Summer 2020
Quick links to: PubMed CINAHL PsycINFO SPORTDiscus Web of Science Google Scholar
Need help? I'm available: email wiswellj@, Zoom, chat, appointment, (with 6 ft. spacing) at Levine 542F or Library, wherever. Zoom by appointment, but almost any time.
Links to WFU Carpenter Library
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PubMed (WFU)with links to WFU journals
Basic Library Links -- Appalachian State University
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Book a study roomWe have 24 of them. You can also reserve and use the Graduate Student Lounge. Call 828-262-2818 (since this room cannot be reserved online).
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Databases and other e-ResourcesTry "Health and Medicine" or the alphabetical list. For example, P for PubMed.
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Your Library Account -- Log InRenew books you've checked out.
Physician Assistant Resources @ Appalachian
The link to Wake Forest's resources for Physician Assistants is just to the left.
This list is based on Wake Forest's list. But Appalachian does not have exactly the same access as Wake Forest. If you do not find a databases or full text from one library, try the other also. (For journal articles, I always check the Web also.)
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PubMedThis is the National Library of Medicine's public database. This version links to AppState's full text journals. PubMed includes Medline. We also have another version of Medline that is part of our Web of Science databases.
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CINAHL CompleteCINAHL focuses on Nursing and the "Allied Health" fields. It's good for many health questions.
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Cochrane Database of Systematic ReviewsFull text of regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare, prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration. This also includes CENTRAL and several other databases. DARE is in there, but it's no longer being updated.
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Epi InfoDownload the software and develop a questionnaire or form, customize the data entry process, and enter and analyze data.
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ERICCitations and abstracts to articles in over 780 educational research and education-related journals and to ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center) Documents. Includes research findings, project and technical reports, speeches, unpublished manuscripts, curriculum guides, and books. Coverage: 1966-present. Updated: Monthly.
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Web of Science (ISI)Web of Science indexes the best journals for much the sciences and social sciences.
It is especially useful for tracking down who has cited articles (but also use Google Scholar and Dimensions, app.dimensions.ai, to do this.)
Physician Assistant Journals
Contact -- John Wiswell
Other ASU Belk Library Information
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Video -- Building Tour (2:30)A good tour, although you might not know we have any journals from this video.
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Ask a LibrarianOr you can contact me directly, wiswellj@appstate.edu, 828-262-7853
Getting Full Text!
Our Find@ASU button in our article databases takes you to electronic full text, if we have it.
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Video -- Click on Find@ASU4 minute video
Still not getting full text? Many full text articles are available for free in some form. If you have a distinct article title or a DOI, try a quick search in Google Scholar (and Google). We also have ILLiad to get articles from other libraries. NEW -- Try Unpaywall.
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UnpaywallI've been happy with this, a button that turns green when it detects free access.. Add it to your browser: Chrome, Firefox, and probably Safari.
Access to 2 libraries but also other libraries
Remember that if you need full text to an article or you need a book, you have access to both the WFU Carpenter Library and ASU Belk Library. Check both and check the web for free versions too.
If the article you need is not available through either library or the web, you also have interlibrary service through both libraries. My colleague, Dianna Johnson, does a great job getting articles and they usually come in about 24 hours. Also books, dissertations, and other resources, though those take longer. We also buy things as needed, including articles. So consider setting up and using an ILLiad account. We have a link to ILLiad on our main page and also the Find@ASU button offers that when we do not have a subscription.
Welcome to AppState and Belk Library; Primal Pictures / Anatomy.TV; Odd hours library managers;
Be sure to say hi to our library managers and student-workers, especially if you'll be a regular in our building. (One more way to make yourself at home.)
Managing the library: Sharon Taylor (late night), Angela Howell (Saturdays and Tu-Sa evenings), and Russell Paige (Sundays and M-Th 'til midnight).
Also, I don't always check my email, but it's worth a try evenings and weekends.