Learning Commons: Medical Assisting: Medical Assisting Research

Research Help

Check out the Tutorials page for tips on:

Finding articles in CINAHL and Ovid Nursing Journals
Evaluating sources for relevance to nursing
APA References list, journal article citations, website citations, and in-text citations
Generating APA citations from CINAHL and Ovid Nursing Journals

Please contact a reference librarian for guidance on finding, evaluating, selecting, and citing research material!

Article Databases

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Credible, professional quality nursing and health science articles.
Medline
Search across more than 5,600 scholarly journals on biomedical literature created by the US National Library of Medicine.
CINAHL with Full Text
NOTE: limit 4 users at a time
Provides full text articles from the top nursing and allied health literature available
OVID Nursing Journals and eBooks
Search 50+ professional/scholarly full-text journal titles and eBooks selected especially for the research and study needs of DCCC students in the nursing and allied health programs.
PubMed
Comprehensive search interface for professional and peer reviewed (scholarly) biomedical literature maintained by the US National Library of Medicine.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Indexes 80 full-text popular health magazines, 110 reference books, Clinical Reference Systems reports and pamphlets.

Books & Ebooks

Medical Assistant Ebooks on EBSCOhost
Ebooks from EBSCOhost with a medical assisting-related subject tag.

Magill's Medical Guide, 8th ed. (2018)
Provides basic information about diseases, disorders, medical procedures, anatomy, physiology and pharmaceuticals arranged alphabetically by topic.
R2 Digital Library for Nursing and Allied Health
NOTE: 1 user per e-book at a time.
E-book titles selected specifically for DCCC Nursing, Allied Health, and Neurodiagnostic Technology students.
OVID Nursing Journals and eBooks
Search 50+ professional/scholarly full-text journal titles and eBooks selected especially for the research and study needs of DCCC students in the nursing and allied health programs.

Online Videos

Films on Demand
Films On Demand is a state-of-the-art streaming video platform offering 27,000+ videos on a variety of subjects.
Docuseek2
Access over 600 streaming documentaries for your classroom, online and hybrid courses.
Kanopy
Video streaming service offering access to more than 30,000 documentaries, movies, and educational videos from thousands of producers such as Criterion Collection, PBS, Great Courses, Kino Lorber and more.

Browse Journals

In addition to finding articles through databases, you can read our online health science journals by either browsing for journals by subject or searching for journals by title.

A to Z Publication List
NOTE that you are searching JOURNAL TITLES, not article titles! To search for articles, use a database (see above).
You can also use this resource to browse by journal subject.

Stop by the Marple Learning Commons and browse the periodical shelves!

The following titles are held in print in the Learning Commons, and are indexed (searchable) in the CINAHL database:

AORN Journal
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing
Geriatric Nursing
Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Medical Clinics of North America (shelved in stacks)
Nursing Clinics of North America (shelved in stacks)
Nursing Outlook

Call number	Subject
R	Medicine
RB	Pathology
RC	Internal Medicine
RD	Surgery
RJ	Pediatrics
RM	Therapeutics & Pharmacology
RT	Nursing

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