Nursing students or students in any of the allied health professions -- your best bet is to start your search in CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature).
CINAHL indexes the top nursing and allied health literature including publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association. Topics covered include nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health,nutrition & dietetics, physical therapy, occupational therapy, sports medicine & public health.
CINAHL Ultimate is the new definitive resource for nursing and allied health research, providing full text for more of the most used journals in the CINAHL index than any other database. It covers more than 50 nursing specialties and includes quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, CEU modules and research instruments.
Identify keywords for database searching
You will use keywords when conducting a database search. Keywords are words that represent a major concept related to your topic.
Identify the major concepts of your research question or topic. Typically there are between two and four major concepts.
Example: obesity and soda
Find synonyms and related terms:
| Concept 1: Obesity | Concept 2: Soda |
| Body weight | Soft drinks |
| Overweight | Carbonated beverages |
| Obese | Coca-cola |
| Body Mass Index | Sweetened beverages |
| BMI |
Where to find keyword ideas?
1. 
2. Under the "All filters" section.
TIP: When constructing your search, be concise. Stay away from sentence-like language (such as “effects of soda on contributing to childhood obesity”). The more words you enter, the fewer the results you will get. A search such as “obesity AND soda” will yield more results.