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Many online journals offer full text.  Some, however, require users to subscribe to the paper version and have a username and password to access these documents. 

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 Publishers of many journals online will make full text articles available in HTML (web format) or in printer friendly Adobe Acrobat PDF that replicates the layout of the actual journal article.  Acrobat Reader is available free from Adobe.  

Receive emailed or faxed copies of articles - Calgary physicians only

 Calgary area physicians can request that articles unavailable online be faxed to them from a Calgary Health Region library.  Simply click the Request Article button, complete the web form and submit it.

 

General Medical Journals
Journal Full text Description
British Medical Journal (BMJ) Full text available This site features full text BMJ articles, links to PubMed from the article, PDF (Adobe Acrobat) copies of the article, and the ability to comment on articles and to receive a message by email when someone has cited a specific article.
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Full text available Features full text versions of all recent and some selected past articles, access to special supplements...
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Full text available Features full text versions of all recent and some selected past articles, excellent search tool, articles are also sorted by author name...
Lancet Some Features some full text. Users must register. Amount of full text depends on whether user is a subscriber of the print version of Lancet.
New England Journal of Medicine Some Full text is available to subscribers. Provides abstracts of journal articles.


Specialty Journals
Journal Full text Description
American Journal of Medicine Some Lists content of journal and some abstracts, full text available for the time being by free subscription to www.cardiosource.com
Archives of  ...
(Journals of the American Medical Association)		 Full text available NOTE: you need to select the 'Archives of..' journal you wish to look at using the dropdown list box at the top right of the Collections page. 

Links to full text of all of the "Archives of..." journals published by the American Medical Association.  (e.g. Archives of Internal Medicine, Archives of Family Medicine, Archives of General Psychiatry ...)
Canadian Family Physician N/A* Abstracts of some articles are presented.
* However, the site promises that "full text searchable online
version (of the website) is currently under construction".
Journals of the Canadian Medical Association
 		Full text available

 Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal is full text in HTML format

The others tend to offer full text in Adobe PDF.  (Note Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program available online from Adobe)   

All offer back issues


Scientific and Technical Journals
Journal Full text Description
Canadian Medical Association:
Clinical and Investigative Medicine		 Full text available Recent year's are available in full text, Adobe PDF.  Earlier years have just full text abstracts.
High Wire Press Full text available A Stanford University compendium site for medical technical journals' links.
A wide array of medical science journals are available offering full text (Adobe PDF).  You can browse under journal name or by topic area. 
Journal of Clinical Investigation Full text available Full text in HTML and Adobe PDF.  Well organized.
Nature Full text available* *A subscription to Nature is required to access the full-text archive.  If you have a subscription you can apply for a password.  
Science Some* Some Full text, good search tool, author index, essays...
Full text available with subscription

 

Literature Search Tools
Tool Description

PubMed is a literature search tool of the National Library of Medicine. It is a very user-friendly means to access MEDLINE's 11,000,000 biomedical journal citations and to research biomedical questions. Set limits to find articles focused by various parameters (e.g. date ranges, gender, age, languages...)  Build searches using the HISTORY function.  If you're following a topic you can set up a free 'cubby' to save your search parameters.

Clicking the 'Related articles' link for each abstract can expand your search. Many articles will display a link to the full text article (a subscription may be required for some, but others are offered free of charge).  

Click here to try a PubMed tutorial.
Health Knowledge Network
 		Health Knowledge Network is a cooperative venture of the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta and their related teaching hospitals. HKN provides access to the following health sciences databases: MEDLINE, OvidHealthStar, Cancerlit, PsycINFO and CINAHL.  It also provides full text access to the evidence-based medicine reviews of the Cochrane Database.

Access is limited to physician and health care staff of the member organizations. 
The opening screen gives you three means to access HKN.  If you are accessing this service from a computer on the UofC and Calgary Health Region networks, click the Start Ovid button beside #1 or  #2 on the HKN home page. 

Calgary area physicians not on the UofC or Calgary Health Region networks can still access HKN with a username and password (Choice #3) if they have arranged for a username and password

Calgary area physicians can apply for a username and password by completing the HKN application form and faxing it to Physician Education Services at 403-944-2581

[Physicians outside the Calgary region please call the Reference Desk 
at the University of Calgary Medical Library (403)220-6857 ] 

Google is a good tool for checking to see if journals are available online.  Just type the journal name in the search box.  Quite often the journal will appear as the first item on the retrieved list.   When you go to the journal's web site, look for the journal's current issue or archive.  Follow a link in the table of contents of the issue to see if a username and password are required for access.  Remember, Calgary area physicians can Receive emailed or faxed copies of articles - Calgary physicians only s from Calgary Health Region libraries.

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