Research Guides: Respiratory Care: Find Articles

Full Text Respiratory Journals available in library databases

Search or browse these respiratory care journals independently using the links below.

Respiratory Care
Provides information about respiratory disease, research, clinical and laboratory practice, education, and patient care science. Journal of the American Association for Respiratory Care. Available through CINAHL Plus database.
Respiratory Research
Respiratory Research publishes high-quality clinical and basic research, review and commentary articles on all aspects of respiratory medicine and related diseases. Available through the CINAHL Plus database.
RT: The Journal for Respiratory Care Practitioners
Provides clinical information, updates on trends, practical insights, business tips, and news on the latest product and services. Available through CINAHL Plus database.
Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy
Represents the interests of respiratory therapists and acts as an educational dissemination tool. Available through CINAHL Plus database
American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine
Coming in 2026! Focuses on human biology and disease, as well as animal and in vitro studies that contribute to the understanding of pathophysiology and treatment of diseases that affect the respiratory system and critically ill patients. Available through the Oxford University Press Journal Collection

Digital Journal Subscriptions (full-text)

New England Journal of Medicine
The most widely read and influential medical journal in the world. Widely cited in journals of all medical specialties, the peer reviewed original articles are aimed at those interested in medical practice.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
This international peer-reviewed general medical journal is the most widely circulated general medical journal in the world.

Article Databases

These database will search a multitude of health journals and magazines. They may link out to full-text articles or may provide a citation and abstract only and you may need to request full-text articles through interlibrary loan.

CINAHL Plus

Full text articles from allied health journals, including nursing and 17 allied health disciplines.
PubMed
This database contains more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books (may need to request articles through interlibrary loan).

Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Material may need to requested through interlibrary loan.

Academic Search Complete

A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals.
Health Source: Nursing Academic Edition

This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
OneSearch

This research tool searches the library's resources, including books, ebooks, magazines, journals and newspapers in one powerful search.

Respiratory Care Journals Indexed in CINAHL Plus Database

These Journals are searchable through the CINAHL database, but full text of the article is not available on demand. Articles may be requested through interlibrary loan using the ILL link below (this is a free service, delivery takes about 1 week).

American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine
Focuses on human biology and disease, as well as animal and in vitro studies that contribute to the understanding of pathophysiology and treatment of diseases that affect the respiratory system and critically ill patients.
Chest
The journal for pulmonologists, cardiologists, cardiologists, cardiothoratcic surgeons and related specialists.
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