To find the best research articles to support my capstone project change proposal, I would search for research articles on PubMed and CINAHL. Each of these choices has advantages and disadvantages. For instance, in the early steps of research, it would be better to start with CINAHL that indexes papers from different journals, including but not limited to nursing and other health journals. On the other hand, I would go for PubMed if I wanted a more in-depth and comprehensive literature search. This is because I can have access to full publications and have them structured in a manner that the findings, conclusions, impacts, and limitations are summarised before the papers.
On the other hand, these databases are better than Google Scholar because their ranking (from the indexes) is based on relevance. All the papers are also peer-reviewed and evidence-based (Grand Canyon University Library, n.d.), something that Google Scholar does not guarantee. Google Scholar and general internet search, on the other hand, ranks results by popularity, which makes it difficult to find obscure papers.
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Responses to Discussion Question
Michele
A great choice about the two databases: however, I am not sure about Google Scholar ranking papers as an advertisement. I have searched for papers looking into this but came up empty, so maybe send me the link. I would appreciate it. Advertisements and general internet searches are possible.
Enjoli
I agree that the information found on CINAHL and PubMed is superior to general internet searches. I disagree, however, with your claim that the reason the two databases are superior to Google Scholar and general internet search. I found a paper by Beel & Gipp (2010) that sheds light on the matter. It’s a little old but still relevant.
Melissa
Hi, I totally agree. However, Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) would be my third database, but first, when searching for strictly evidence-based papers, just because it is comprehensive.
References
Beel, J., & Gipp, B. (2010). Academic search engine spam and Google Scholar’s resilience against it. The Journal of Electronic Publishing: JEP, 13(3).
Grand Canyon University Library. 2020. (n.d.). Nursing & Health Sciences. Evidence-based practice library databases. Retrieved from https://libguides.gcu.edu/Nursing/ebp
