Research: SAR HS 210: An Introduction to Critical Inquiry: Welcome

Key Resources

CINAHL: Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature This link opens in a new window Covers journal publications from the nursing and allied health professions. While it primarily covers journal citations, it also includes book chapter abstracts, dissertations, and conference abstracts.
APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window Provides access to articles, books and book chapters, and dissertations that cover the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. Includes material of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.
PubMed This link opens in a new window Comprehensive coverage of abstracts to the biomedical literature. Includes medicine, the allied health disciplines, and biomedical literature. Materials range from 1809 Onwards, with more recent decades better represented.

Welcome! How Can I Help?

This guide is geared towards BU students who are taking HS 210: An Introduction to Critical Inquiry.

Please contact me if I can offer you any research assistance. I am glad to meet in-person, chat online, or answer any questions you have over e-mail about any or all of the following:

Guide you through a database search in-person or over Zoom
E-mail you research tips and include screen shots that illustrate how to do an online search.
Locate the full-text of a journal article.
Answer tricky questions about citing your sources.
Help you find a research question and keywords for your search.
Evaluating your sources.
Finding sources that inform evidence-based practice.