Medical Assisting: Research Tools

A useful tutorial to learn how to effectively search the CINAHL database. The information in this tutorial can also be applied in searching the other EBSCO nursing databases, including Health Source: Nursing Academic Edition.

From the American Psychological Association, this slide show covers the basics of APA style of citation, which is used in the Social Sciences.

From David Taylor, a senior writing advisor at University of Maryland's Effective Writing Center. Has been viewed over 499,000 times.

From the Medical Library Association.

Boolean operators are connectors (AND, OR, NOT) used to retrieve more precise and relevant search results.

From Purdue University's OWL (Online Writing Lab) site.

"A fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills."

From North Carolina State University Library, this is another popular program for automatically formatting references in a bibliography or reference list.

An interactive Web tool that formats your entries to create standard APA or MLA citations.