Search these databases to find articles:
- Below you see links to databases for finding articles. Choose the most relevant databases to search for your topic by reading the database descriptions.
- Click the database name to open it.
- To search, enter keywords that represent the main concepts of your topic.
- To get to full-text articles, look for the FullText@NAU icon.
- Need help? Email mary.dejong@nau.edu.
- CINAHL Plus This link opens in a new windowArticle database covering the fields of nursing and allied health. CINAHL also includes Evidence-Based Care Sheets and Quick Lessons which provide concise overviews of diseases and conditions and outline the most effective treatment options.
- PubMed (Medline) This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive medical database. This resource covers medicine, dentistry, nursing, physical therapy, biomedical research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. This public version provides a Clinical Queries search interface.
- Consumer Health Complete This link opens in a new windowArticle database covering areas of health and wellness ranging from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
- BIOSIS This link opens in a new windowDatabase of article citations relevant to the life sciences. This database can also search for articles that cite a particular work or author.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowCitation database of scholarly articles spanning the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Indexing goes back to 1900. This database can also search for articles that cite a particular work or author. Formerly called Web of Knowledge.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowCitation database of scholarly articles, books, and conference proceedings spanning the sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts, and humanities. For an alternative, try Web of Science.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete is multi-disciplinary database that includes peer-reviewed journal articles, magazine articles, newspaper articles, and more.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowSearch the web for articles, books, theses, and other sources spanning many disciplines. Many results will be from scholarly sources. Access full-text articles from your search by selecting the FullText@NAU link. To see the FullText@NAU links in Google Scholar from any computer anywhere, link your Google Scholar account to NAU.