Journal articles are excellent sources for current and scholarly information. They are found in journals. Journals are mostly accessed via library databases.
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EBSCOhost. Includes multiple databases with a wide subject coverage. Search individual databases or select multiple databases and search at one time. Relevant databases are:
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection - Covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods
Sociology Source Ultimate - Covers aspects of human behavior and interaction. Topics range from gender identity, marriage and family, to demographics, political sociology, religion and socio-cultural anthropology
Click here for an EBSCOhost guide.
ERIC. The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is an online library of educational research and information, supported by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education.
Gale Database Suite. Contains full text articles and reference sources including interactive databases. Search across a wide range of academic topics or select specialised individual databases such as Gale Interactive Human Anatomy.
ProQuest Academic. Provides access to databases across all major subject areas including nursing and health. The collection includes dissertations, working papers and scholarly journals. Holds the Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services (2020- present) previously known as Whitireia Nursing & Health Journal (2013 – 2019), Whitireia Nursing Journal (1994 - 2012).
Science Direct. Provides articles on scientific, technical and health research.
Wiley Online Library. Full text access to The Journal of Advanced Nursing. All others have abstracts only. Covers subjects areas such as nursing, health, social, and physical sciences.
Clinicalkey for Nursing. Supports nurses and health professionals by providing up to date evidence-based and point of care clinical information. Includes ebooks, journals, drug information, clinical overviews and more.
Click here for a guide on how to access, use and troubleshoot the Clinicalkey databases.
Cochrane Library*. Consists of a collection of evidence-based medicine databases including systematic reviews in health care. It provides up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care
DynaMed Plus. Provides evidence-based content to help clinicians in their daily practice.
EBSCOhost databases specific to nursing and allied health:
CINAHL Complete covers nursing and allied health topics with full text journals. Includes Counselling Psychology Quarterly
CINAHL Ultimate is the definitive resource for nursing and allied health research, providing full text as well as quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, CEU models and research instruments.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic provides access to scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines
MEDLINE Complete provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods
Sociology Source Ultimate covers aspects of human behavior and interaction. Topics range from gender identity, marriage and family, to demographics, political sociology, religion and socio-cultural anthropology
Ovid
Joanna Briggs’ Evidence Based Practice Database*. (JBI EBP). Provides best practice resources to inform nursing practice.
Lippincott Advisor is the "Why" to the Lippincott Procedures "How". It is written by nurses and gives instant access to evidence-based clinical information at the point of care. It answers questions about diseases, diagnostic tests, treatments, signs and symptoms. It has localised content for Australia and New Zealand which is being updated and added to regularly.
Lippincott Journal Collection. Holds over 25 premium journals, one of the leading sources of scholarly medical, nursing, and health science information.
Lippincott Procedures*. Gives access to evidence-based nursing procedure guidance tailored to New Zealand DHBs and retirement hospitals.
Nursing Reference Center Plus. Provides evidence-based information for point of care, continuing education, nursing skills, drug information and nursing practice.
PubMed*. Indexes medical, nursing and health care articles. Contains citations and author abstracts with links to some free full text articles.
* not searchable via the Search Everything filter
A selection of articles on a variety of topics. Copy and paste the article title into the search box on the library homepage. Click the down arrow next to the search box to select the Search Everything filter.
Curtis, E., Jones, R., Tipene-Leach, D., Walker, C., Loring, B., Paine, S., & Reid, P. (2019). Why cultural safety rather than cultural competency is required to achieve health equity: A literature review and recommended definition. International Journal for Equity in Health, 18(1), Article 174. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-019-1082-3
Middleton, L., Tanuvasa, A. F., Pledger, M., Grace, N., Smiler, K., Loto-Su'a, T. T., & Cumming, J. (2019). Widening participation of Māori and Pasifika students in health careers: Evaluation of two health science academies. Australian Health Review, 43(3), 352-359. https://doi.org/10.1071/AH17170
Mullane, T., Harwood, M., Warbrick, I., Tane, T., & Anderson, A. (2022). Understanding the workforce that supports Māori and Pacific peoples with type 2 diabetes to achieve better health outcomes. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1), 672-672. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08057-4
Tane, T., Selak, V., Hawkins, K., Lata, V., Murray, J., Nicholls, D., Peihopa, A., Rice, N., & Harwood, M. (2021). Māori and Pacific peoples' experiences of a Māori-led diabetes programme. The New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1543), 79-89.
Tapera, R., Harwood, M., & Anderson, A. (2017). A qualitative Kaupapa Māori approach to understanding infant and young child feeding practices of Māori and Pacific grandparents in Auckland, New Zealand. Public Health Nutrition, 20(6), 1090-1098. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980016002950
Here is a selection of journals. Some require you to log in with your institutional email address and network password (same password as Moodle), others are open access.
To locate articles on a specific topic, see the Finding information and Research tab.
Pasifika and Indigenous Journals
AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
International Journal of Indigenous Health
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
JPS: Journal of the Polynesian Society
Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues
Pacific Health Dialog: Journal of Pacific Research
Whanake: The Pacific Journal of Community Development
General Journals
Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services is published annually. It has a website where issues are freely available from 2012-present.
History of name change
Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing
International Journal of Nursing Studies
International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
Journal of Primary Health Care (NZ)
New Zealand Journal of Psychology
Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand
Palliative Care and Social Practice
A site where you can find specialist palliative care journals. Some journals listed are open access. Otherwise search for the article title in the search box on the library homepage using either the Journal Article or Search Everything filter.