This document provides guidance on searching the ProQuest Health & Medical Complete and Ebsco Health Source Nurse databases. It outlines how to access these databases from home if you are a registered student. It then describes important search techniques for both databases, such as using Boolean logic and quotation marks, as well as how to collect, save, and export search results. Students with additional questions are directed to contact the Reference Desk or the librarian by phone or email.

1. Finding articles in ProQuest Health & Medical Complete and Ebsco Health Source NURSE 425 (Holt), Spring 2008 Jeff Karlsen, LRC Librarian [email_address]

3. LOIS : Books, audio/visual media, reserve materials, e-books

4. DATABASES – articles, image collections, reference works, e-books

6. Why Databases? helpful subject headings no subject headings “ legit” publications all sorts of content no advertising lots of advertising expensive (but free to you!) free DATABASES WEB

8. Databases by Category

9. ProQuest Health & Medical Complete: Advanced Search Screen Combine keywords; AND, OR, AND NOT Important! Get the full text, not just citations Limit dates if you need current information Keywords here

10. Important search tips: Boolean logic AND finds only those materials that contain BOTH terms OR finds materials that use EITHER term (more results) NOT (sometimes AND NOT ) finds articles that contain one term, but not the other. nursing AND oncology hypertension OR high blood pressure diabetes NOT adult-onset

12. ProQuest Research Library: Results Check boxes to “mark” for later review Takes you back to the search screen to build on your last search ProQuest will suggest topics to make a new search for you

14. Ebsco Health Source: different look, same basic strategies Not selecting a field searches title, subject, author, abstract—NOT the full text Keywords here or and not also available Limit date to find current information

15. Ebsco Health: Results Clicking one of these adds it to your search (using and )

16. Ebsco Health: Saved folder You can create a free Ebsco account to save your folders Creates a list of formatted citations