Research Guides: Nursing: Websites

Recommended Websites

Centers for Disease Control
Provides information for medical professionals about Seasonal Influenza (flu).
Fact Sheet: MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central) - How are they different?
Fact Sheet: MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central).
Medical Library Association
A professional medical association that provides access to its publications through its website.
National Library of Medicine
Provides access to several databases, including resources about medications.
PLOS ONE
It contains open access journal articles.

MedlinePlus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing
What should you look for when evaluating the quality of health information on Web sites? Here are some suggestions based on our experience.
Finding Credible Web Sources
Our Finding Credible Web Sources guide has more tips on searching the Internet.
Google Advanced Search
You can use Google Advanced Search to limit your search results in various ways, including:
- Searching for a complete phrase
- Omitting irrelevant words
- Choosing a domain, like .edu, to limit to webpages from educational institutions
- Limiting to pages updated during a certain timeframe

SIFT & PICK Fact Checking & Source Evaluation
A printable version of the SIFT & PICK approach to evaluating sources using lateral reading (SIFT) to fact check a source and vertical reading (PICK) to decide whether it is the best source for your needs.