Are you only finding an article abstract but not the full-text of the article? Not to worry, the will lead you to the full-text of the article.
Integrated into many BU journal databases, the Find@BU button will help you get to the article in one of three ways:
The following databases are key sources of health science journals.
Covers journal publications from the nursing and allied health professions. While it primarily covers journal citations, it also includes book chapter abstracts, dissertations, and conference abstracts.
Comprehensive coverage of abstracts to the biomedical literature. Includes medicine, the allied health disciplines, and biomedical literature. Materials range from 1809 Onwards, with more recent decades better represented.
The study of global health often involves other disciplines beyond the health sciences. It may be helpful to search social science databases to find articles that cover public policy and cultural issues surrounding global health issues.
The PAIS International database covers current public policy issues and areas of potential legislation. Cited articles, books and documents can date back to 1910 and are listed in the original language. While some full text is included, the index primarily links to full text articles available through existing BU subscriptions.
ASSIA indexes and abstracts articles on health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Sources are from 16 countries, including the UK and US.
Academic Search Premier contains indexing, abstracts and full-text articles for scholarly publications, most of them peer-reviewed. The subjects covered include topics in the social sciences, humanities, general science, education and most areas of academic study.
Here are some suggested steps for finding and using keywords for a database search:
4. Look over the abstracts of the articles you are finding. What keywords are you seeing in the abstracts? You may want to incorporate these keywords into your search.