This 3-sentence summary provides an overview of the key points about literature searching from the document: The document outlines various databases that can be used for literature searching for nursing such as CINAHL, PubMed, British Nursing Index, and PsycInfo, and details the coverage and full text availability of each database. It also discusses databases for broader subject areas like medicine, business, and evidence-based healthcare materials. The presentation aims to help understand where to search, make searching less frustrating, and make it more productive.

1. School of Nursing:
Literature Searching
Peter Coyne - Information Adviser
Falmer Library

2. Aim of this session...
Help...
• understand where to search
• make your searching less frustrating
• make your searching more productive
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3. Database Details
Databases...(2) Comprises of 220 elected nursing journals
British Nursing Index from 1982. No full text. UK focus.
Nursing & allied health: 3,000 journals, 1 mil
CINAHL with full text records, inc articles, health care books,
nursing dissertations, selected conf
proceedings, standards of practice, book
chapters...
Covers clinical and healthcare disciplines.
ProQuest Med Library 1000 titles, majority in full text
5,000 journal titles, 17 mil records, going
PubMed / Medline back to 1950. Medicine, nursing & allied
health. Some full text where available.
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4. Database Details
Databases...(2) 2500 journals, from 1800 onwards. Covers
PsycInfo psychological aspects of many disciplines.
Database containing reliable evidence about
The Cochrane Library the effects of healthcare, including
systematic reviews, clinical trials, controlled
trials
Full text business and management journal
Business Source Premier titles.
Collection of evidence based materials from
NHS Evidence NHS, plus care pathways.
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