Citation Help
- APA Citation Help
Get help with citing your sources in APA Style.
Search the Library Databases and Print Collection
Locate the DOI
- CrossRef
Need to locate the DOI number for a journal article? CrossRef can help! Search your title in the Search Metadata tab.
Research Help
- CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
This is the definitive research tool for nursing and allied health professionals. With CINAHL Complete, users get fast and easy full-text access to top journals, evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons and more. Take a few minutes to evaluate all that CINAHL Complete has to offer and you’ll see why hundreds of thousands of nurses and allied health professionals rely on this essential resource.
-- EbscoAlso searchable in Discovery Service.
- PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed comprises over 26 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. PubMed citations and abstracts include the fields of biomedicine and health, covering portions of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering. PubMed also provides access to additional relevant web sites and links to the other NCBI molecular biology resources. -- NCBI - Discovery Service This link opens in a new window
EBSCO Discovery Service brings together the most comprehensive collection of content—including superior indexing from top subject indexes, high-end full text and the entire library collection—all within an unparalleled full-featured, customizable discovery layer experience. -- Ebsco
- Google Scholar Search
Search for additional academic journal articles online with Google Scholar. - A-Z List (All databases listed alphabetically)
See all the library's databases listed alphabetically.
Here is a short video demonstrating how to search in PubMed.
If you are not familiar with searching PubMed, you may want to review the PubMed tutorials at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/ or contact the library for help.
Search the library's print and electronic book collection in the online catalog.
Watch the video below to learn more.
The purpose of the literature review:
- What?
- assess and explain what is known about a subject and what is not known about a subject.
- This is what we know:
- Summarize current research related to your topic.
- This is what we don't know:
- Identify voids or gaps in the research surrounding your topic.
- This is what we know:
- assess and explain what is known about a subject and what is not known about a subject.
- Why?
- discover the value, importance, and pertinence of researching your topic.
- How?
- identify appropriate methods to evaluate and examine your topic.
Information adapted from The Doctor of Nursing Practice Project (2020), K. Moran, R. Burson, and D. Conrad.
How to conduct a search for literature.
- Identify the problem and construct a question.
- What is the problem and how might we go about solving the problem?
- Choose the appropriate database.
- CINAHL – Nursing and allied health literature
- PubMed – Biomedical literature
- Discovery Service – Multi-disciplinary
- PsycArticles and PsycINFO – Behavioral and mental health literature
- Business Source Ultimate – Business Literature
- A-Z Listing of Library Databases
- Develop your search strategy.
- Keywords
- Asterisk
- Quotation marks
- Boolean operators vs. none
- Limiters/filters
- Subject headings
- Citation chasing
- Conduct the search.
- Evaluate the results.
- Peer reviewed
- Primary vs. secondary
- Grey literature
- Documents produced by government institutions, academic institutions, businesses, and organizations that are not controlled by commercial publishing.
- If necessary, refine your search strategy.
Information adapted from The Doctor of Nursing Practice Project (2020), K. Moran, R. Burson, and D. Conrad.
| Year of Publication | Publication Information (Author, Title, Journal) | Objective of Research | Research Design/Methodology | Sample Size | Results/Conclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kwee, et al., Metabolites and diabetes remission after weight loss. Nutr Diabetes. | identify biomarkers predictive of type 2 diabetes remission and amount of weight loss in individuals with severe obesity | targeted, quantitative mass spectrometry-based metabolomic profiling pre and post-intervention | 324 | identified circulating baseline biomarkers associated with diabetes remission |
| 2022 | Kermansaravi, et al., Current Status of Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: an Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Obes Surg. | systematic review and meta-analysis intend to evaluate the efficacy of metabolic/bariatric surgeries (MBS) in patients with type-1 diabetes mellitus | literature search and meta-analysis | 27 primary studies comprising 648 subjects | MBS acceptable and durable effects of bariatric surgical procedures |
Information adapted from The Doctor of Nursing Practice Project (2020), K. Moran, R. Burson, and D. Conrad.
- Choose Reliable Resources
Learn how to choose the best resources to support your research. - Avoiding Plagiarism
Learn how to avoid plagiarizing. - Request an Interlibrary Loan
Request resources not available in our library collection. - Search for Resources
Learn how to search for resources.
Julie has been a part of the Lee family since first attending school here as a freshman in 1993. She began working at Squires Library in 2007 as a cataloging assistant after returning to Lee to complete her bachelor’s degree. After graduating from Lee in 2010, Julie began her graduate studies through Regent University and graduated in May 2014 with her M.A. in Communications, with an emphasis in critical film studies. In 2018, Julie completed her Master of Library Science degree from Indiana University.
Julie is excited to be serving as the library liaison to the School of Nursing. Please feel free to reach out to Julie if you have any questions about utilizing the library's resources.
Squires Library is here to aid you in your academic endeavors and we are available to answer your questions, whether it be teaching you how to find research materials or to help guide you through a specific assignment. The number for the Reference Desk is 423-614-8562. You can contact the library during any of our regular operating hours or questions can be emailed to library@leeuniversity.edu.