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Best Bet Research Databases
- MEDLINE This link opens in a new windowMEDLINE, the premier medical research database, includes citations, abstracts, and articles from journals in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and much more.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowPubMed includes more than 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE as well as life science journals, data, and online books.
- SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new windowSPORTDiscus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals, providing full text for 550 journals.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Along with humanities and social sciences journals, JSTOR contains the full text of dozens of life sciences journals, including titles in health policy, health sciences, and public health. Journals are included from volume 1, issue 1 up to 1-5 years ago, so you will not find the most current research in JSTOR. - Health and Medicine (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowIncludes information created specifically for students, knowledgeable consumer health researchers, and health care professionals. A source of up-to-date information on a complete range of healthcare topics.
- Nursing and Allied Health (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowProvides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals plus a wide variety of personal health information sources.
- Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowIncludes over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine.
- CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new window
A resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides indexing and full-text of top nursing and allied health journals and non-journal content such as Quick Lessons, Evidence-Based Care Sheets, & Continuing Education Modules.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is another resource for finding research articles. Look on the right hand side of the screen for the "Check MCLA Full-Text" links that will bring you to the article in one of our databases. You can also look for the free PDFs listed on the right hand side. If you are off-campus, use these instructions to set it up for full access to library resources.
Google Scholar
Unpaywall Browser Extension
Unpaywall is a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. If you come across a journal article on the web, Unpaywall will let you know if a free, legal full-text copy is available. (If Unpaywall can't find free full text, remember that as an MCLA student/faculty/staff member, you can request articles via interlibrary loan. Don't pay!)
