Bristol Community College Library Learning Commons: Science vs. Pseudoscience: Debunking Fake Science News and Developing Scientific Literacy: Finding Real Science

Use Library Databases to Find Research Articles

The Bristol CC Library subscribes to several databases that include the full text of scientific research studies. To access these resources from off campus, you will need to log in with your Pipeline username and password:

General Science

Academic OneFile (Gale) Multi-disciplinary database containing mostly peer-reviewed, scholarly articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Over 8,000 academic journal titles are included with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and many other subjects. Also includes hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and CBC, as well as full text New York Times content back to 1995. Coverage 1964 – present.
This tutorial shows you how to narrow a research topic within Academic OneFile: https://support.gale.com/doc/aone-video1
This tutorial shows you how to use the Get Link tool found in many Gale resources to create persistent links back to documents, searches, and more: https://support.gale.com/doc/galetools-video5
This tutorial shows you how to use Citation Tools found in many Gale resources to simplify the research process: https://support.gale.com/doc/galetools-video1
This tutorial shows you how to use the Topic Finder found in many Gale resources to analyze search results and create a unique research topic: https://support.gale.com/doc/galetools-video6
Academic Search Complete One of the largest academic multi-disciplinary databases, providing indexing and abstracting for over 8,000 periodicals. Full text is provided for more than 4,650 of these titles with over 3,590 of these being peer-reviewed, scholarly journals. Searchable, cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Coverage: 1975 (over 100 journals) – present.
ScienceDirect College Edition Science Direct College Edition is a database of full-text, high quality journals published by Elsevier. This database consists of 2 different collections--Physical Sciences, and Health & Life Sciences. Citations & abstracts are provided for pre-1995 information and for Elsevier journals the library does not subscribe to. Most titles are from 1995 - present.

Environmental Science

GreenFILE GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet.

Health Science

CINAHL Plus with Full Text Providing full text for more than 760 journals indexed in CINAHL. Of those, 456 are not found with full text in any version of Academic Search™, Health Source® or Nursing & Allied Health Collection™. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index - with no embargo.
MEDLINE MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE allows users to search citations and abstracts from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine OneFile (Gale) Both researcher and practitioner alike will find relevant, authoritative content in this collection, which includes over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine. Covering a wide spectrum of information, researchers will have access to a diverse, but focused set of topics in the field, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and many more.
Health & Medicine (Gale) This multi-source database integrates the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books. Most of these sources provide the full text of the article/chapter. Find articles on: fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, etc. Coverage: 1980 – present.

Different Types of Scientific Studies

Click here: Long Description of Pyramid Image and Different Types of Scientific Studies

Learn to Identify and Read Scholarly Materials

How to Read a Scientific Paper
Click on this Tutorial to find out how to read scholarly articles.

Linking Google Scholar to the Library Website

You can link Google Scholar to your library website:

1. Go to Google Scholar by using Google.

2. Click on the lines in the upper left hand corner.

3. Go to Settings

4. Click on Library Links

5. Type in Bristol Community College and it will link any of the articles we have in our databases to Google Scholar. Make sure to hit Save to keep those settings for the next time you use Google Scholar.