Table of Contents:

• Article Databases

• Reference Resources

• Web Resources

  • Starting Points
  • Associations & Organizations
  • Diseases & Conditions
  • E-journals
  • Governmental Agencies
  • Statistical Sources
  • Historical Resources
  • Multimedia Resources
  • Miscellaneous Web Resource

• Steps to Finding Research Journal Articles

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Article Databases

Article databases provide references, abstracts and sometimes the full article from journals, magazines, books and other published literature.  See Steps to Finding Research Journal Articles for information on how to search article databases.

• MEDLINE (EbscoHost)   The complete MEDLINE database from 1966 to the present. MEDLINE provides references and abstracts to the research journal literature in all areas of medicine, including nursing and dentistry.

• PubMed  A freely available MEDLINE database (1966-present) with references, abstracts, and links to related articles.

• CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) 

References and abstracts to the nursing and allied health literature including articles, books and dissertations from 1982 to the present time.  Some full text articles. 

• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition  
  Over 500 scholarly full text journals covering the health and medical areas. Abstracts and references for over 500 additional journals. 

• EbscoHost Medical Databases  - Ability to search CINAHL, MEDLINE  and other full-text medical/health databases with one search.  

• PsycINFO
  Comprehensive index to scholarly literature in psychology and related fields.  Includes references and abstracts to articles.  1887-Present.  

• ERIC  References and abstracts to education publications including some complete articles.

• Sociological Abstracts  - Abstracts to social sciences research literature.  
  

See also 

• Electronic Journals Available at WSU

• Search Eccles Health Sciences Library's Online Catalog for medical journals available in Utah medical and hospital libraries.  Select option "Journal Title Alphabetical" and type in full name of journal.
  

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Reference Resources

Reference resources include encyclopedias, dictionaries and other materials you use to "refer" to. Use theseresources for background information on a topic.

• ADA Guide to Dental Therapeutics      Ref RK701.A33 2006
• Atlas of Dental Radiographic Anatomy     Ref  RK 309.K37 1994
• Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology  Ref RK27.B63 1993
• Clark's Clinical Dentistry  (1998 revised edition)  RK51.C56 v.1-6
• Color Atlas of Clinical Oral Pathology     Ref  RK287.C65 1999
• Color Atlas of Dental Medicine - Periodontology     Ref  RK287.F37 1989
• Concise Illustrated Dental Dictionary    Ref  RK27.H37 1994
• Dental Care and Oral Health Sourcebook   Ref RK61.O66 2003
• Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry   Ref RK27.J3 1982
• Oral Anatomy, Embryology And Histology    Ref RK280.B423 2002
• Spanish Terminology for the Dental Team    Ref RK27.S67 2004
• Survey of Allied Dental Education, Annual Report     Ref RK71.S87 2004-05
• Teeth: An Owner's Manual     Ref RK205.D56 1996
• Urgent Care in the Dental Office: An Essential Handbook    Ref RK205.U73 1998

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Web Resources

STARTING POINTS

• American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD) Internet Resource Links Extensive list of resources for public health dentistry
• DHNET--National Center for Dental Hygiene Research Clinical practice information, collaborative research, articles from the Journal of Dental Hygiene
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
• National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
• Procter and Gamble's Global Dental Resources     

ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS

• Academy of General Dentistry
• American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
• American Academy of Periodontology
• American Association of Orthodontists
• American Dental Association
• American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA)
• International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology

DISEASES & CONDITIONS

• healthfinder  
  A gateway to consumer health information produced by the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services.

• MEDLINEplus  
  A directory of medical information, online dictionaries, organizations, publications/news, clearinghouses, directories and access to MEDLINE from the National Library of Medicine.

• American Medical Association 
  Information for Physicians, Health Professionals and Patients from the AMA.

• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy 
  Free access to one of the health professions most widely used source of information on diseases, treatment and drug information from the Merck Corp. Note: Look for the Table of Contents listing on the left side of the page.

E-JOURNALS (Online Journals)

• Dental Sciences Journals Available Online at WSU

• Free Medical Journals.Com  
  Links to journals available on the Internet by medical specialty. 

• HighWire Press  - Up-to-date information on availability of free online access to scientific and biomedical journals.

• Medscape - Must register to view complete articles and some articles must be purchased.  Search by specialty or topic.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES - International, Federal and State

• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

• U.S. National Center for Health Statistics - Collects and analyzes and disseminates health statistics, such as the vital Statistics of the U.S.

• World Health Organization

• Utah City and County Information - Directory of Utah city and county web sites

• Utah Dept. of Health 

STATISTICAL SOURCES

• WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) 
  Statistical reports on many topics. From the World Health Organization.

HISTORICAL RESOURCES

• History & Art of Dentistry Images (Flickr pool)

MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES

• DentalCast - Internet radio and video site with information on dental technology and clinical techniques

MISCELLANEOUS WEB RESOURCES

• OpenCourseWare (Tufts School of Dental Medicine) - Free online courses include: Basic Human Pathology, Geriatric Dentistry, Histology, Implant Dentistry, Oral Public Health, and more

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Steps to Finding Research Journal Articles

Before using an article database, first develop a list of search terms and put them together into a search statement using the following steps:

1.  Define your research topic

Example:  Find research articles on appropriate periodontal treatment for a pregnant woman   

2.     Identify keywords.

periodontal   periodontitis   periodontology     
pregnant   pregnancy   pregnancies                                      
treatment   treatments   therapy    therapies   management   care

3.     Use truncation symbols (*) for variant word endings

pregnan*     pregnant, pregnancy, pregnancies
periodont*   periodontal, periodontology

4.  Combine concepts using Boolean operators.                                

OR =>   combines similar terms together

treatment or therap* or management or care

AND => combines different concepts together                          

periodont*  and pregnan* and (treatment or therap* or management or care)

Use parentheses to separate the 'or' operation

5. Search the article databases, such as MEDLINE, CINAHL and other medical related databases using the search statement developed above.  Mark or tag references that seem most appropriate and print/email/save documents.

 

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