To formulate a search strategy, ask yourself:
For example:
What you need: | Who would write it: | Where it would be published: |
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research findings on treatments of college women with eating disorders | Psychologists, health/medical researchers | Scholarly journals on psychology or health |
Personal stories from women who have suffered form eating disorders | Journalists | Popular women's magazines or news magazines |
Search the article databases below by keywords such as (medical or medicine or health or illness) and other terms such as: ethics, art, communication, professionalism, history, narrative, literature, and social media (to name a few). Another way to search is to name a specific illness or condition, such as breast cancer and narratives to find materials related to that combination. You can even search medical humanities for articles on that very broad topic.
Use this tool to turn your topic into keywords and search terms.
When searching PubMed or MEDLINE, it may be helpful to use Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to find relevant articles.
Features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 journals.
Members of the public can read online up to three articles for free every two weeks from a large subset of JSTOR journals via the Register & Read program. This program allows remote access. Non-UT students, faculty and staff who need more articles can contact library staff for other access options.
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Journal articles are indexed for MEDLINE using NLM's controlled vocabulary, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Citations are created by the National Library of Medicine, International MEDLARS partners, and cooperating professional organizations.
MEDLINE has worldwide coverage, but 88% of the citations in current MEDLINE are to English-language sources and 76% have English abstracts.
NLM provides free access to MEDLINE through PubMed.
For help searching the MLA International Bibliography, please see the MLA's video tutorials.
Ebooks: Selected ebook titles from university presses and scholarly societies. All content from the print edition of the book is included in the digital edition. There are no DRM restrictions, and titles are accessible on some mobile devices. For further information, please consult the FAQ or tutorials and user guides
.For more information on ebooks see the Ebook Guide
Has over 1.8 million individual records, some dating back to 1887, and includes abstracts from Psychological Abstracts back to 1927, Psychological Bulletin from 1921-1926, and all APA journals and the American Journal of Psychology back to their first issues. Corresponds in part to the print index Psychological Abstracts.
The Web of Science platform currently also provides temporary access to several databases that are not part of the Core Collection, including Biosis Citation Index, Data Citation Index, and Zoological Record.
PubMed has recently updated its platform and is currently running both the new and legacy platforms before making the final transition in Spring 2020.
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