LibGuides: KSS 3710, KSS 1595, KSS 3705: Article Search

Recommended Databases

Recommended by Dr. Bosso

Provides references to the biomedical literature. Includes material referenced in Index Medicus, International Nursing Index and Index to Dental Literature. Includes journal citations previously supplied in AIDSLine, CancerLit, BioethicsLine, and HealthStar. MEDLINE uses Medical Subject Heading (MeSH). For help in determining the correct Medical Subject Headings, try the Medical Subject Headings site from the National Library of Medicine.

Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection

Provides access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine. The database offers a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more.

ProQuest Nursing

Includes indexing for nursing journals plus articles in the full-image and Text+Graphics formats from more than 270 publications.

SPORTDiscus (EBSCO)

Covers sport, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, sports science, physical education, kinesiology, coaching, training, sport administration, officiating, sport law & legislation, college & university sport, disabled persons, facility design & management, intramural & school sport, doping, drugs, health, health education, biomechanics, movement science, injury prevention rehabilitation, physical therapy, rehabilitation, nutrition, exercise physiology, sport & exercise psychology, recreation, leisure studies, tourism, allied health, occupational health & therapy, public health and more.

ERIC

Indexes education-related literature, beginning in 1966. The EBSCOhost interface is similar to Academic Search Complete.
The ERIC database is the world's largest source of education information, containing abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. The database covers descriptions and evaluations of programs, research reports and surveys, curriculum and teaching guides, instructional materials, position papers, and resource materials. In 1993, ERIC began indexing education-related books, including the output of major publishers.

How to...Search Multiple Databases at Once
This brief screenshot tutorial shows users ho to search multiple databases at one time.

Nursing Focused Databases

CINAHL Plus with Full Text
CINAHL covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Index, abstracts and full text from nearly 590 journal that focus on disciplines in nursing and allied health.
Nursing@OVID
Comprehensive, integrated nursing and allied health portal for practice, education, research, and administration.
Nursing and Allied Health Collection
Emphasis on full text titles cited in CINAHL and over 10 million articles, this collection's content helps nursing professionals already working in the field, as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.
Proquest Nursing & Allied Health
Includes indexing for nursing journals plus articles in the full-image and Text+Graphics formats from more than 270 publications.
UpToDate
Clinical decision support resource associated with improved outcomes. Provides more than 80 research studies that demonstrate its impact on improved patient care and hospital performance.
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General Resources

Academic Search Complete
A multidisciplinary database that indexes over 4300 periodicals and contains full text for over 3400 scholarly publications.
Directory of Open Access Journals
A directory of freely accessible full-text scholarly journals. There are over 1600 journals that can be browsed, with over 400 that can be searched for articles. To see if a journal is listed, click “Find Journals.” To search for articles on a particular topic, click “Search Articles.”
EBSCO E-Book Collection
Electronic books (e-books) with an imprint earlier than 2005 on many academic subjects.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries.
Gale Power Search
Collection of authoritative periodicals,scholarly journals, newspapers, and reference content.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Select electronic reference materials from Gale.
General OneFile--Gale
Gale's largest general-interest database, with more than 8,000 titles--many full text without embargo.
Global Issues in Context
Global Issues in Context ties together sources to present a rich analysis of issues--social, political, military, economic, environmental, science-related, health-related, cultural--and headlines in world hot spots. Provides information on 21st-century issues and events while highlighting global connections and the interdependence of all nations.
MasterFILE Premier
Index, abstracts, and full text from popular magazines covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more. Designed for a general (as opposed to academic) audience.
Newspaper Source
Full text for regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, and newspaper columns.
OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC)
Full-text articles from OhioLINK electronic journal subscription databases. Currently includes over 4000 scholarly journals.
Web of Science
Provides references to cited authors and articles as well as keyword searches for the journal literature of the sciences. On the initial screen, select Web of Science. On the next screen, select the databases/years you would like to search, then click either “General Search” for topics or “Cited Ref Search” to find where an article has been cited.

Educational Databases

Education Full Text
Provides full text of articles from over 350 journals as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing of more than 770 periodicals dating back to 1983.
Education Research Complete
Index, abstracts and full text of articles and other publications in education research.
Educator's reference Complete
Provides full text for titles in the ERIC database and covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college.
ERIC
Indexes education-related literature, beginning in 1966. Eric is the world's largest source of education information, containing abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.

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