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Databases search for sources based on your choice of key terms.

What are some terms, synonyms, and related terms for your topic?

Topic: Effectiveness of prevention strategies on pressure ulcers

Effectiveness: efficient, successful

Prevention: avoid, deter

Strategies: procedure, method

Pressure ulcers: bedsore, pressure sore

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Other helpful examples:

OVID Nursing: Journals and eBooks This link opens in a new window
Full-text of over 60 key journal titles and over 90 e-books in nursing and clinical medicine.
Nursing Reference Center Plus (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive nursing reference source, with care plans, skills checklists, videos, patient education handouts, and much more.
eBook Nursing Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
A focused collection of ebooks for nursing education and practice.
Nursing Video Collection (FOD) This link opens in a new window
More than 1000 videos on nursing foundations & skills, patient care & intervention, and diseases, disorders & disabilities. Note: Medcom Trainex videos are now available on Nursing Education in Video.
Health Source: Nursing & Academic (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Access to 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, including nursing and allied health.
Allied Health Video Collection (FOD) This link opens in a new window
Streaming video to prepare future health professionals across a diverse range of settings. Titles are from Medcom-Trainex, Elsevier, NEVCO, Center for Phlebotomy Education, InJoy Health Education, and others.