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Linked Resources

Government databases that host research articles:

EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications
Environmental Protection Agency's platform for published research articles.
Treesearch
USDA Forest Service Research & Development published research articles.
USGS Publications Warehouse
U.S. Geological Survey published research articles.

Professional organizations - hubs for publishing, job searching, development

Each vendor (ProQuest, EBSCO, etc.) offers access to different journals and their articles, with little overlap.

Try different database vendors to see their searching features and get different search results.

Try different subject specific databases within a vendor to narrow your search.

EBSCO Databases

Alt HealthWatch (EBSCO)
Full-text articles covering holistic medicine and therapies.
CINAHL (EBSCO)
Nursing and health literature, including scholarly journals, books, dissertations, and conference proceedings.
Health Source-Nursing (EBSCO)
Access to over 500 scholarly full-text journals focusing on medicine - specifically nursing and allied health.
MEDLINE Complete (EBSCO)
Access to over 2,400 medical journals.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
Access to over 500 full-text psychology journals.
Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
Comprehensive, multidisciplinary database providing access to full-text journals, magazines, newspapers, book reviews, and more.

ProQuest Databases

Health & Medicine (ProQuest)
Search nine ProQuest health databases simultaneously - CBA complete: Health & Medicine, Ebook Central, Pharmaceutical News Index, ProQuest Career and Technical Education: Health Medicine, ProQuest Consumer Health, ProQuest Health and Medical Complete, ProQuest Health Management, ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source, and ProQuest Research Library: Health & Medicine.
Science & Technology Databases (ProQuest)
Search nine science databases simultaneously – CBCA Complete, Ebook Central, ProQuest Biology Journals, ProQuest Career and Technical Education: Science & Technology, ProQuest Computing, ProQuest Military Collection, ProQuest Research Library: Science & Technology, ProQuest Science Journals, and ProQuest Telecommunications.
Biology Database (ProQuest)
Access full-text biology scholarly articles.
Nursing & Allied Health Source (ProQuest)
Nursing and allied health journals, videos, dissertations, and more.
Science Database (ProQuest)
Access to over 760 full-text science journals.
Consumer Health Database (ProQuest)
Journals and magazines focusing on health subjects.
ProQuest Central
A multidisciplinary, aggregated database; search multiple ProQuest databases simultaneously for ebooks and scholarly articles.

Various database vendors (each one special for its content and features)

PubMed
Database of life science and biomedical references and abstracts.
Install the LibKey Nomad browser extension to connect PubMed's search results to Vanguard University's journal subscriptions.
ScienceDirect - College Edition (Elsevier)
Peer-reviewed, full-text database that includes medical, scientific, and technical content.
JSTOR
Multidisciplinary database with scholarly journals, ebooks, reviews, and pamphlets. Use Journal Filter to narrow down by discipline/subject.
Opposing Viewpoints
Information on hot topics and issues; access to pro/con essays, primary resources, video and image files, websites, academic journals, and more.

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