LibGuides: INST 2401: Life & Earth Systems: Library Databases

Looking for the Primary Source

Once you have found the journal title, keywords, author, publication date, and affiliation, you are ready to search the library databases to find the primary source:

You may want to start with OneSearch on the library homepage.

You also can search the library databases below:

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete , designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most comprehensive scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals.
MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive index for medical journals and provides full text for more than 1,370 journals. MEDLINE is the official library version of PUBMED.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed is a free search engine accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics.

Other Helpful Science Databases

BIOSIS Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Index and abstracts to international books and meeting in biological and medical research.
Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in approximately 5,900 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 150 disciplines
Consumer Health Complete This link opens in a new window
Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Consumer Health Complete provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. In addition, Consumer Health Complete includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs. The database is updated on a weekly basis.