LibGuides: Nursing Information Literacy Tutorial: 4.2 Original Research

A research article is also referred to as primary research (see Module 1.3 for more information about primary sources) or original research. Though several of NCC's library databases will limit to research articles, you should check to make sure that the article contains:

Literature Review or Background
Methods
Results
Conclusions
Discussion

ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window

To Find research articles in Science Direct:
1) Select Advanced Search
2) Select Research articles

CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window

To Find Primary Sources in CINAHL:
1) Select Advanced Search
2) Limit to research articles

New England Journal of Medicine This link opens in a new window
To Find Primary Sources in NEJM:
1) Go to Advanced Search
2) Under article types, select Research Article
(Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple items in the list)

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition This link opens in a new window
To Find Primary Sources in AJCN:
1) Go to Advanced Search
2) Under article types, select Research Article
(Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple items in the list)

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