The BCHS Library subscribes to several different databases.
The search box on the library homepage is for the Fusion database; it searches many different databases simultaneously. Depending on the class and specific course assignment, Fusion can be very useful, especially if the assignment requires literature related to health policy or education. For topics related to anesthesiology and clinical medicine, the best database to use is PubMed. When searching for articles for the scholarly project, it is highly recommended that individual databases (e.g. PubMed, CINAHL Complete) are searched, NOT Fusion.
For more information about literature searching, check out this 2017 article in the AANA Journal.
Article citation: Gerberi D, Marienau MS. Literature Searching for Practice Research. AANA Journal. 2017;85(3):195-204.
CINAHL Complete is the most comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL. CINAHL Complete is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing & allied health literature.
Quickly determine publishing trends, key authors and institutions, and journals that have published articles on a topic. Over 21,000 peer-reviewed journals and 134,000 books are covered, with 17.2 million open-access records containing full-text links, across multiple disciplines
Full Text is freely available except for the current year. Please submit an interlibrary loan request for the current year.
The Cochrane Collection contains full text articles, as well as protocols focusing on the effects of healthcare. Data is evidence-based medicine and is often combined statistically (with meta-analysis) to increase the power of the findings of numerous studies.
When searching for articles, Google Scholar can be used as a supplement. Unlike PubMed or other databases, there is no quality control in terms of the content that is retrieved in a search. Results may include citations to journal articles, books/book chapters, conference papers, dissertations, or scholarly work that has been deposited in institutional repositories. Evaluate search results carefully. Refer to the "Evaluating Journal Quality" tab for more information about how to evaluate academic journals.
A useful feature of Google Scholar is there may be full-text links to articles that may not be reflected in database searches in PubMed or other databases. You can also customize the settings to show a "Find it @ BCHS" when full-text may be available via the BCHS library. In the screenshot below, there are several articles with [PDF] or an [HTML] link to the right. The 4th item shows an example of the "Find it @ BCHS" link. Click on the PDF at the top of this box for instructions on how to set the library link.
An online medical resource that provides students with the tools they need to excel in basic and advanced studies, clerkships, and crucial test prep. ACA offers students and residents interactive content, self-assessment, and leading medical texts to enhance decision-making at the point of care. It allows practicing anesthesiologists to brush up on their medical knowledge to ensure the best patient outcomes. It includes a complete full-text library of clinical textbooks, including Longnecker’s Anesthesiology,3e, Morgan & Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology,6e, and many others.