Nursing & Health Sciences

Click here to access the A-Z List of Databases. This is where you will find the licensed library content: scholarly journal articles, dissertations & theses, ebooks, multimedia and more. The Librarians recommend starting your research in ProQuest Central. Questions? Contact us for help at: library@aspen.edu

For guidance on conducting a literature review in nursing and health sciences, including setting up a process, defining a topic, searching relevant literature, managing results and advice in tracking, recording and citing your research, please have a look at this comprehensive library guide Conducting a Literature Review

And be sure to contact the librarians for assistance!

Knowledge Synthesis is an area in health care delivery research that:

• Evaluate and summarize all available evidence on a particular topic through comprehensive literature searches and advanced qualitative and quantitative synthesis methods.

• Formats assessed include systematic reviews, meta-analyses, clinical practice guidelines and methodology research.

Student researchers will typically engage with knowledge syntheses by:

1. developing a literature review or scoping review for their capstone project or dissertation, 
2. using critical appraisal frameworks, e.g. PICOT
3. consulting existing literature reviews, e.g. within dissertations or research articles,
4. finding systematic reviews developed on clinical topics through credible agencies,
5. choosing a research methodology for their projects.