LibGuides: Health Science: Articles

Key Databases

HINT: You can search in more than one EBSCOhost database at a time by clicking the "Choose Databases >>" link above the search bar.

Academic Search Elite This link opens in a new window
A good general-purpose database that includes both scholarly and popular material covering virtually all subject areas. Some items are available in full text and others are indexed only. Utilize the Subject Terms button in the top bar for more precise results.
MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
From the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE contains a wealth of authoritative information about the health sciences and the health care system. Be aware that many of these will need to be accessed via interlibrary loan. Use the MeSH terms button in the top bar for more precise results.
CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new window
CINAHL® with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 610 journals indexed in CINAHL®. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index - with no embargo. Full-text coverage dates back to 1981.
SPORTDiscus This link opens in a new window
Full-text coverage of 550 sports & sports medicine journals. Many articles relating to general nutrition concerns, in addition to sports nutrition, can be found here.
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials This link opens in a new window
This database is a listing of controlled trials identified by contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration. This bibliography is part of an international effort to hand search worldwide medical journals and create an unbiased source of data. Keyword searching and refining by content type, scope, etc. will serve you best here.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews This link opens in a new window
This medical database contains some full text articles which compare and synthesize the results of multiple other studies. Most studies will focus on "medical interventions," such as nutrient supplementation.
Cochrane Methodology Register This link opens in a new window
This bibliographic database includes journal articles, books and conference proceedings. It contains studies of methods used in reviews and more general methodological studies.

PICO Searching in CINAHL

7 Steps to the Perfect PICO Search
From EBSCOhost, this guide will show you how to do a PICO search for researching evidence-based practices.

Open-Access Databases

PubMedCentral
"...A free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine."
PubMed
This site allows you to search over 22 million records. While it includes content from PubMed Central, it is more comprehensive in scope. Some material will be available in full-text access and some will be citation information only. Check our holdings through Full Text Finder to see if we have access to the full text through the library's collections.

Individual Journal Subscriptions

The Botanical Review
Link to our online subscription to the journal

Related Journals Available Online

ASH Education Program Book
From the American Society of Hematology
British Medical Journal (BMJ)
Every article published since the journal's inaugural issue is available online, though recent issues are only available to subscribers.
CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Articles available in HTML and PDF full-text; November 1950 - present
eLife
An open-access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes research in life science and biomedicine. Founded by Nobel-winning scientist Randy Schekman.
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
January 1998 - present
PLOS ONE : Public Library of Science
"An international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication. PLOS ONE welcomes reports on primary research from any scientific discipline."

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan - Journal Article Request Form
Use this form to request articles that we don't have available in full-text or print.