Academic Search Complete A multi-disciplinary database which provides full text for more than 8,500 periodicals, including full text for over 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
Agricola (via National Agricultural Library) [Public Access] The National Agricultural Library collection of more than 3.5 million items covers all aspects of agriculture and related sciences.
CAB Abstracts (via CAB Direct) Covers the significant research and development literature in applied life sciences, including agriculture, the environment, human nutrition, applied economics, leisure/tourism, and veterinary medicine. Access is provided directly through CAB Direct, CABI's online database platform.
CAB Abstracts (via EBSCOhost) Covers the significant research and development literature in applied life sciences, including agriculture, the environment, human nutrition, applied economics, leisure/tourism, and veterinary medicine.
CINAHL with Full Text The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) provides access to information in the fields of nursing, physical therapy, nutrition, occupational therapy, and other allied health fields.
Cochrane Library (free within Atlantic Provinces) | Cochrane Library (proxied for UPEI users outside of region) The Cochrane Library, owned by Cochrane and published by John Wiley & Sons., is a collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. The Library includes the following:
Trouble accessing Cochrane Library? Learn more about how your IP address can impact your access to the full text of articles in Cochrane Library at https://library.upei.ca/cochrane-library-eal .
Gale Health & Wellness Search a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices. New periodical and newspaper articles are added daily.
Health Evidence Search healthevidence.org for access to 3,853 quality-rated systematic reviews evaluating the effectiveness of public health interventions. We search the published literature and compile public health relevant reviews -- eliminating your need to search and screen individual databases. Use of the database requires registration which is free.
Human Kinetics Library Featuring more than 160 ebooks and a range of videos, the Human Kinetics Library is a comprehensive digital platform dedicated to the research, teaching, and understanding of the kinesiology and exercise science disciplines. The Library's subscription includes the Core Collection
The Human Kinetics Library covers a range of subjects including:
Active aging, Anatomy and biomechanics, Exercise and sport science, Exercise prescription, instruction, and assessment, Fitness and health, History, sociology, and philosophy of sport, Motor behavior Nutrition and healthy eating, Physical activity and health, Physiology of sport and exercise, Psychology of sport and exercise, Recreation and leisure, Research methods, measurement, and evaluation, Sport management and sport business, Sport and activities
Medline Ultimate Medline (on the EBSCO platform) with access to extensive full text of approximately ~5100 journals (as of December 2023). More details available from EBSCO
Oxford Academic Oxford journals (about 240) and ebooks purchased from Oxford. This does NOT include the Oxford English Dictionary which is on its own platform.
PEN Nutrition Topics in PEN address the broad spectrum of practice in nutrition and dietetics including institutional care, primary health care, public/community health, consulting/private practice, food service management, professional education, food and the pharmaceutical industry and government. Recognized authorities on each topic or Knowledge Pathway addressed in PEN contribute to the identification of relevant literature from filtered and original sources and critically appraise, grade and synthesize that literature into key practice points or answers to practice questions.
PsycINFO Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in the field of psychology.
PsycINFO through EBSCO is integrated in OneSearch, along with APA PsycArticles and many other psychology-related resources.
Note: UPEI students, faculty, and staff are eligible through the main EBSCO subscription to PsycINFO to also access the PsycINFO Research Service at psycinfo.apa.org including the features listed below. To use it, go to the site and sign up for an individual account, providing your UPEI email address. Use the EBSCO access for actually searching the PsycINFO database itself.
According to the APA contact, the PsycInfo research service on APA's platform provides access to the following:
A free subscription-based research notification service Access to APA PsycInfo (journal articles, books, dissertations), pre-publications, conference information, and PubMed data Explore Journal Feature Topic Mapper Author Mapper and Author Info Pages Citation Mapper Analyze and Filter Feature Access to browse functionality for journals, books, and dissertation capabilities Various tools to export, email, print, and share If you have any questions about APA products on either the EBSCO or APA platforms, contact the psychology librarian, Melissa Belvadi
Public Health + Public Health + comes to you via the McMaster Health Knowledge Refinery. Every article from over 120 medical and allied health academic journals is critically appraised to identify those that are methodologically sound. Articles that pass this process are rated (maximum 7) by clinicians for relevance and newsworthiness, and are then sent to this website. The articles are updated weekly and a searchable archive is kept on this website.
PubMed Free, searchable database of biomedical and life sciences literature maintained by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) (part of the National Institutes of Health, or NIH). PubMed facilitates searching across several NLM literature resources:
MEDLINE: consists primarily of citations from journals selected for MEDLINE; articles indexed with MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) and curated with funding, genetic, chemical and other metadata.
PubMed Central (PMC): a full text archive that includes articles from journals reviewed and selected by NLM for archiving (current and historical), as well as individual articles collected for archiving in compliance with funder policies.
Bookshelf: a full text archive of books, reports, databases, and other documents related to biomedical, health, and life sciences.
More information about PubMed coverage is available at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/help/#pubmed-coverage.
PubMed Clinical Queries tool uses predefined filters to help you quickly refine PubMed searches on clinical or disease-specific topics, e.g. therapy, diagnosis, etc.
If you want to make a personal account within PubMed, go there using this unproxied link first, and then you can use the "more login options" to find University of Prince Edward Island (under U) and login via your campus account, or you can use one of the other options like Google or Microsoft with your personal (not UPEI) Google/Microsoft account.
ScienceDirect Provides full text to peer-reviewed journals from Elsevier Science, including a large number of journals in the life sciences.
Springer LINK Contains over 1,900 full text electronic journals from the areas of science, technology, medicine, engineering, environment, economics, and law.
Statista Integrates data on over 60,000 topics from over 18,000 sources onto a single professional platform. Categorized into 21 market sectors, Statista.com provides companies, business customers, research institutions, and the academic community with direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets.
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