The document provides guidance for nursing students on finding and using peer-reviewed journal articles for research. It explains that peer-reviewed articles are written by experts and considered the gold standard. Students are instructed to access these articles through the library website and databases like CINAHL Complete, choosing articles that are no more than 5 years old to ensure the most up-to-date information.

1. Nursing Research
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Daytona State College Library

2.  Peer-reviewed journal articles are those written by
experts and researchers in the field you are studying.
 They are the gold standard for quality, and your
instructors require you to use them.
 You will find them most easily through the library
website.
 They are also known as scholarly articles, academic
journal articles, professional journal articles, and
refereed articles.
What are peer-reviewed journal
articles?

3.  http://library.daytonastate.edu/
The Library Website

5.  Use the “Databases” link in the menu
on the right to find the list of databases.
 Using the letters near the top, choose
“C”
 Choose “CINAHL Complete”
 Log in using your student ID and PIN
(the last four digits of your SSN)
Choosing a Database

10.  User-friendly
 Multiple search features
 Evidence-based care sheets
 You MUST choose Full-Text and Peer-
Reviewed boxes
Why choose CINAHL?

12.  Choose your terms carefully
 Not too many words
 It’s easier to begin broadly and narrow
your results than it is to begin narrowly
and have to broaden.
Ready to search!

15.  It is best to use the newest research
possible.
 Generally, the nursing research you use
should be five years old or less.
 Use the slider to the right of the results
list to change your date range.
Choose your date range

18.  Click on “PDF Full Text” to the left of the
article description
 If you have a choice between PDF and HTML
Full Text, choose PDF.
 PDF articles come with page numbers. If you
use a quote from your article in your paper,
you will need the page number. HTML does
not have page numbers.
Read the article

20.  Look at the “Tools” menu at the right of
the page
 From here, you can print the article, or
email it to yourself
 You can also print or save the article by
using the icons that appear at the
bottom of the article when you mouse
over the area.
Using article tools

22.  Under the Tools menu, find the icon that looks like a yellow
sheet of paper.
 When you mouse over it, it will say “Cite.”
 Click on that, then choose your citation style (APA) from
the list.
 You can copy and paste the citation into your works cited
or references page.
 Note: the citation is likely to be partially incorrect. Check
with an APA style guide for the correct format. (For
instance, the citation in the example has several mistakes.)
 This does not give you the in-text citation.
Citing the Article

25. Need more help? Call 386-506-3518 or 386-785-2017
(Research Assistance Desks)
Email: owensr@daytonastate.edu