Dental Assisting
This Research Guide is available to help students in the Dental Assisting Program locate Library materials.
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Online Full Text Dental Journals
- Clinical Advances in PeriodonticsIncludes Full Text Access from past 5 years.
Published by Wiley for the American Academy of Periodontology, Clinical Advances in Periodontics (CAP) is dedicated to advancing clinical management of patients by translating scientific knowledge into practical therapy. - Journal of PeriodontologyFull Text access to past 5 years.
Established in 1930 as the official publication of the American Academy of Periodontology, the Journal of Periodontology (JOP) publishes original papers of the highest scientific quality to support practice, education, and research in the dental specialty of periodontics.
- Journal of the American Dental Association This link opens in a new windowThis journal is the nation's premier dental journal-a reliable, peer-reviewed source of information on dentistry and dental science.
- Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) This link opens in a new windowThis international peer-reviewed general medical journal is the most widely circulated general medical journal in the world.
Print Journals available in the Library
The following journals are available in print in the Delta College Library. Click the link below to search for articles in these journals. Bring the citation to the library to locate the full-text of the article in the print edition of the journal.
| Journal Name | Dates Available |
| Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) | 2008-2021 |
| Journal of the Michigan Dental Association | 2008-current issue |
| New England Journal of Medicine | 1993-current issue |
| Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) | 1958-2021 |
Journals available through CINAHL Plus with Full Text Database
The following publications are searchable in CINAHL Plus with Full Text. Only a few are available full text through the database but you can order indexed only articles through interlibrary loan. To include indexed only journals in your search uncheck the full text box on the search page.
| Source Type | Publication Name | Indexing and Abstracting Start | Full Text Start |
| Academic Journal | Advances in Dental Research | 08/01/2009 | |
| Magazine | American Dental Association News | 07/16/2001 | |
| Magazine | Australasian Dental Practice | 01/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Australian Dental Journal | 03/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene | 09/01/2004 | 01/01/2008 |
| Magazine | Community Dental Health | 03/01/2001 | |
| Academic Journal | Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology | 02/01/2000 | |
| Academic Journal | Dental Abstracts | 01/01/1996 | |
| Magazine | Dental Assistant | 01/01/2001 | 01/01/2004 |
| Academic Journal | Dental Clinics of North America | 01/01/1995 | |
| Magazine | Dental Health | 01/01/2000 | 01/01/2012 |
| Academic Journal | Dental Nursing | 01/01/2011 | |
| Magazine | Dental Practice | 01/01/2010 | |
| Academic Journal | Dental Research Journal | 01/01/2007 | |
| Magazine | Dental Town | 01/01/2012 | |
| Academic Journal | Dental Traumatology | 02/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Dental Update | 01/01/2008 | |
| Magazine | Dentistry Today | 01/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Dimensions of Dental Hygiene | 01/01/2005 | |
| Academic Journal | European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry | 03/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | European Journal of Prosthodontics & Restorative Dentistry | 03/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | General Dentistry | 01/01/1997 | |
| Academic Journal | International Dental Journal | 02/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | International Journal of Dental Hygiene | 05/01/2003 | 05/01/2003 |
| Academic Journal | International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry | 01/01/2003 | |
| Academic Journal | International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry | 02/01/1999 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of Clinical Dentistry | 03/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry | 03/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of Dental Education | 01/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of Dental Hygiene | 01/01/1993 | 01/01/2001 |
| Academic Journal | Journal of Dental Medicine | 03/01/2006 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of Dental Research | 05/01/2004 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of Dentistry | 01/01/2012 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of Dentistry (17283426) | 06/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of Dentistry for Children | 01/01/2003 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of Esthetic & Restorative Dentistry | 01/01/2006 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice | 07/01/2001 | |
| Trade Publication | Journal of Michigan Dental Association | 01/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of New Jersey Dental Association | 01/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry | 01/01/1996 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of Public Health Dentistry | 01/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of Research in Dental Sciences | 01/01/2012 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) | 01/01/1996 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of the California Dental Association | 01/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of the California Dental Hygienists' Association | 12/01/1996 | 10/01/2004 |
| Academic Journal | Journal of the Canadian Dental Association | 02/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of the History of Dentistry | 01/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of the Indiana Dental Association | 03/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Journal of the Irish Dental Association | 02/01/2008 | |
| Magazine | Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society | 01/01/2008 | |
| Magazine | Journal of the Tennessee Dental Association | 04/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | New York State Dental Journal | 01/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | New Zealand Dental Journal | 03/01/2008 | |
| Trade Publication | Northwest Dentistry | 01/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Oklahoma Dental Association Journal | 01/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Oral Health & Preventive Dentistry | 03/01/2009 | |
| Academic Journal | Pediatric Dentistry | 01/01/2008 | |
| Magazine | Pennsylvania Dental Journal | 01/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Primary Dental Journal | 10/01/2012 | |
| Academic Journal | Special Care in Dentistry | 02/01/2008 | |
| Academic Journal | Texas Dental Journal | 01/01/2008 |