NR360 Week 2: Database Search
Choose a topic related to health that has meaning to your personal health, interests, and well-being. This may be a disease, such as diabetes, or a healthy fitness activity.
Conduct a database search comparing one of the following database directories with Google Scholar.
- CINAHL and Google Scholar
- PubMed and Google Scholar
- CINHAL and PubMed
Explain how you were able to narrow down the number of article hits you had initially, and present within your post a summary of the credible article you chose as your resource. How do you know your article choice is credible? Which database do you prefer and why?
How will using a database search facilitate your:
- scholarly work;
- nursing work (evidence-based practice); and
- personal self-development?
SOLUTION
Hi class,
I compared “college student sleeping habits” searches on CINAHL and Google Scholar. On CINHAL, I narrowed my search to 2017-2021 and peer-reviewed articles and received 2,712 results. On google scholar, I narrowed the search to 2017-2021, and, as Professor Sheridan mentioned, was not able to narrow down to peer-reviewed articles. I received 17,500 results.
I chose an article from CINAHL “Research on Freshman and Sleeping Habits: A Text Message-Based Sleep Intervention” (Jones, et al., 2020). I know this article is credible because it is from………..please follow the link below to purchase the solution at $5