The Library provides journal access in the following ways:

Searching for a journal article or doing a literature review?

Journal articles can be retrieved in the following ways:

1. PRINT:
   From journals held in the library's collection.

2. USING SUBJECT INDEX
   Through searching electronic index databases such as EMBASE, Meditext, Medline and PubMed. These provide citations with abstracts and also links to full text. Medline, via the Electronic Resources Portal, has links to the Ronald Lowe Library's e-journal holdings. PubMed (from the portal or the library homepage) has full text links to the Ronald Lowe Library's e-journal holdings (if you are at the RVEEH).

3. FULL-TEXT SEARCHING
   From the A-Z Full Text Journals listing in the Library's Electronic Resources Portal.
   Also from journals available electronically over the Internet, some at a cost and others free. Links to these e-journals may be available from index databases, library catalogues, or other web sites.

4. CONTENTS SEARCHING
   Journal publishers offer journal article retrieval through keyword searching from their web sites. This means that their journal contents can be searched on the Internet for keywords in their titles. Some of these are provided free and some require a fee.
   

Literature Searches- the Library currently offers the following index and full text databases that you can search:

* Available through the Electronic Resources Portal:
** No longer available on the Electronic Resources Portal

Guide on how and where to begin your search.

1. I need article(s) on a particular topic

• Select the database MEDLINE from the drop down menu in the library's Electronic Resources Portal
  Conduct your search using the appropriate keywords from your topic. Select LIMITS (e.g. by publication date, language, etc.) to achieve targeted results.
  View full text if provided (if you at the RVEEH). If not provided, check to see if the Library holds the print journal. If this is not available, provide the citation to the Librarian and request for Inter-Library loan.
  View our online tutorials page on how to use Medline
  OR

• Select PubMed and conduct your search using the appropriate keywords from your topic. Click on LIMITS to refine your search.
  View our online tutorials page on how to use PubMed
  OR

• Select the appropriate journal titles from the Library's electronic journal list.

2. I need an article(s) from a particular journal

• Check to see if the Library holds the print journal or the electronic version
  OR

• Select the appropriate journal title from the drop down menu A-Z Full Text Journals in the library's Electronic Resources Portal and conduct your search using the appropriate keywords from your topic.
  OR

• Select JOURNALS from PubMed screen and search using appropriate keywords.
  View our online tutorials page on how to use PubMed

3. I need an article by a particular author

• Select the electronic journal that best represents your subject and search it. Most journals allow you to search by author.
  OR

• Search Medline through the Electronic Resources Portal by author. View our online tutorials page on how to use Medline
  OR

• Search PubMed by author. View our online tutorials page on how to use PubMed