The best way to find health research is to search in databases. Databases allow you to search many academic journals at once to find relevant articles. These are some top databases for your area:
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This link opens in a new windowIncludes over 1,400 titles covering nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters.
This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new windowContains authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry,health care systems and many other medical disciplines. Provides full text for over 2,500 journals, and citations and abstracts from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.
Can't find what you need? Here is the full list of health databases.
Try using words from your assignment topic first (e.g."determinants of health").
You can add words to describe what aspect you want to research (e.g. "determinants of health" immigrant*).
To focus your search further, consider adding a specific demographic or geographical area to your search.
e.g. "determinants of health" immigrant* women
e.g. "determinants of health" (indigenous OR "First Nations" OR aboriginal) Canada
