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An overview of the scientific literature on a topic Example: Everything that's been published on a subject, or the most recent articles, or publications by a particular author |
A citation index
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The full text of a citation If you've found an article citation but not the text of it, you can search in the Library search bar (put the whole title in quotes), or go directly to the database. |
A publisher database, such as:
or A subject database that includes journals from many publishers, including:
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Articles from a specific journal, magazine or newspaper |
Check the Journal Finder for journal subscription information and access |
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Biomedical data and reports |
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Engineering processes and methods |
The journals and ebooks to which the Library subscribes are all routed through a database. These databases are provided either by the publisher or by companies that aggregate the journals of many publishers.
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PubMed is one of the best resources for biomedical research. Scopus and Web of Science are broader in subject but as citation indexes can help you when searching for research on any scholarly topic.
These databases include the full-text of articles for journals to which the Library subscribes. If you find a citation in PubMed or a citation index, you may be led to one of these databases to read the article.
Search by keyword or your program to find the right database for your research.
Example: "biomedical engineering"
Note: This search bar will provide you with a list of Library subscription databases by keyword so you can look for your topic in the right place; this does not search within the databases.
