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Nursing & Health Innovations: Peer-reviewed Qualitative Research

What is Qualitative Research?

Typical attributes of Qualitative Research:

  • The basic element of analysis: words, narrative
  • Methods: interviews, focus groups, observation
  • Subjective
  • Used to develop a theory

How to Find Peer-reviewed Qualitative Research

In CINAHL and MEDLINE, to find Peer-reviewed Qualitative Research articles, add several of the following subject terms to your search:

CINAHL terms:

  • Qualitative Studies
  • Interviews
  • Focus Groups
  • Audiorecording
  • Observational Methods
  • Thematic Analysis

MEDLINE terms:

  • Qualitative Research
  • Interview
  • Focus Groups
  • Tape Recording

Change the drop-down menu to SU Subject Terms

Identifying Qualitative Research Articles

Here's an example of an article that has several qualitative research terms as Minor Subjects in the CINAHL database.

Qualitative Studies, Semi-Structured Interview and Thematic Analysis in Minor Subject heading

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