For your course and research assignments, unless otherwise specified by your instructor, search for the most relevant scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles in the last five (5) years using the BCC Library databases and/or our Summon Search Bar.
| Primary Literature | Secondary Literature | Tertiary Literature |
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original research results in medical & academic journal articles dissertations conference proceedings correspondence |
abstracting & indexing services review articles systematic reviews meta-analyses (meta-analysis) practice guidelines |
textbooks encyclopedias handbooks newspapers |
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Examples: New England Journal of Medicine; Journal of American Medical Association; American Nurse Journal (usually accessed via online databases and/or medical search engines) |
Usually accessed in online databases, such as CINAHL, PubMed, and ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health. See Find Articles link for access to cited databases. |
Examples: Lippincott book series; Davis's book series |
Adapted from the Information Services Department of the Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago.