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OFF CAMPUS ACCESS:
Enter your campus network login credentials (WITHOUT the @cedarcrest.edu) when prompted to log-in via EZ Proxy.
- BioOneAn indexed and fully searchable collection of abstracts that link to full text articles available from BioOne. BioOne provides over 65 high-impact bioscience research journals from more than 100 publishers. These titles are produced by societies and non-commercial publishers; a majority were previously available only in printed form.
- BioMed CentralThe Open Access Publisher. (Open access with some restrictions.)
- EBSCOhostChoose from over 15 index and full text databases; including CINAHL and Education Full Text.
- Google ScholarGoogle Scholar Find It @ Cedar Crest
- Highwire PressOne of the largest repository of free full-text life science articles in the world. Select "more search options" then scroll down to "Research Tools" for free titles and free back issues.
UPDATE: GO TO: http://highwire.org/lists/freeart.dtl - LexisNexisFull-text access to general interest wire services, newspapers, and magazines from around the world; access to company profiles and financial reports, government transcripts, trade journals, and academic and legal databases.
- OvidSelect resource(s) to search to begin. Journals "Subscribed to Full Text" are noted by the symbol to the left of the alphabetical listing. Browse journals by subject by choosing the "Browse Journals" link toward the upper right of the default A-Z listing. Over 20 journals directly related to nursing.
- PubMed CentralPMC is 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 (NIH/NLM).
- SAGE Journals OnlineFull-text access to over 550 highly cited journals. SAGE Journals Online offers one of the largest lists in the social sciences as well as extensive scientific, technical and medical coverage. Over 20 journals directly related to nursing.
- ScienceDirectJournals “subscribed to Full Text” are noted by the symbol to the left of the alphabetical listing. Full-text access to scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature. Over 20 journals directly related to nursing, many others related to medicine.
- SpringerLinkJournals “subscribed to Full Text” are noted by the symbol to the left of the alphabetical listing. Full-text access to scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature. Over 600 journals related to medicine and public health, including alternative therapies.
- Wiley Online LibraryMultidisciplinary collection of resources. Life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. Nursing journals include: Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management and Public Health Nursing.
- TAYLOR & FRANCISAccess to several journals in Health & Medicine and the Medical Sciences.
See also...
Google Scholar
Search Google Scholar from the Cressman Library Databases A-Z list or from a Cressman Library Research Guide so that your results will include Find It @ Cedar Crest links when the library has full text access to an article.
Semantic Scholar
Try Semantic Scholar. If you are off campus, though, and the full text to an article that you are interested in is not readily available, save the citation information and re-look the article up in WorldCat Discovery--and/or look for the journal title in E-Journals & Periodicals, etc.
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OFF CAMPUS ACCESS:
Enter your campus network login credentials (WITHOUT the @cedarcrest.edu) when prompted to log-in via EZ Proxy.
- Catalog of U.S. Government PublicationsFor full text, look for an Internet Access link.
- CINAHLLimited to 4 simultaneous users. CINAHL is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers.
CINAHL Subject Headings follow the structure of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) used by the National Library of Medicine. Use CINAHL Subject Headings to more effectively search and retrieve information. - EBSCOhostChoose from over 15 index and full text databases; including CINAHL and Education Full Text.
- Evidence Based Medicine Reviews | EBM Reviews from Ovid: Journals A-ZA definitive resource for evidence based medicine (EBM) that combines 7 of the most trusted EBM resources into a single, fully-searchable database.
Includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Use Search Tools and Scope Note for MeSH. Use Search Tools and Subheadings to focus your search.
See also: Ovid: Evidence Based Medicine Reviews (EBMR) handout. - FirstSearchAccess several databases like MEDLINE and ERIC.
Try a search in WorldCat Discovery, the library catalog instead of FirstSearch. Add/remove databases as needed with advanced search. - MetaLibSearch across multiple U.S. Federal Government databases, including PubMed and ERIC. View results by resources and then by table view. In a record, click the PubMed link to see if full text is available there. For ERIC, look for the Internet Access link at the bottom of the record.
- PsycINFO and PsycARTICLESFrom the American Psychological Association, PsycINFO is a bibliographic database providing abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. The database includes material in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work. PsycINFO provides access to journal articles, books, chapters, and dissertations.
- PubMedOver 26 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
- PubMed with Full Text Finder links
Look for the (PubMed Outside Tool) Full Text Finder link indicating our access to full text. If the library does not have access to the full text of an article, though, you will be redirected to WorldCat Discovery, the library catalog, to request an Interlibrary Loan. - WorldCat DiscoveryThe Cressman Library main catalog. Search for books, ebooks, media (including streaming video), and journal articles. Use WorldCat Discovery to request an Interlibrary Loan. Search Libraries Worldwide.
Search CINAHL
Search & Retrieval Tips
While searching Cressman Library databases, you will find articles that have been indexed only, usually with an abstract, and you will find the full text to articles when the library has a subscription to the given journal title. For more detail about Cressman Library journal subscriptions, see E-Journals & Periodicals Publication Finder.
Concentrate your search for research in CINAHL and PubMed. (Use PubMed LinkOut with CCC Holdings.) Determine your search terms in those databases, after that, search other databases including: Ovid, Science Direct, SpringerLink, and Wiley.
E-Journals & Periodicals
Find journals and/or verify Cressman Library holdings, whether online or in print.
- E-Journals & Periodicals Publication FinderGo to Cressman Library E-Journals & Perriodicals (EBSCO A-to-Z Publication Finder). Search by periodical title.
Searching the Literature
- Literature Searching for Practice ResearchGerberi, D., & Marienau, M. S. (2017). Literature Searching for Practice Research. AANA Journal, 85(3), 195-204.
Provides useful strategies for thoroughly searching relevant literature.
Find an article when you already have a journal article citation
If you already have a citation, use Google Scholar Find It @ Cedar Crest or WorldCat Discovery.
If you have the DOI, go to the DOI System.
MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central): How are they different?
- Fact Sheet: MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central): How are they different?Notes:
1. MEDLINE, indexed with MeSH/Medical Subject Headings.
2. PubMed, includes the MEDLINE database. You will have access to full text articles from PubMed Central (PMC); plus, access to journal articles when Cressman Library has a subscription to the journal title. Also, citations and full-text to NCBI Bookshelf.
3. PubMed Central (PMC), free archive for full-text biomedical and life sciences journal articles.