LibGuides: Dentistry: Journals & Databases

Final Year Elective Reports

Index 1981-2016
The 5th year Elective Reports for each year are bound into one volume. Electives from 2010 onward are located in the Quick Reference collection in the Health Sciences Library. Pre-2010 electives can be requested from Storage.

Click on the searchable index above to find titles of individual electives and for information on how to request electives from Storage.

Recommended article databases

Search a range of article databases to find articles on a dentistry topic, for example:

Medline (OvidSP)
Premier literature database for medicine, nursing, dentistry, and the preclinical sciences.
-Date range 1947 onwards
PubMed
Covers biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books with over 20.7 million records going back to 1966, selectively to the year 1865, and very selectively to 1809.

Web of Science
Multidisciplinary, high-impact journals in science, social science, and the arts & humanities. 1898 onwards
Science Direct
Full-text, peer reviewed journals, books, and reference works. Covers a broad range of subjects in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, and, Physical Sciences and Engineering.

Scopus
A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and web sources. Over 16,500 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 publishers. Includes some full text links. Access Scopus Tutorials online.
Cochrane Library
A collection of databases containing high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Includes Cochrane Database of Systmatic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews, Cochrane Methodology Register, Health Technology Assessment Database, and the NHS Economic Evaluation Database.
UpToDate
UpToDate is an evidence-based, physician-authored clinical decision support resource for use at the point-of-care. More than 6,000 world-renowned physician authors, editors, and peer reviewers use a rigorous editorial process to synthesise the most recent medical information into trusted, evidence-based recommendations that are proven to improve patient care and quality.
NB: UpToDate is now available to ALL students off-campus through the student desktop. To connect to the desktop from off campus, go to www.otago.ac.nz/studentdesktop.

What is Article Link?

Article Link connects article databases to the Library's e-journal collections. It tells you whether (and where) the full-text of an article is available.

You may see Article Link represented as:

or Otago Article Link

Article not online? Interloan it!

If you can't access an article online, search the journal title in Library Search | Ketu to see if the issue you need is in print.

If the article is not available at Otago, use the Library's free Interloan Service and have it delivered from another library to your desktop.

Help with PubMed

Find out how to get the most out of PubMed by using the tutorials below:

PubMed tutorials on YouTube
Filters, advanced search, MeSH searching and the full text of articles.
PubMed Online Training
Tutorials from the U.S. National Library of Medicine

PubMed 2016 Guide
A quick and easy guide to getting the most out of your PubMed searches

Online OvidSP Medline tutorials

Please note that these tutorials are specific to Yale University staff and students and some information may differ.
OvidSP Essential Training, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University