Research Guides: Nursing: Class Materials & Tutorials

Class Materials & Handouts

NS 284 Presentation (Spring 2024)
Topics include using subject headings in searches, searching by article type, citation management, etc.
NS284 - Searching for the Evidence (Winter 2023) Covers the following topics: - From Topic to Clinical Question to PICOT to Search Strategy to Results! - Search Filters in PubMed and CINAHL Complete - How To Identify High Quality Articles & Journals
NS 208 - Nursing Resources (Fall 2022)

NS 233 Presentation (Winter 2024)
DNP Student Orientation (Fall 2023)
Guide to the UCI Library Resources for incoming DNP students
NS200 - Searching for the Evidence (Fall 2022)
Building the Literature Search (Updated Oct. 2022) Constructing a search for relevant research in databases such as PubMed, CINAHL and others can be challenging. This handout attempts to show the process of moving from a topic/question, to the PICO format, the development of a search strategy, and finally to (hopefully) the identification of published research relevant to the topic in question.

NS 224 - Searching for the Evidence (Fall 2023)
NS 244 - Searching for the Evidence (Fall 2022)
Developing a clinical question; searching for primary & secondary sources of evidence; quantitative & qualitative research evidence
Building the Literature Search (Updated Oct. 2022) Constructing a search for relevant research in databases such as PubMed, CINAHL and others can be challenging. This handout attempts to show the process of moving from a topic/question, to the PICO format, the development of a search strategy, and finally to (hopefully) the identification of published research relevant to the topic in question.

NRP Library Orientation (2024)
Slides from presentation on March 28, 2024
Library Resources Extended Guide
Extended version of presentation given on March 28, 2024

How to Request an Interlibrary Loan.
Step-by-step instructions for submitting an interlibrary loan request from a database search.

You may also find these tutorials helpful.

The resources mentioned in each may be found here: https://grunigen.lib.uci.edu/core-resources

(Video) Accessing PubMed at UC Irvine How to access PubMed through the University of California Irvine Libraries' website.

Setting Up Journal and Search Alerts in CINAHL Complete (2020-09) How to save searches in CINAHL Complete to receive new subject or journal content alerts for current awareness.

DynaMed *
Advance Your DynaMed® Search Skills: Tips & Tricks to Find Answers Even Faster
Explore tips and tricks to get the most out of every DynaMed search. Watch this brief video to dive into advanced search techniques to ensure you find the answers you need at the point of care quickly and easily with DynaMed.
DynaMed® Case Challenge - Hyponatremia
Your team has just examined an 86-year-old female patient admitted for pneumonia. Her sodium level is 126, and she is on carbamazepine for trigeminal neuralgia and lovastatin for hyperlipidemia. What do you think is causing this patient’s hyponatremia? Watch our DynaMed Clinical Case Challenge video to find out.
DynaMed® Pediatric Case Challenge – Kawasaki Disease
Watch the “DynaMed Pediatric Case Challenge: Kawasaki Disease” to explore how DynaMed helps a clinician diagnose and manage a three-year-old male that presents with a six-day history of fever, red eyes for the last two days and a body rash for one day. There is no history of runny nose, cough, vomiting or diarrhea. No others are ill at home, but he attends daycare.

(Video) Background Questions and Foreground Questions The difference between background and foreground question when searching for medical topics.

How to Obtain the Full Text of Dissertations (June 2021)
Find the full text of dissertations and theses using ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global