Research Guides: Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) Summer Academy: Databases & Articles

What are databases?

A 2-1/2 minute video from Yavapai College Library

Interdisciplinary databases are great for finding info on a wide variety of subjects. Below is a sample to try.

Some science databases to try,

PubMed Medline
Provides free access to citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. If the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) Library has a subscription to the full-text site, logged in users will be able to view the full-text. To view the citations with UHM links, select "Abstract" from the "Format" drop-down menu.
CINAHL with Full Text
Full text for more than 580 journals indexed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index - with no embargo. Full-text coverage dates back to 1981.

NOTE: 12 simultaneous users are shared with other UH campuses--please see your Library's website for access.
Biological Abstracts
CAB Direct (CAB Abstracts)
Google Scholar
Web of Science
Zoological Record (Web of Science)

Below are two resources to help you understand the components of scientific literature and how to read a scientific article.

1. View this example of a the Anatomy of a Scholarly Article from the NCSU Libraries:

2. Read this excellent explanation of how to read a scientific paper from ASU School of Life Sciences.

A 3-minute video on peer review from NCSU Libraries