REQUIREMENTS
1. Choose a topic of interest to you that is a significant clinical nursing issue. Please note that the databases you identify could be useful sources of information for your Capstone project in NR451, so choose your topic thoughtfully.
2. Download the NR439_Research_Database_Form from Course Resources and type information about each database directly onto the form. Your paper does NOT need to follow APA formatting; however, you are expected to use correct grammar, spelling, syntax, and write in complete sentences.
4. Describe your topic of interest.This is worth 15 points.
5. Locate a total of five research databases related to your topic. Each research database description is worth 30 points. You may search for these in various locations, e.g., the Internet or the CCN Library. You may NOT choose the databases that are already familiar to you -MEDLINE, PUBMED (which also indexes MEDLINE), GOOGLE SCHOLAR, and CINAHL. Instead, you are expected to expand your knowledge of evidence-based sources. Places to help you begin include your textbook, which lists databases and websites that report research. The Chamberlain online library (http://library.chamberlain.edu) gives you access to several databases and provide tutorials for searching. Government sites such as those at the National Institutes of Health offer collections of research on a variety of subjects. The key to choosing the databasesis that each contains research-based evidence that also pertains to your topic of interest. Again you are looking for new databases to use in the future and not articles related to your nursing clinical issue.
6. Review each database to gather information to create a description for the assignment. Each description must:
a. identify the title of the research database;
b. describe the location of the research database in a way that a reader could find it. This should be the URL. This URL should take you to the home page of the database.
c. name owner or publisher of the source;
d. describe the research database. This must be in your own words and not copied and pasted from the original source. Include the purpose of the database and the subject matter it covers. This may be two to three sentences; and
e. explain how the research found in the database relates to your topic of interest. This may be a two or three sentences.
Research Database Assignment Form
Type your answers to the following questions using complete sentences and correct grammar, spelling, and syntax.
Name:[replace this text with your name]
Describe briefly your topic of interest/research question(15 possible points):
#1 Database (or collection) (30 possible points):
Title of Database:
Location of Database (URL):
Owner or publisher of Database:
Describe (in your own words) the research database or collection of research including the purpose and the subject matter it covers:
Explain how the databaserelates to your topic of interest/question:
#2 Database (or collection) (30 possible points):
Title of Database:
Location of Database (URL):
Owner or publisher of Database:
Describe (in your own words) the research database or collection of research including the purpose and the subject matter it covers:
Explain how the database relates to your topic of interest/question:
#3 Database (or collection) (30 possible points):
Title of Database:
Location of Database (URL):
Owner or publisher of Database:
Describe (in your own words) the research database or collection of research including the purpose and the subject matter it covers:
Explain how the database relates to your topic of interest/question:
#4 Database (or collection) (30 possible points):
Title of Database:
Location of Database (URL):
Owner or publisher of Database:
Describe (in your own words) the research database or collection of research including the purpose and the subject matter it covers:
Explain how the database relates to your topic of interest/question:
#5 Database (or collection) (30 possible points):
Title of Database:
Location of Database (URL):
Owner or publisher of Database:
Describe (in your own words) the research database or collection of research including the purpose and the subject matter it covers:
Explain how the database relates to your topic of interest/question