Need some help finding articles? Questions about APA formatting or citations? Ask Amy, your class librarian, for assistance.
You can self-schedule an appointment in Starfish.
Go to Starfish
This should take you to the Services page. If not, choose Services from the menu (look for the three lines on the top left to open the menu.)
In the Library Research Help, select schedule appointment.
Welcome
Welcome NMT students!
This guide is populated with resources to help you with your research project. Click on the tabs for more information. Any questions? Please reach out. My contact information is below. - Amy
Biomedical database from the U.S. National Library of Medicine containing millions of citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Look for the Clinical Queries option on PubMed's homepage to help you in finding clinical studies.
Index to journals in nursing, medical technology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, and other allied heath disciplines. Also includes a selection of pharmacy and pharmacology titles.
Want to look at an article not owned by our library? You can request it using this form. If you are searching in a library database, you will often find this form is embedded in the database already.
Suggested search tips
Finding articles on your topic:
Think of a topic you are interested in.
Determine the most important words needed to describe your topic.
For each important word, create a list of additional terms you could use for that concept. They might be terms that are broader (a class of medications instead of a specific medication), narrower (a specific medication instead of a class of medications), or a synonym. This will give you options for search terms,
Open PubMed (located on your class guide and on the library homepage)
Look for the option for the MESH database. These are the subject headings that are assigned to articles. Try searching your terms from above and see if you can find subject headings. You will also see these as you are searching for articles. These subject terms are controlled vocabulary, meaning topics are describes by a standard set of terms. If you can find the terms used to describe your topic, you will like find more articles.
Try out different combinations of your terms above and see what you find. Some combinations will work better than others. Take note of what works best for you.
You can also use limiters to focus your search. These are found on the initial search screen and some are also visible on the search results page. What limiters did you find helpful for your search? (date, language, source type, etc.)
Read the resources you located to find additional concepts and resources you should search for information on or locate, The reference lists in articles can help you find additional articles.
Interlibrary loan articles not held by your library
Utilize the library’s APA citation guide for assistance citing what you find: https://guides.sju.edu/APA
