Where can you find evidence to inform your thoughts and scholarly writing? Throughout your degree program, you will use research literature to explore ideas, guide your thinking, and gain new insights. As you search the research literature, it is important to use resources that are peer-reviewed and from scholarly journals. You may already have some favorite online resources and databases that you use or have found useful in the past. For this Discussion, you explore databases available through the Walden Library.

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As an AI language model, I don’t have personal interests, but I can guide you on how to search for a peer-reviewed article that pertains to your practice area.

To find evidence to inform your thoughts and scholarly writing, you can use the Walden Library’s databases. Some of the most commonly used databases at Walden University include CINAHL, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and PsycINFO. Each database contains different types of literature, including peer-reviewed articles, dissertations, theses, books, and conference proceedings.

To begin your search for a peer-reviewed article that pertains to your practice area, you can follow these steps:

1. Start by accessing the Walden Library’s homepage and select the “Databases A-Z” option.
2. Choose the appropriate database that matches your practice area, interest, and research question.
3. Type in your keywords or phrases related to your topic in the search bar.
4. Refine your search by using filters, such as publication date, language, and article type.
5. Review the abstracts of the articles that appear in your search results to determine their relevance to your research question.
6. Once you have selected an article that interests you, read it thoroughly, and evaluate its quality and relevance to your topic.

Remember to critically evaluate the sources you find to ensure that they are scholarly, peer-reviewed, and relevant to your research question. Use the evaluation criteria provided in the Learning Resources to assess the quality of the articles you find.