LibGuides: Nursing DNP: Doctorate of Nursing Practice: Tutorials

Database Tutorials

CINAHL Tutorial (EBSCO brand database)
Many of the tips and strategies in this tutorial also apply to the Health Source Nursing and other EBSCO databases.
PubMed Tutorial: Simple Search
PubMed is the freely accessible online database of biomedical journal citations and abstracts created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM®).
PubMed Tutorial: Medical Subject (MeSH) Search
MeSH is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles for PubMed & Medline. Use this tutorial to learn how to make the most use of Subject terms when searching PubMed.

Interactive Health Tutorials from MEDLINE Plus

Interactive health education resources from the Patient Education Institute. Using animated graphics each tutorial explains a procedure or condition in easy-to-read language. You can also listen to the tutorial.

NOTE: These tutorials require a special Flash plug-in, version 8 or above. If you do not have Flash, you will be prompted to obtain a free download of the software before you start the tutorial.