4. Find Sources

Once you've narrowed your topic and thought about keywords, try searching the databases below for potential sources you can use for your paper. If your keywords aren't working, ask a librarian for help!

Databases / Articles

The following databases are the best place to start. Articles must be peer-reviewed and written within the last 5-7 years. Sources used for statistical data must be from within the past four years. See your assignment for additional details.

Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
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Full text nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines and features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Updated daily. Provided through EBSCO.
CINAHL Complete
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Full text for nursing & allied health journals. Provided through EBSCO.. Proxy Bypasss
EBSCO Health Databases
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Lots of full text health journals. Search ALL 4 of the EBSCO health databases at once! These include Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, CINAHL, MEDLINE, and Health Source: Consumer Edition. Proxy Bypass
Gale Health and Wellness
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Health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos.
Gale Power Search
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A good general database that covers many subjects, especially current new issues. Has magazine, journal, and newspaper articles, as well as some reference material. Full-text content.

Recommended Website

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The nation's health protection agency, the CDC saves lives and protects people from health, safety, and security threats.
Merck Manual - Professional Version
Find information on medical topics, symptoms, drugs, procedures, news and more, written for the health care professional.

Search for Books

Search for Books & eBooks

Use the search box below to search the SCC Library Catalog for physical books (in one of our library locations) and eBooks. You can also open the Library Catalog or use the Advanced Search for more search options.

RAD 205 - Pathology Research Project

4. Find Sources

Databases / Articles

Recommended Website

Search for Books

Search for Books & eBooks

Questions? Ask a Librarian

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