Articles on a Topic
Medical Center Library Databases
Databases index and provide access to journal articles, allowing you to search for articles on a topic. See this list of the Library's medical and life science databases to select the appropriate place to begin your search. Note: Not all databases provide full-text. Access to some databases is restricted to authorized Duke users.
Duke University Libraries Databases and E-Journals Page
Duke University Libraries offers hundreds of databases covering current affairs, science, social sciences, humanities and virtually every other subject. Databases are organized by subject and by name. Note: Not all databases provide full-text. Access to some databases is restricted to authorized Duke users.
Duke University Medical Center Library Print Indexes & Abstracts Catalog
An inventory of the availability of and subject coverage for the print indexes and abstracts in the Medical Center Library. To assist patrons in using these resources and facilitate comprehensive searching, "preceded by" and "continued by" titles are included where appropriate to cover periods prior to and beyond the dates of series publication. Many of these tools are useful for finding resources (journal articles, reports, books, book chapters, etc.) not available in electronic bibliographic databases (e.g. MEDLINE).
Duke University Libraries Research Help Page
This online guide takes you through the research process, from finding background information and refining a topic to evaluating resources and using proper citation formats.
Ask A Librarian at the Medical Center Library
Get help from a Reference Librarian by phone, Internet Messenger (dukemclref), email (mclref@mc.duke.edu), or appointment. Individual consultations are also available for searching or database instruction.
Specific Articles
PubMed Single Citation Matcher
This form allows you to enter information from a citation to go directly to the abstract and the full-text of an article, if available in PubMed. You can enter as few or as many pieces of the citation as are available.
Interlibrary Loan
Need an article that Duke does not own? Request it via Interlibrary Loan.
Purchase Articles Direct From Publisher
If you need immediate electronic access to an article, you may be able to purchase it directly from the publisher. Connect to http://www.pubmed.gov and retrieve the article with the PMID (a unique identifier for each article in PubMed, usually found following a citation or abstract) or by using the Single Citation Matcher (which requires two or more pieces of information from the citation). Open the citation by clicking on the authors' names. If the article can be purchased directly from the publisher, a publisher's link will appear above the article title. Credit cards are required and fees vary by publisher, often ranging from $20 to $50 per article. Availability varies by publisher.
