Nursing students are participating in an online delivery course in the

Nursing students are participating in an online delivery course in their nursing program. For their next assignment, they are to evaluate nursing research articles for credibility and reliability.

One of the best databases to search for these articles would be which of the following?
1. CINAHL
2. Google
3. ERIC
4. PsychINFO

ANSWER

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) focuses on nursing and allied health articles, including research. In this database, the user can search systematically for articles that are related to nursing research, peer reviewed, published, and so on.
Rationale 2: Google search engine gives a variety of sites, both health-related and non-health-related, but there are no restrictions for accuracy with this database.
Rationale 3: . Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) would include all areas of academia, not just nursing.
Rationale 4: PsychINFO includes only psychological abstracts.