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Scholarly Journals vs. Popular Magazines

Lists the characteristics of scholarly journals and popular magazines.

The links below will offer suggestions for evaluating the quality of the articles you have located in the databases.

The following are the primary databases used to find journal articles and other information on physical therapy.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
This database provides access to 550 full-text journals, including numerous physical therapy and allied health journals.
Medline
Search this database for articles from journals in the fields of medicine, pre-clinical sciences, dentistry, allied health, and physical therapy.
PubMed Central
This database is the U. S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archives of biomedical and the sciences journal literature.
CINAHL
Search for articles from nearly every English-language nursing journal, as well as, journals from related fields such as health education, social services, and medical technology.
PsycInfo
This database contains information on books and journal articles in the field of psychology, as well as the psychological aspects of nursing, medicine, and psychiatry.