Research Guides: Health Sciences: Find Articles

Databases

CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature This link opens in a new window
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.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
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.

ProQuest Research Library: Health & Medicine
A subset of ProQuest Research Library containing articles about Health and Medicine.

Gale Health and Wellness This link opens in a new window
Browse topical entries for overviews of current health and wellness issues. Advanced search provides more targeted access to the reference works, journal articles, news, video, audio and image resources available.
BMC (BioMed Central) This link opens in a new window
Open-access, peer-reviewed journals from all the major biological and medical disciplines.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Articles from academic and popular publications.

The author's name is always indicated and affiliation and credentials are included.
Sources are always cited in footnotes or bibliographies.
Articles are often preceded by brief abstracts of their contents.
Articles are in-depth and frequently lengthy.
The vocabulary used is indicative of expertise in a particular subject.
The articles are frequently "refereed" or reviewed and edited by other experts in the field.
The journals are sometimes published by professional organizations such as the American Psychological Association, the American Chemical Society, and the American Medical Association, which publishes Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).