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Nursing

Resources, research strategies, and APA information for Nursing programs at DCCC.

Finding Research Articles on Diseases and Health Topics

To find a research article on a disease or health topic, you'll want to search the following nursing and biomedical databases.  These databases are located in the list of Nursing & Allied Health databases under the A-Z database list.  

Best databases for current scientific and research information:

CINAHL and OVID's content focuses on nursing and are good databases to start a  search.

Finding Background Information on a Diseases and Health Topics

To find background information on diseases and other health topics, you will want to use Library Services' nursing and medical databases.  These databases are located in the list of Nursing & Allied Health databases under the A-Z database list.  

Best databases for background information:

Please see below for a short video on using these databases.