Macdonald-Kelce Library: Case Study Research: Health Case Studies

Finding Health Case Studies

Google Scholar - Use the terms like "case study," "case studies," or "case method." Keep the terms in quotes to force the results to only return that phrase. Combine with terms like "health," "epidemiology," "nutrition," "sport studies," "nursing," etc. See our handout on Using Google Scholar Effectively.

Databases

Links to the databases are below. Here's how to access case studies in the listed databases.

CINAHL - In Advanced Search, locate Publication Type and select Case Study.
Nursing and Allied Health (Gale OneFile) - In Advanced Search, select Case Study under the 'by document type' dropdown menu.
Nursing and Allied Health Database (ProQuest) - In Advanced Search, select Case Study under Document Type.

CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health, and 17 allied health disciplines back to 1976.
Nursing and Allied Health This link opens in a new window
Provide access to authoritative content including full-text titles cited in CINAHL supporting specialized care, treatment, and patient management.
Nursing & Allied Health Premium This link opens in a new window
Provides information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complimentary medicine with full-text scholarly articles and dissertations. Training videos, covering topics such as health care safety are available. Includes multicultural reports from CultureGrams.
Areas covered include Nursing, Allied health, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Physiology, Anatomy, Gerontology, Orthopedics, Nutrition, and Rehabilitation.