MEDICINE AND HEALTH  Tags: medicine health  

Article: A written piece on a specific topic found in a journal, periodical, magazine, or newspaper

Peer Reviewed Process: When an article is submitted to a scholarly journal, it is evaluated by experts in the field who examine the article's originality, quality of research, clarity of presentation, etc. and determine if the article falls within the scope of the publication. Also known as refereed, scholarly or academic.

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When in a database, click on an icon:

 oror  = Full Text

  Links to:

• full text in another database or
• the periodical title in the Library Catalog, if it is available in the Periodicals Area on 2nd floor or
• the Interlibrary Loan/Illiad form to request from another source if the article is not available full text online nor in the  library 
• More info: Find It! FAQ  

When you have a journal title:

• use Periodicals Holdings List
• More info: Finding Periodicals

Use the Indexes and Databases to identify articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers. Many indexes provide full text articles.

Indexes/Databases to try first:

• Biomed Central science, technology, and medicine; scholarly journals
• EBSCOHost + Flash Tutorial | Instructions 
  • Academic Search Premier
  • AltHealth Watch
  • CINAHL Plus with Full Text (nursing)
  • Consumer Health Complete
  • Health and Medical Databases
  • Health Source Consumer
  • Health Source Nursing/Academic
  • LEXI-Pals Drug Guide (pharmaceuticals)
  • Masterfile
  • Medline Premier
• CSA Illumina: Health and Safety Science Abstracts 
• Lexis Nexis: Academic
• MD Consult
• Nursing Consult
• Pubmed U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health (free version of Medline)
• Web of Science: Science Citation Index

Other Indexes/Databases to try:

• Agricola U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
• Annual Review of Nutrition
• EBSCOHost + Flash Tutorial | Instructions
  • GreenFILE 
  • PsycINFO  Flash Tutorial
  • PsycARTICLES  Flash Tutorial
  • Mental Measurements Yearbook  Instructions
  • Tests in Print  Instructions
• Food Science and Technology Abstracts
• Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews - Human Nutrition
• WilsonWeb   + Flash tutorial | Instructions
  • Biological and Agricultural Full Text
  • General Science
  • OmniFile
  • Social Sciences Full Text
• SuperSearch searches several vendors/databases simultaneously.  Flash Tutorial | SuperSearch FAQ
• Free Online Databases Available to All

Selected periodicals available on the second floor of the library:

• Academic Medicine
• American Journal of Medicine
• Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
• Childrens' Health Care
• Health
• JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter
• University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter

 Nature Publishing Group provides these scholarly/peer-reviewed journals:

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