Getting started in your searching is often the most difficult part. Here are a few suggestions to help you begin to find research articles that can be refined to a more specific criteria at a later date.
Look at your Theory Outcomes. Outcome #1 provides several terms that can be combined with concerns in your population. Place your health concern in the top box and your list of terms in the second box. For example, obesity and epidemiological concepts (See image below).
Other Search Terms (place these in the second box):
Week 4This week you will want to search a little differently. Begin by typing the term "migrant workers health" in the top box. Next you will want to look at the left hand side of your screen. Scroll down to "Refine Search". (See Image 1 below) Click on the term "Subject: Major Heading", a list of terms should appear. At the bottom of the box you will see the words "Show More" . Click on it and a longer list will pop up in the center of your screen. Put check marks in the boxes in front of the search terms that relate best to your topic such as "occupational diseases" and "community health nursing". (See Image 2 below)
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For Week 5, look at the first Theory Outcome once again. Type the following terms one at a time into the first box of your database:
The second box should always contain a term such as "health and well-being".
Please note that all careers have acronyms and abbreviations that everyone in that field understands. Remember that librarians, not nurses, have identified subject terms for these articles. ATOD in your syllabus will not always produce good results. In this case, better results are acquired when you write out the words that the abbreviation stands for. ATOD is not the only abbreviation that this happens for so keep that in mind as you search for terms in all of your nursing assignments.
Your Strategies Paper is due this week. Look for terms within the assignment description. Be sure to check the box in front of "Research articles" on your Advanced search screen.
When looking for community resources, health policies, and political processes, please consider using a Government database.
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