Research Guides: Health Sciences Career Pathway Research: Related Literature

Recommended Databases

You can explore subject-specific databases career-focused topics like career planning & development, occupational stress, careers in allied health and much, much more. The search strategies you've used for other research papers will work for this too!

MCPHS Smart Search Use Smart Search to search across almost all our databases and collections at once.

CINAHL with Full Text Literature related to nursing and allied health; also consumer health, biomedicine, and health sciences librarianship; indexes over 2900 journals; also provides access to healthcare books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, educational software and AV materials in nursing, the Pre-CINAHL dataset, and more. (1981 +). Full Text to over 600 nursing and allied health journals!! Free to MCPHS users access through a mobile device. *Unlimited users

These databases can all be searched together. Once you get into one of them, click on Gale Databases in the top right-hand corner to pick the databases you want to search:

Vocations & Careers (Gale OneFile) Finding the right career can be a daunting and high stakes task: finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career are all topics covered by this collection, providing current and applicable content for all vocational milestones. Offering content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals. [Can limit search to full-text and peer-reviewed.]
Academic OneFile (Gale) Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from high-quality international journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Updated daily. (1980 +) Also includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. [When searching need to check the box "to peer-reviewed publications" under the Advanced Search to view only peer-reviewed articles.]
Expanded Academic ASAP (Academic Index) From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images! [Can filter search to peer-reviewed only.] *Currently available only to people located in Massachusetts
General OneFile (Gale) A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. [Some full-text available. Can limit search to only full-text and peer-reviewed.]
Nursing and Allied Health (Gale OneFile) All aspects of the Nursing profession -- from direct patient care to health care administration -- are covered in this collection. Including nearly 400 titles, this collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum. [Can limit search to full-text and peer-reviewed.]
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine (Gale OneFile) Both researcher and practitioner alike will find relevant, authoritative content in this collection, which includes over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine. Covering a wide spectrum of information, researchers will have access to a diverse, but focused set of topics in the field, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and many more. [Can limit seach to full-text and peer-reviewed.]

Connect Google Scholar and the Library

Connect Google Scholar and the MCPHS Libraries to get to the full-text articles you find. Don't skip or pay for articles - check the Library first!

Set Up Google Scholar & MCPHS Libraries:

Click on Settings in the Google Scholar menu - usually in the top left or right corner.
Choose Library Links on the left, search for MCPHS.
Select MCPHS - Get Full Text (MCPHS) from the list of results.
Click the blue Save button.
That's it!

Next time you're searching, look for the Get Full Text (MCPHS) link next to each search result.

Don't see it? Click on more underneath the result.