Electronic versions of journal articles can be found within databases. These databases allow you to perform searches by subject terms, author, title, date of publication, and other terms. Using these databases also ensures that you find scholarly, peer-reviewed sources that your instructors want you to use.
Here are some databases you may find useful when performing health-related research:
Health and Medicine Module by Proquest
Search 520 periodicals on health subjects such as medical conditions, substance abuse, insurance, health policy
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
CINAHL is a comprehensive database that covers more than 760 journals. Many articles are available in full text. Those that are not available full-text can usually be requested through interlibrary loan.
Science Direct is a comprehensive database containing articles from all science disciplines, including medicine and health.
PubMed is free to access and contains indexed entries for thousands of articles. Not all of the articles are available for free, but some may be found in CINAHL, and others we may be able to order via interlibrary loan. This is a good place to look for the broadest amount of sources and for information about drug trials.
This is a more general database but it can be useful for finding journal and newspaper articles on broader topics. This can be especially useful to search for current events and trends.