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Below are some great places from which you can start your research. Note that some of these resources may require special login credentials. If you have any questions about research resources (including access to certain resources), please find the librarians at your academic institution for more information.
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PubMed is comprised of more than 24 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites. For information on how to use PubMed, follow the Tutorial link below.
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The Cochrane Library is a collection of several databases that bring together up-to-date research in medicine and health care. At its core is the Cochrane Review, a database of systematic reviews and meta-analyses which help to summarize and interpret the results of research such topics.
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Google Scholar is a simple way to broadly search for scholarly, such as, articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
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EBSCOhost contains 375 full-text databases, a collection of 600,000-plus ebooks, subject indexes, point-of-care medical references, and an array of historical digital archives. Such databases include Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source and CINAHL.
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Style Guide
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A style guide is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents. AMA style is primarily used in medicine while APA style is primarily used in social sciences. Other styles for academic papers include Turabian, MLA, CSE, and ACS styles. Please check with the journal you plan to publish in for further information about the style specific to that journal.
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AMA guidelines for publication, style, terminology, etc. (American Medical Association)
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APA guidelines for citing resources, data sets, etc. (American Psychological Association)
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