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NRS-490 Topic 1 DQ 1
Max Points: 5.0
Identify two GCU Library scholarly databases that will help you find the best research articles to support your EBP proposal. Discuss why these two databases are better than Google Scholar or a general Internet search.
The GCU library has several database searches available to help students find scholarly articles pertaining to evidence-based practice research. The Grand Canyon University Library (2016) features the CINAHL GCU Alumni database search feature. This database specifies over 3,000 articles from 70 different allied health journals. Searching this database offers articles on the subject approach, and has the option to review certain types of articles such as peer reviewed, academic journals, magazines, full text articles, or a periodical. Searches can be refined by selecting key phrases or descriptive subjects, saving you time while you try to pinpoint articles that may pertain to your research.
Another helpful GCU library database source is the suggested peer reviewed site called Biomed Central. As quality evidence-based research is required as references for GCU research projects, the GCU library suggests this site as a reliable independent database providing peer reviewed research articles from published journals (GCU, 2016). To get to this option, you click on Alumni Library Resources and scroll down to Additional Databases. Once you get to the site, you click on Allied health options, or search valid article subjects to find published evidence based research.
As previously stated, published evidence based practice articles are proven relevant sources for research projects and meet the educational standard required by GCU curriculum. The GCU library offers these databases, along with learning tools for use of the library, to help students acquire the most reliable information available with minimal time spent searching.
When using search engines such as Google or Internet explorer, typing in the subject you are searching for leads to suggested websites that may be unreliable and may not be considered scholarly research. It becomes the responsibility of the researcher to verify the articles pulled up on an Internet search to make sure they come from a legitimate scholarly site. Internet search engines are also famous for displaying advertisements related to the search you are trying to make. Clicking on numerous sites, only to find out they are advertisements wastes time and can be frustrating to the researcher. Grand Canyon Library’s suggestions of outside sources contains relevant sites known to contain scholarly work that will be usable for the student in an effort to save time and frustration.
References:
Grand Canyon University, 2016. GCU library resource guides. Retrieved from libguides.gcu/c.php?g=330091&p2216272
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