Surgical Technology/Surgical Assisting
This Research Guide was created to assist students in the Surgical Technology, Surgical First Assistant and Sterile Processing Technician programs find research information.
Article Databases
The following databases can be used to search for full-text magazine and journal articles related to Health & Wellness topics.
- CINAHL Plus This link opens in a new windowFull text articles from allied health journals, including nursing and 17 allied health disciplines.
- PubMed This link opens in a new window
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PubMed comprises more than 28 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 web sites. - OneSearch This link opens in a new windowThis research tool searches the library's resources, including books, ebooks, magazines, journals and newspapers in one powerful search.
- Cochrane Library This link opens in a new windowThe Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to information healthcare decision-making. Request material through interlibrary loan.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowDesigned for academic institutions, this database is a leading resource for scholarly research. It supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study by providing journals, periodicals, reports, books and more.
- Health Source: Nursing Academic Edition This link opens in a new windowThis database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
- Oxford University Press Journals This link opens in a new windowIncludes over 300 journals covering a broad range of topics in Allied Health & Medicine, Arts & Humanities, Science & Mathematics, and Social Sciences.
CINAHL and PubMed Tutorials
- CINAHL Databases - Basic Searching TutorialThis tutorial demonstrates the basic searching features of the suite of CINAHL databases on EBSCOhost.
- CINAHL Databases - Advanced Searching TutorialsThis tutorial demonstrates the advanced searching features of the suite of CINAHL databases on EBSCOhost.
- PubMed: Find Articles on a TopicA brief tutorial on how to find articles on a topic using PubMed.
- PubMed: Get the full text for an articleA brief tutorial on how to get the full text for an article cited in PubMed.
- Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice TutorialWhen conducting research, evidence-based practice is a method for framing clinical questions that will help yield optimal search results. PubMed.gov is a free research tool from the National Library of Medicine®. This course will show you how to use evidence-based practice when searching clinical questions using PubMed®.
- What is in PubMed?Learn what you can find in PubMed, and how it got there.