Sources for Finding Journal Articles

Barr Smith Library databases for finding journal articles in the health sciences

Journal Title Abbreviations

• PubMed Journals Database
  From U.S. National Library of Medicine. Type in the abbreviation and click on the Go button to get the full title.

PubMed

• PubMed The Uni of Adelaide Customized Version

PubMed Tutorials

• Official PubMed Tutorial from (US) National Library of Medicine
• The Uni of Adelaide Library PubMed Tutorial
• Uni of Adelaide First Year Student Library PubMed Tutorial
  Links to the table of contents for this 2008 tutorial for undergraduates based on the U.S.  National Library of Medicine PubMed  Tutorial.

Full Text Journals

Uni of Adelaide Library Full Text Dentistry Journals
Access outside The Barr Smith Library for Uni of Adelaide Community only

 Acronyms

• Biomedical Acronym Resolver

Publication Aids

• Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences Instructions from a long list of health sciences journals. From University of Toledo (USA)
• Publishing in the Life Sciences Covers selecting a journal, and manuscript preparation. From McGill University
• Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts The style used by The School of Dentistry
  • Vancouver Citation Style This is the style to use with the Uniform Requirements. From Monash Uni

Uni of Adelaide Citation Linker Enter the details of the article you're looking for and the linker will try to find it.

Evidence Based Dentistry

• Tour and Introduction for new students
• Introduction to Evidence Based Practice
• Using PubMed in Evidence Based Dentistry an advanced tutorial
• Using Cochrane Library

Dental School Undergraduate Student Library Tutorials

• BOH I Help on Development and Nutrition Assignments 2008
• BOH III PubMed revision
• Library Health Sciences Tutorial
  Links to the table of contents for this 2008 tutorial for new students on how to use the University of Adelaide Library.
• Library Basic PubMed Tutorial
  Links to the table of contents for this 2008 tutorial for undergraduates based on the U.S.  National Library of Medicine PubMed  Tutorial.
   
• Dental Therapy Tutorial
• Dental therapy How to read a paper (pdf 17kB)

Dental Images

Infection Control

• Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing Infection Control Guidelines
• Australian Standard 4815:2006 Office-based health care facilities - Reprocessing of reusable medical and surgical instruments and equipment, and maintenance of the associated environment. Search the catalogue for Australian standards online using the catalogue
• Infection Control Guidelines - navigation page Links to documents from the Australian Govt Dept of Health and Ageing
• New South Wales Health Infection Control Guidelines for Oral Health Care Settings
• Dental Practice Board of Victoria Infection Control Code of Practice
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) Infection Control Guidelines and Recommendations

Animal Dentition

PubMed Searches on research areas at The University of Adelaide School of Dentistry
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Dentistry sources on the web
Compiled by Search Sources

• Hardin Meta Directory - Dentistry A list of lists. Divided into large lists and medium sized lists this site will give access to most of the dentistry information on the net. Includes images. From University of Iowa.
• HealthInsite Dental Health for Children Links to sites on kids dentistry. HealthInsite is funded by Department of Health and Ageing.
• Intute Oral Health Oral health sites and a search engine where you can search keywords. You can browse by MeSH as well. Intute replaces OMNI.
• NOAH: Dentistry This site has a topical approach. There's a search engine in the banner area at the top of the screen. Material is mainly at consumer level.
• Yahoo Dentistry Lists sites for most aspects of dentistry. Each site is given a brief synopsis on Yahoo. Includes a good search engine.

Associations and Organizations

• AAPD American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Includes pamphlets for parents, a reference manual for practitioners (see AAPD Publications), info about continuing education, and links to other sites.
• Academy for Sports Dentistry Includes a bibliography on sports dentistry, information on mouthguards and concussion prevention, and the hazards of smokeless tobacco chewing.
• The American Dental Association News on new technologies, abstracts of JADA from March 1997, calendar of events, short articles on dental topics, and dental product list.
• Australian Dental Association Has details of professional societies.
• Australian Society of Forensic Dentistry Has a good list of forensic dentistry sites on the net, a directory of forensic odontologists in Australia, and a newsletter.
• British Society for Restorative Dentistry
• Centre for Evidence-Based Dentistry
• The International Congress of Oral Implantologists
• World Health Organization

Australian Dental Schools

• Griffith University School of Dentistry and Oral Health
• The University Adelaide Dentistry
• The University of Melbourne School of Dental Science
• The University of Queensland School of Dentistry
• The University of Sydney Faculty of Dentistry
• The University of Western Australia Oral Health Centre

Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons Includes Courses, Examinations, and Self Assessment Programmes

Biomaterials

• Biomaterials Properties Database Tables of properties of materials. The University of Michigan-NIDR Materials Science Research Center at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.
• Dental Amalgam and Alternative Restorative Materials A report from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service Working Group on Dental Amalgam October 1997.
• Mercury A fact sheet from Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service.
• Restorative Dental Materials Comparative tables for amalgam, composites, GICs, and resin ionomers From American Dental Assoc.

Major Dentistry Sites

• Dental Hygiene and Dental Technology Associations, materials, anatomy, & diseases, patient education, etc. From Library Affairs, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
• DERWeb Dental images, news, calendar of events, associations, teaching materials etc. Departments of Information Studies & Restorative Dentistry University of Sheffied. Registration is required to view the images.
• Get Body Smart Animations of human body systems anatomy and physiology with tutorials and quizzes.
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Info on oral health, clinical trials, etc From US National Institutes of Health
• US Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health From The National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research.
• The Virtual Dental Center News, dictionaries, case studies, educational materials, images, associations, dental schools etc. Compiled by Jim Martindale.

Filling The Shelves Appeal

A joint Dental School/Library appeal to raise money for oral health journals

EndNote Workshop March 2009