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Find journal articles: Literature Indexes and Databases

Scholarly vs. Popular provides you with clues about how to distinguish the difference between scholarly (aka peer-reviewed or refereed) and popular journal articles.

Web of Science (varies - )
Includes Science Citation Index, which indexes over 6,650 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines. A citation index contains the references cited by the authors of the articles covered by the index.

Medline (PubMed version)
Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, the MEDLINE database is the premier database for bibliographic and abstract coverage of international biomedical literature.

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Zoological Record Plus (1978 - present)
Zoological and animal science literature, covering all research from biochemistry to veterinary medicine. Extensive information on of taxonomic names and systematics.

Health Source - Consumer Edition
Consumer health information including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.

SPORTDiscus(1949 - present)
Sport, fitness and related disciplines. Journal and monograph coverage, and dissertations and theses.

You can also find other worthwhile databases on the Subject Databases page.

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Looking for Articles in Journals and Magazines presents strategies for using journal indexes and databases.

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UO WorldCat, also available on the catalog tab on the UO Libraries' homepage, locates books, journals, videos and other library materials at the UO, Summit libraries and in libraries around the world. Materials owned by the UO are listed first on the results list, followed by Summit and then by libraries elsewhere.

UO Libraries You may also begin your search in the local catalog. The local catalog will provide access to some materials which do not appear in UO WorldCat. To see whether a search in UO Worldcat or at the UO Libraries will serve your needs best, consult this chart.

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For more information about the UO Library Catalog, the Summit catalog and UO WorldCat see the Books and More page.

Borrowing materials from other libraries: Interlibrary loans(ILL) and Summit borrowing provides you with more information about borrowing books and other library materials from libraries in the Summit consortium and beyond. You may also find ILL forms for books and journals on this page. Use these forms when you have a citation from a bibliography or other information source.