Journal articles
Start with these databases
MEDLINE is an important database for all areas in the health sciences. At Bond you can search MEDLINE via PubMed or Ovid. You should definitely search either PubMed or Ovid (you only need to search one or the other).
- PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed is a freely available website which lets you search the MEDLINE database plus other content. - Embase This link opens in a new window
One of the two largest databases covering all areas of the health sciences (PubMed/Medline is the other). - SciFinder This link opens in a new window
A key academic database in the area of chemistry. See access details below.
Additional databases
- Informit Health Collection This link opens in a new window
A database covering all areas of the health sciences, with a focus on Australian content. - ProQuest Health and Medical Collection This link opens in a new window
A large academic health database covering materials not found in other databases. Useful as a supplement to the other databases listed. - Bond University Library Search This link opens in a new window
Library Search is the library's search box. It searches across about 60 databases simultaneously but it doesn't search many of the key health sciences databases so it's useful only as a supplement to the other databases listed.
A-Z list of electronic resources
There are many more specialised databases available, eg. PsycInfo for psychology, ERIC for education etc. For the full list of databases/electronic resources available, visit the Electronic Resources A-Z list.
You might also find the other Library Research Guides helpful for suggesting databases in other fields of study. Your faculty librarian can also help you choose databases to search.
Full text access
Use the database links from the Library's guides to ensure you are authenticated as a Bond user, to access full-text content, where available. If you find an article online without the full text, type the title of the article in LibrarySearch (the box on the Library's homepage):
- If the article is available, click the 'available online' link to access the full text.
- If the article details appear but the full text of the article is not available, request the article from the 'get it for me' link. Bond Library will request the article from another library for you.
- If you aren't able to request the article through LibrarySearch, place the request via the blank request form.
LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that checks the Library's subscriptions for full-text access to articles, as you browse the web. It works with websites such as Wikipedia, Google Scholar and PubMed.
This extension can save you time by bypassing the need to check Library Search for full-text articles.
Peer reviewed?
To find out if a particular journal is peer-reviewed, use the UlrichsWeb database.
Search for the journal by title or ISSN. If the journal is peer-reviewed, a small 'referee' symbol 
will be listed against the journal, e.g.:
- Ulrichsweb This link opens in a new window
Ulrichsweb.com is the authoritative source of bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,000 periodicals of all types: academic and scholarly journals, Open Access publications, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more from around the world.
Chemistry database - SciFinder
SciFinder is the ‘world’s largest and most reliable source of chemistry and related scientific information.
SciFinder lets you find chemistry journal articles, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports, books, and theses.
A key feature of SciFinder is the ability to search by chemical structure and find reactions, synthesis information, papers and more. SciFinder provides excellent training materials.
For access to SciFinder please contact an HSM faculty librarian to request the registration link. Once you have registered, access SciFinder at https://scifinder.cas.org.
