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Welcome to the Respiratory Therapy Research Guide

Utilize this guide to search databases listed below for articles and other information for your topic and course assignments. If you have questions please use the chat box.

Suggested Databases

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Alt HealthWatch

Alt HealthWatch focuses on multiple perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

MedLine with Full Text

Index and abstracts of journal articles in the health sciences; full-text from 1990.

Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest)

ProQuest Health and Medical Complete offers users vital clinical, biomedical, and health journals, including many indexed in MEDLINE.

MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus (at National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health) will direct you to information to help answer health questions.

Consumer Health Complete

Consumer Health Complete (CHC) is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content, including full text from many health reference books and encyclopedias.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making (assessment, reviews, controlled trials register, etc.).

CINAHL Complete

The most comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL

General Databases

GALILEO
Over 100 databases indexing thousands of periodicals and scholarly journals. Over 10,000 journal titles are provided in full-text.
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a multi-disciplinary database, with more than 6,100 full-text periodicals, including more than 5,100 peer-reviewed journals.
JSTOR
Full text articles from the back issues of selected core journals.
ProQuest Central
ProQuest Central brings together 30 highly used ProQuest databases to create the largest single academic research resource.
Films on Demand
Films on Demand consists of 15,500 video titles (77,000 segments) in Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Health, and Science.

Other Website Resources

Respiratory Therapist License
Provides comprehensive guides detailing the specific licensing requirements enforced by each state’s Board of Respiratory Care.
American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
Our primary membership consists of respiratory therapists, allied health practitioners who are trained at the 2- and 4-year college level to assist physicians in the care of patients with lung disorders and other conditions.
International Council for Respiratory Care (ICRC)
The International Council for Respiratory Care (ICRC) is dedicated to advancing the safe, effective and ethical practice of respiratory care worldwide.

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Online Catalog (GIL-Find)
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