How to use this guide
- Looking for a journal article? Scroll to the box below to search for your topic in our databases.
- Looking for web resources? Scroll down further to view selected online resources and professional organization links.
Article databases
- MEDLINE with Full TextScholarly articles on medical and related topics. There are many ways to narrow your search down - species, gender, age group, type of clinical query, etc.
Help using MEDLINE.
Help getting a permalink in MEDLINE.
Accessibility help - CINAHL Plus with Full-textScholarly articles on nursing and healthcare topics.
Help using CINAHL Plus with Full-text.
Help getting a permalink in CINAHL Plus with Full-text.
Accessibility help - Ovid Nursing + Emcare DatabaseTo only see full-text results when searching: just select "Your Journals@Ovid" on the landing page. 53 scholarly journals in nursing and allied health, plus Emcare, an indexing service for lots of other nursing content.
Basic Ovid search tutorial. - Bioline InternationalOpen Access scholarly articles from journals published in developing countries, having to do with biology and medicine. From the Reference Center on Environmental Information, Brazil.
- Healthcare Administration DatabaseArticles in health administration and public health.
Help using Health Management.
Help creating a permalink in Health Management.
Proquest Accessibility Help - Health Source - Consumer EditionArticles for the patient/healthcare consumer.
Help using Health Source - Consumer Edition.
Help getting a permalink in Health Source - Consumer Edition.
Accessibility help - Health Source: Nursing/Academic EditionScholarly articles in nursing and allied health.
Help using Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition.
Help getting a permalink in Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition.
Accessibility help - ScienceDirectFull-text access to 248 journals. Please also check Google Scholar if you cannot find full-text in ScienceDirect.
Help using ScienceDirect.
Help getting a permalink in ScienceDirect.
ScienceDirect Accessibility Help - JSTORUnlike most databases, JSTOR has plenty of content published before the 1990s, but it does not have full-text for the most recent 2-3 years. Articles in all subjects, but especially good for history, area studies, the arts and humanities, mathematics, environmental science, etc.
Help using JSTOR.
Help creating a permalink in JSTOR. - Sage JournalsScholarly articles in all subjects. Particularly good in business, biology/medicine, engineering, and the social sciences. We do not have access to full-text for all Sage journals. Limit your search to "SAGE Journals Available To Me."
Help using Sage Journals.
Help getting a permalink in Sage Journals.
- Annual Review of Public Health2007-2011 full-text access to this key review of current research.
- BioText Search EngineSearch 300+ Open Access Journals in the biosciences.
- NAL Catalog (aka AGRICOLA)Agriculture journal articles - no full-text in the database (but you can get the full-text elsewhere.) From the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- POPLINEArticles in reproductive health. From the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID.)
- PrimateLitIndexes articles about the biology of primates. No full-text, but you may be able to find the full-text in other sources once you find a title here. From the National Institutes of Health (NIH.)
Biology and Life Science Organizations on the Web
- American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)Umbrella organization for professional scientific organizations. Offers biomedical and scientific peer review, meetings, and educational programs.
Research Methods
- Introduction to BiostatisticsA review of some of the elementary principles of biostatistics in medicine. 57 min.
- Qualitative Methods in Health ResearchFrom: Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health
- Social Research MethodsResources and links for applied social research and evaluation.
Statistical Resources
- CDC Data & StatisticsCenters for Disease Control and prevention portal for public health stats.
- National Center for Health StatisticsStatistics on health in the U.S. from the NIH.
- Statistics PrimerTutorial with 5 easy to follow units covering all aspects of working with statistics.
- MEDLINE Plus: Health StatisticsLinks to loads of health and medical statistical sources.
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