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Nursing & Allied Health

Research guide for Allied Health, ADN, BSN, and Human Services programs

What's in this Guide

This guide provides links to the most useful databases and resources for researching topics in health sciences. Use the tabs above to navigate through the pages of this guide.

Health News - Looking for a topic? Browse news feeds for ideas
Background Information - find an overview article on your topic in an encyclopedia
Books - find books in our catalog
Articles - search databases to find articles
Primary & Secondary - learn about different types of sources
Evidence-Based Resources - learn about evidence and its use
PICO - learn to form well-built clinical questions
Online Resources - more high-quality content
Videos - Find streaming videos on nursing
APA- Guidance on citations