Article Databases
Start with one or more of these article databases. Each database contains a variety of resources, including academic journals, professional/trade magazines, news articles, videos, and more.
- Health Source – Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new windowAcademic journals related to healthcare.
Learn to Use Health Source - Academic Edition - MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowIncludes academic journals in the field of medicine and medical science.
Learn to Use MEDLINE - PubMed This link opens in a new windowAcademic journals related to medicine. Note: Use the "Full-Text" rather than the "Free Full Text" search results filter to access articles through Conestoga databases, where available.
- Science Direct This link opens in a new windowAcademic journals on topics in health and social sciences.
Also try the following databases:
- ABI/Inform Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains academic and trade journal articles, dissertations, market reports, industry reports, business cases and global and trade news. Canadian content.
Learn to use ABI Inform / Terms of Use (ABI Inform) - CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new windowContains academic journals for nursing and allied health.
Learn to search CINAHL using a concept-by-concept approach. (PDF)
- Science (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowA collection of academic journals and magazines covering topics in science.
Learn to use General Science Collection - Gale Health and Wellness This link opens in a new windowProvides access to trusted medical reference materials.
Learn to use Gale Health and Wellness - MEDLINE (Ovid) This link opens in a new windowIncludes academic journals in the field of medicine and medical science.
- Nursing and Allied Health Collection This link opens in a new windowNursing and allied health academic journals and magazines.
Learn to use Nursing and Allied Health - Gale in Context: Science This link opens in a new windowMagazines and academic journals discussing science topics.
Learn to use Gale in Context: Science - Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new windowWiley's entire collection of currently published academic journals. Includes access from 1997 to current date.
Image Collections
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- Britannica ImageQuest This link opens in a new window
Contains millions of rights-cleared photos, graphics and images for educational use.
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- SMART Image Base - Scientific and Medical Art This link opens in a new window
Thousands of medical images, illustrations and animations.
Video Collections
The Library provides a wide array of streaming videos that can be embedded into PowerPoint presentations or eConestoga.
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowContains educational streamed videos on a variety of academic, professional and technical topics.
Learn to use Films on Demand - Kanopy This link opens in a new windowIncludes films and documentaries from Criterion, California Newsreel, HBO, Psychotherapy.net, Learning Seed, Symptom Media and much more.
Learn to use Kanopy / Terms of Use (Kanopy)
- Medcom Video Training Programs CollectionContains valuable skill-training videos, covering important topics such as health care safety, emergency planning, checking vital signs and many more.