Library: Medical Assisting : Databases and Journals

Online Journals

CMA Today

Professional Medical Assistant

Databases

Start with the following specialized health sciences databases for articles about medical assisting:

CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Index, abstracts, and full text of the literature of nursing and allied health.
Researching in CINAHL (YouTube)
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Index, abstracts, and full text focusing on many medical disciplines, particularly nursing and allied health.
MEDLINE with Full Text
A comprehensive index for medical journals and provides full text for more than 1,370 journals.

Quick Tips on Searching CINAHL

Looking for more tutorials? Try the CINAHL Support Center.

Check out the Library Quick Guide Searching CINAHL Plus for Heath Resources.

The Database Doesn't Have Full Text for My Article. Now What?

During your search, you may encounter times when the full text (PDF or HTML) of an article is not available in the database. Follow these steps to see how you may locate an electronic or print version of your article:

If PDF and HTML full text are unavailable, click in certain databases to locate print copies in Columbus State's library or electronic copies in another database, such as the Electronic Journal Center.
If you know the name of the journal in which the article appears, search the eResource Lookup to see if the journal is available online in one of the research databases.
If the article is not available at Columbus State's library or electronically through the research databases, search the OhioLINK catalog for print holdings at nearby college or university libraries.