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Databases for Finding Magazine & Journal Articles
Catalog for Finding Books
Related Web Sites
Magazine & Journal Databases (to access articles):
Gale Health and Wellness Resource Center: an excellent database that is available from off-campus--as long as you have a library card:
- To search only for articles that include the full text (the whole article) in the database, check the "articles with text" box next to "Limit the current search" (below the text entry box)
- To narrow searches, combine concepts with AND.
- PLEASE NOTE: When search results are first
displayed, only reference articles are usually shown.
Click on the "Magazines & Journals" tab to display all magazine and journal articles on your topic. - Once you find one article specifically on your topic, click on any relevant subject headings under: See Also: at the upper left of the article page) to find more articles on that topic.
PubMed: The
Medline database-- the most extensive medical journal database available,
including abstracts (i.e. summaries - limited access to
full-text articles) of medical journal articles from 1966 to the present.
Links from abstracts to the full text articles are now available for a limited
number of journals. * Freely accessible from the World Wide Web
* How to use the PubMed
database
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine: Search and access the full text of articles from July 1997 to the present and abstracts only from January 1994 to June 1997. * Freely accessible from the World Wide Web
RT Magazine: The Journal for Respiratory Care Practitioners: Search and access the full text of articles from April/May 1998 to the present. * Freely accessible from the World Wide Web
ADVANCE for Respiratory Care Practitioners: news, clinical developments,
education trends, employment options
* Freely
accessible from the World Wide Web
Respiratory Research: Open access, peer-reviewed, online journal covering all
aspects of respiratory function and disease
HighWire Press Science Journals: HighWire Press is an online journal publisher and database of over
200 academic science journals. Many of the journals available through HighWire provide free access to the full text of some of
their articles--either back issues before a specific date or all articles for a
limited trial period. Click here to see list of free full-text journals from
HighWire, including: American
Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular
Biology, European Respiratory Journal
and European Respiratory Review
* Freely accessible from
the World Wide Web
* How to use the HighWire
journals database
Free Medical Journals.com: Links to Web sites of several hundred medical journals providing some free full-text articles-- usually either back issues before a specific date or all articles for a limited period. * Freely accessible from the World Wide Web
Respiratory Care Print Journals Available at Skyline Library:
(current issues
available in Periodicals Reading Area; back issues available from the Check-Out
Desk)
American Journal of Respiratory and
Critical Care Medicine
Chest (also available in the Health
and Wellness Resource Center database)
Heart & Lung
Respiratory Care (also available in the Health
and Wellness Resource Center database)
The PLS Online
Catalog is the
online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the
Peninsula Library System (PLS).
To search for books and
other materials in all PLS libraries:
-- Type search words (keep your search words broad) in the first search box
& click Submit.
To search for books only
in
-- Type search words (keep your search words broad) in the first search box.
-- Scroll down to the Location selection box (under Limit
to: below the search boxes),
-- Select Skyline College in
the Location box,
-- Then click the Submit button.
Skyline Respiratory Therapy Program
American Association for Respiratory Care
California Society for Respiratory Care
Respiratory Care Board of California
National Board for Respiratory Care
Occupational Outlook Handbook for Respiratory Therapists: includes nature of work, job outlook, earnings, more
MEDLINEplus Health Information: Respiratory Diseases
GALEN II - UCSF Digital Library
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