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Animal Care and Veterinary Nursing: Databases

Journal Articles

Journal articles are excellent sources for current and scholarly information.  They are found in journals. Journals are mostly accessed via library databases.

Find articles on your topic by typing keywords:

  • In the search field on the Library homepage and selecting the filter Search Everything
  • In Library databases (see below)

For searching tips and strategies see the Finding Information and Research tab.

General Databases

EBSCOhost. Includes multiple databases with a wide subject coverage. Search individual databases or select multiple databases and search at one time. Relevant databases are:

  • Academic Search Complete - A valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text journals
  • Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus - Accesses leading Australian, New Zealand and international journals, including those covering veterinary medicine. Search using terms such as veterinary nursing, pet care, animal health, and animal handling
  • MasterFILE Complete - Provides full text to an extensive range of reference publications, primary source documents and images. This includes subjects such as veterinary technicians and pet care.

 

Gale Database Suite includes multiple databases with a wide subject coverage. Search individually or use cross search to search multiple databases at one time. Covers topics such as agriculture, veterinary medicine, animal health and diseases.

 

IEEE STEM 25 PLUS Journals Collection provides full text access to twenty-five highly cited and peer-reviewed journals in the area of technology, engineering and science.

 

ProQuest Academic. Provides access to databases across all major subject areas including social sciences. The collection includes dissertations, working papers and scholarly journals. It holds titles such as Animal Biology & Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine.

Medline on PubMed*. Indexes articles from many subject areas including veterinary medicine. Some full text available.

 

 

Science Databases

GreenFILE covers all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

MEDLINE Complete provides authoritative medical information, pre-clinical sciences, and much more, including veterinary medicine

 

Gale's Science database explores science topics through overviews, journals, news, interactive experiments, and more.

Gale's Science Interactive database has 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry

 

Science Direct. Provides articles on scientific, technical and health research, including veterinary science.

 

Journals

Here is a selection of relevant journals.  Some require you to log in with your institutional email address and network password (same password as Moodle), others are open access.

To locate articles on a specific topic, see the Finding information and research tab.

Animals

Animal Behaviour

Animal Biology & Animal Husbandry

Animal Biology Journal

Animal Health Research Reviews

Animal Law

Animal Reproduction Science

BMC Veterinary Research

Journal of Animal Ethics

The New Zealand Veterinary Nurse

Pet Life

The Veterinary Journal

Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Medicine and Science

Veterinary Medicine International

The Veterinary Quarterly

Veterinary Research Forum

Welfare Pulse