessness and schizophrenia 2. To limit searches to qualitative or quantitative studies, enter the search statement as follows: Sample: homelessness and schizophrenia and pt=empirical-study 3. To further limit searches to journal articles only, use the following type of search statement: homelessness and schizophrenia and pt=empirical-study and dt=journal-article	Select "Check for Holdings" button at bottom of citation.
SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS--sociological literature--GUIDE TO SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS	1. Enter search statement in search box as follows: Sample: homelessness and qualitative and dt=aja 2. To further limit search to journal articles only, construct the following type of statement: homelessness and qualitative and dt=aja	Select "Check for Holdings" button at bottom of citation.
SOCIAL WORK ABSTRACTS--social work literature	1. Enter search statement in search box as follows: Sample: homelessness and qualitative	Check Randall Library's catalog, available through the Home Page. Select "Journal Title," type in name of periodical. If a record displays, Randall Library owns it.

Databases Offering Limited Amounts of Full-Text Articles
Science Direct, EBSCOHOST and InfoTrac OneFile (provide limited amounts of full-text articles).

RANDALL LIBRARY CATALOG
Search Tip:
Select "Subject." Enter: nursing--statistical methods

WORLD WIDE WEB SITES
Randall Library Subject Research Guide: Nursing Resources
      List prepared in Randall Library providing links to the important health databases, health internet resources, reference
      works, etc.
Yahoo:Science:Mathematics:Statistics:Subject-Specific Statistics:Health
      List of sites that provide health statistics
WWW Resources for Teaching Statistics
      Contains on-line courses and on-line textbooks in introductory statistics.
Last Update: December 12, 2005

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