BOOKS:
Use the Library OneSearch to find books and journals.
E-BOOK COLLECTION: The Library has a large collection of Health & Biological Sciences electronic books. You can search for these using the catalog and limit to electronic book.
JOURNALS:
You can also view the relevent eJournals collections: Health & Biological Science journals and publisher journal packages.
To determine whether the library subscribes to a particular journal either electronically or in paper search by journal title in the catalog.
CITATION SEARCHING:
Use the Citation Linker to locate an exact citation.
ARTICLE DATABASE LIST:
Use theA-Z list of article databases listed alphabetically
If we don't have your article electronically or in print try borrowing through InterLibrary Loan.
Use the Library OneSearch to find books and journals.
E-BOOK COLLECTION: The Library has a large collection of Health & Biological Sciences electronic books. You can search for these using the catalog and limit to electronic book.
JOURNALS:
You can also view the relevent eJournals collections: Health & Biological Science journals and publisher journal packages.
To determine whether the library subscribes to a particular journal either electronically or in paper search by journal title in the catalog.
CITATION SEARCHING:
Use the Citation Linker to locate an exact citation.
ARTICLE DATABASE LIST:
Use theA-Z list of article databases listed alphabetically
If we don't have your article electronically or in print try borrowing through InterLibrary Loan.
Alt-Health Watch Complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness are included here. Many articles are available full-text. Thanks to MeL. How to export to RefWorks
CINAHL Plus with Full-Text The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) is a comprehensive and highly-authoritative database for research in nursing and health sciences. Coverage: 1981-present How to Export to Refworks
ERIC The standard database for resources in education including journal articles from research/scholarly and practitioner literature from 1966 through the present, with online direct full-text for ERIC documents from 1992-present. H
Health Reference Center Academic Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information. How to export to RefWorks Access ended 9/30/2018.
Health and Wellness Resource Center Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles. Access ended 9/30/2018.
HealthScience: Sage Full-text HealthScience: Sage Full-text includes the full text of 26 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, encompassing over 46,000 articles and up to 129 years of backfiles.
Medline via Web of Science MEDLINE is the premier database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It contains over 20 million records of journal articles in the life sciences, with particular emphasis on biomedicine. Coverage: 1950-present. How to export to RefWorks
MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus is produced by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. It offers reliable, up-to-date health information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in plain language. An excellent source for patient information.
PsycINFO PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work.
PubMed (MEDLINE) The National Library of Medicine's free interface for MEDLINE, the premier database for biomedical journal citations. MEDLINE dates back to 1946 and includes more than 20 million citations in medicine, nursing, allied health and dentistry. How to export to RefWorks
Web of Science Web of Science provides access to Science Citation Index (SCI) and is one of the best resources to perform cited reference searches (locate articles that cite an earlier publication).
Julia Rodriguez
Associate Professor / Nursing, Health Sciences & Scholarly Communications Librarian
juliar@oakland.edu
Schedule a research consultation (Fall & Winter only)
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention - National Center for Health Statistics
- Medline Plus - Medical Ethics website - produced by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
- World Health Organization
- World Bank Health Data
Kresge Library has a subcription to RefWorks, a web-based citation managament database system. Access is free for OU community.
Citation Style Guides:
Visit the library's tutorials page to locate quick guides and video tutorials to assist you with your research.
Essential Elements of a Literature Review (UC Santa Cuz)
Researching with CINAHL (OU Libraries)
Information about ILLiad, the Interlibrary Loan system (OU Libraries)
Essential Elements of a Literature Review (UC Santa Cuz)
Researching with CINAHL (OU Libraries)
Information about ILLiad, the Interlibrary Loan system (OU Libraries)
The Writing Center at Oakland University will assist developing their ideas into polished final products. The Center's services are in high demand so be sure to plan ahead when scheduling an appointment.
Complete the new Plagiarism tutorial
Complete the new Plagiarism tutorial