nit 2: Database Search

 

Choose a topic related to health that has meaning to your personal health, interests, and well-being. This may be a disease, such as diabetes, or a healthy fitness activity.

Conduct a database search comparing one of the following database directories with Google Scholar.

CINAHL and Google Scholar
PubMed and Google Scholar

Explain how you were able to narrow down the number of article hits you had initially, and present within your post a summary of the credible article you chose as your resource. How do you know your article choice is credible? Which database do you prefer and why?

How will using a database search facilitate your

• scholarly work;
• nursing work (evidence-based practice); and
• personal self-development?
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A database search in PubMed and Google Scholar

My database search focuses on the topic of colon cancer. I intend to conduct the search and compare the results from the PubMed and Google scholar databases. This health topic is essential since learning about it will enable me to identify the risk factors associated with the disease. The information gathered will help me identify evidence-based approaches for lowering the risks.

By implementing the Boolean operator, I was able to narrow down the number of articles that the databases retrieved (Kai-Wah Chu, & Law, 2008). On this note, I played around with the conjunctions, ‘and,’ ‘or’ as well as combining the different search terms, “colon/colorectal cancer” and “risk/cause factors” in various ways. I also…

 

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