Golden State University Library System
GSU utilizes library system called Librarika. Librarika allows the librarian to monitor library activities and track library catalogs and users. Students can search library materials through “Search Catalog” function and have access to library resources, such as “Top Collections” and “Ask a Librarian.”
GSU Librarika Link: https://goldenstateu.librarika.com/
Research Links
References Materials
The Merck Manual is an online encyclopedic reference of medical resources including a large scope of medical topics, resources, drug information commentary and procedures. It was first published in 1899 and has been continuously updated since. It is one of the premier medical references in the United States and is trusted for its authority on medical information.
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) is an online database of encyclopedic knowledge of complementary and integrative medicine. It also has information for practitioners of complementary and integrative medicine.
MedlinePlus is an extensive medical library catalog that is a service of the National Library of Medicine which is part of the National Institutes of Health.
PubMed has 38 million biomedicine citations from Medline, various journals and online books. Some citations have links to full-text articles from PubMed Central (part of the National Center for Biotechnology Information) and other publisher websites.
PLOS One is an open-access research journal that covers a wide variety of topics within biomedicine. Articles are peer-reviewed and offers primary research, systematic reviews, qualitative research and protocols.
Asian Medicine Journals
Chinese Medicine is an open access journal publishing evidence-based, scientifically justified research and review papers in all aspects of Chinese medicine, including – but not limited to – chemistry, biology, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, engineering, clinical applications and socioeconomics that are relevant and significant to Chinese medicine.
Advanced Chinese Medicine is an international, open access journal that integrates traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. It is free to readers and is published Wiley.
Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine
Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine is a open access journal published by Biomed Central under Springer nature. It provides scientific articles on research and studies of acupuncture and meridian medicine.
Acupuncture Today is a journal published by MPA Media which provides informative articles for Asian medicine practitioners and and consumers alike.
Elsevier Integrative Medicine Research
Science Direct Integrative Medicine Research is the official journal of the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine. It is a quarterly journal that is single-blind peer-reviewed and is open-access to all. It uses evidenced-based scientific research in traditional medicine, integrative medicine, complementary medicine and alternative medicine.
Elsevier Journal of Integrative Medicine
ScienceDirect Journal of Integrative Medicine (JIM) is a peer-reviewed journal sponsored by Shanghai Association of Integrative Medicine and Shanghai Changhai Hospital, China. It is a continuation of the Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine (JCIM), which was established in 2003 and published in Chinese language (The phonetic romanization of the Chinese title used by MEDLINE/PubMed is Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao). Since 2013, JIM has been published in English language.
Western Medicine Journals
Global Health: Science and Practice
Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP) is a no-fee, open access, peer-reviewed online journal intended to be a resource for public health professionals who design, implement, manage, evaluate, and otherwise support health programs in low- and middle-income countries. GHSP fills an important gap in the scholarly literature for evidence and experience from global health programs implemented under real-world conditions, with specifics on the “how” of implementation—lessons and detail that are often buried in gray literature or not documented at all. It is published quarterly (March, June, September, December).
The Quigong Institute supplies readers with a large database of quigong and tai chi scientific abstracts. It also provides a wide variety of informative articles about quigong and tai chi.
The Online Materia Medica is an open-access online reference of the Materia Medica as written by six classical homeopaths. It is published by the International Academy of Homeopaths. It features a search by remedy and author.
The Open Public Health Journal
The Open Public Health Journal is an international journal of open access peer-reviewed articles covering various facets of public health. It is published by Bentham Open.
Public Health Open Access Research
Public Health Open Access Research is a database of open access journals and is part of Springer Nature. It is comprised of more than 60 journals and over 300 million public health articles.
International Journal of Healthcare Management
The International Journal of Healthcare Management is a hybrid journal that offers both paid and open-access articles and is published by Taylor & Francis. Articles are peer-reviewed and offers information about a large set of aspects of healthcare operations including new healthcare policies, marketing, healthcare management systems, patient records, finance, and service delivery.
Physicians Practice is a trusted, comprehensive resource designed to help physicians and their teams navigate the complex, ever-changing world of medical practice management. For over two decades, we have been dedicated to empowering independent practices, group practices, and hospital-affiliated clinicians to deliver top-quality care while optimizing the business aspects of healthcare.
Healthcare Science (published by Wiley) is an open access healthcare management journal consisting of research by healthcare practitioners, scholars, researchers, pioneers and administrators. The journal covers health policy and medical ethics, healthcare evaluation and health economics, public health management, medical technologies and medical devices, medication use management, data science and health informatics, healthcare management in low and middle income countries and medical education.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
The Directory of Open Access Journals is a database of over 21,000 journals and holds over 11,000,000 articles. It is a completely independent database that functions through donations and is comprised of journals of several subjects including medicine, science and technology.
Books
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
The Directory of Open Access Books is a database composed of over 93,500 academic peer-reviewed books that span multiple subjects such as medicine, politics, sociology and many more. It is published by the Online Library of Open Access Books and Open Edition.
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Bookshelf offers open access to books regarding life science and healthcare.
The Open Textbook Library offers textbooks on range of subjects within the sciences as well as other topics. They are open-license books, meaning that they can be downloaded for free.
Merlot is an international repository of digital books and other tools meant for students, faculty and researchers at the college level and covers a range of subjects within the health sciences.