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Health Sciences - Podiatry: Find Journal Articles (Databases)

What are Library Databases

A library database an electronic catalogue and the access point to information from published works.

Library databases provide access to published information sources, such as journals and other resources.

Library databases may provide access to full-text articles and/or article abstracts.

Any registered UJ library user may access the UJ library database collection.

Lean Library

How do I access Databases

Searching Tips and Techniques

Searching UJoogle

What is a Journal Article

Journal articles are written by researchers or scholars who work in a professional or in an academic field. Journal articles are reviewed by an editorial board using different criteria before they are published in a journal. 

The UJ library subscribes to various databases which include Health Sciences journals. 

African Research (including South Africa)

Africa-Wide Information 

is a databases to research and publications by Africans and about Africa

Sabinet African Journals

includes African research content by offering the most comprehensive, searchable collection of full-text African electronic journals

DATABASE USERGUIDE

PubMed

PubMed is a free search engine which includes over 33 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books (Pubmed, n.d.)

Google Scholar Search