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Journal Databases
To access the databases listed below, you must first enter the OSF Main Library site and enter your network ID and password. After entering this site you will then be given a menu of databases from which you will choose your desired database. For instance, after entering the OVID password protected site, you are automatically placed into Medline but can then select "Change Database" to access your desired database. Questions about choosing the right database?

OVID (OSF Access) Databases

CINAHL - has been moved to the EBSCO database (see below)

Clin-eguide
Full-text
(1991- ) The top clinical journals are screened for the best studies.

Journals@OVID
Full-text (500+titles; 61 nursing)
(1995- ) Contains in one place all of the OVID full-text titles.

MEDLINE
(1966- ) The premier source for medical literature. More than 3,600 journals are indexed. Two other vendors also supply this database. PubMed (some Full-text) is NLM's free search service to MEDLINE. FirstSearch also provides this database.

Psych Info - 1967 through current

EBSCO Databases

CINAHL
(1982- ) 1,200 journals indexed. The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health is the premier resource for Nursing.

Academic Search Elite
Full-text
Provides full text for nearly 1,700 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Health Business Elite

Health Business FullTEXT Elite provides comprehensive journal content detailing all aspects of health care administration and other non-clinical aspects of health care institution management. Topics covered include hospital management, hospital administration, marketing, human resources, computer technology, facilities management and insurance. Health Business Elite contains full text content from nearly 470 journals such as H&HN: Hospitals & Health Networks, Harvard Business Review (available back to 1922), Health Facilities Management, Health Management Technology, Healthcare Financial Management, Marketing Health.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Full-text (590 titles)
(1990- ) Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 590 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 627 journals.

FirstSearch Databases

Article1st
Full-text
(1990- ) 12,000 journals. Covers a wide variety of topics.

ERIC
(1966- ) 2,000 journals. References to thousands of educational topics. Includes journal articles, books, theses, curricula, conference papers, and standards and guidelines. Or search the free public version of ERIC.

Periodical Abstracts
Full-text (1,009 titles)
(1987- ) 1500 general and academic journals, covering business, current affairs, economics, literature, religion, psychology, women's studies, and others.

Wilson Select Plus
Full-text (859 titles)
(1994- ) 1,300 journals indexed from the following H.W. Wilson databases: Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts.

Questions About Choosing the Right Database
Each of the databases listed above has a brief description of what they cover. It includes the year that the citations date back to, number of journals included, a link to a title list, how many of those titles are full-text, and what kinds of subjects are covered.

Questions you need to ask yourself are:

Does it cover my subject or topic area?
Do I want citations and/or full-text?
Do I want a smaller set of journals or something larger and broader?
Are my needs immediate or do I have time before it's due?

While you can freely use any of the library databases, these three are used the most heavily. Which one you start with depends on your own needs and preferences. Either way you approach it, CINAHL should usually be used at some point in the process to make sure that you've conducted a thorough search.