Research Guides: Health Services Administration: Journals & Databases

Access to Databases

Access to Online Resources

Moffett Library is open to the MSU campus and surrounding community. Access to the online journals and databases is reserved for current MSU students, faculty, and staff.

To Access Moffett Library's Databases:

Go to the MSU Portal and sign in.
Choose "Library Databases" from the menu on the left side of the screen.
Click the link at the top that says "Click HERE for Library Databases" on the next screen.

Note: You will remained signed in to the databases until you close your browser.

Journals at Moffett Library

Moffett Library E-Journals A-Z
Complete list of electronic journals accessible from Moffett Library.
Moffett Library Periodicals
Guide to accessing periodicals at Moffett Library.

Directory of Open Access Journals
The aim of the DOAJ is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. In short, the DOAJ aims to be THE one stop shop for users of open access journals.

Open Access Resources
The guide will offer instruction on how to vet Open Access Resources (OAR) and where to locate appropriate OARs.

Google Scholar

Health Services Administration Databases

CINAHL Complete
CINAHL®Complete is the world’s most comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo. CINAHL®Complete is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing & allied health literature.

Gale Health and Wellness
Search a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to alternative medical practices.
Gale Interactive: Science
Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.

Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
Health Reference Center Academic provides access to medical and professional periodicals, health and fitness magazines, and reference books and pamphlets. The database is designed for both nursing and allied health students as well as consumer health researchers. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

Gale OneFile: Insurance and Liability
Discover information about physical and intellectual asset protection, from individuals to multinational corporations.
Gale OneFile: Leadership and Management
Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more. Updated daily.
Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health
Research full-text titles cited in CINAHL and other resources to support specialized care, treatment, and patient management.

JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library that contains full-text scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Moffett Library subscribes to the following JSTOR Collections: Arts & Sciences I, Business, and Language and Literature.
JSTOR does not contain current articles; journal issues are typically added to JSTOR two to five years after publication in what is referred to as a "moving wall," which is the gap between the most recently published issue of a journal and the date the most recent issues are available in JSTOR. It is a great source for older articles, as some journals go back as far as the 1800s.
MEDLINE Complete
This exceptional database provides an unprecedented amount of full text for the most prominent journals used in the field of medical research. MEDLINE Complete is the largest companion to the MEDLINE index and contains full text for thousands of journals included in the index. This collection also provides full text for many of the most used medical journals - with no embargo.
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
Contains full-text information about and reviews of over 2,000 commercially available English-language tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks. All entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited review(s) written by leading content area experts. Coverage is from 1985 (Volume 9) to the present.
Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents. This is an excellent database for information on current issues or business.
Public Administration Abstracts
Provides abstracts for the field of Public Administration, including research and theory. Records are selected from many of the leading periodicals in the discipline, including Public Administration Review, Public Administration Quarterly, and International Journal of Public Administration.

General Databases

Gale Academic OneFile
Gale Academic OneFile provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints in Context supports virtually any curricular need. Its informed, differing views present each side of an issue and help students develop critical thinking skills and draw their own conclusions. Exclusive Viewpoint pages bring balance and perspective to every controversy using targeted arguments from recognized subject-matter experts and top journalistic sources.

Gale OneFile: News
Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.

Gale PowerSearch
Searches all the databases supplied to the library by Gale. Search for any term or phrase and find articles from 1,000 of magazines, journals, newspapers and books along with videos, images and podcast content.
ScienceDirect College Edition
Elsevier's ScienceDirect College Edition contains over 2000 full-text peer reviewed journals. The journals cover behavioral & social sciences, health & life sciences, and physical sciences from 1995 - present.
MSU has access to the following collections: Health & Life Sciences: 1,200+ journals, Physical Sciences: 700+ journals, Social & Behavioral Sciences: 450+ journals.
Google Scholar
Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

First time using Google Scholar with Moffett Library? Do the following to enable “Find It @ MSU Texas” links and see full text you are entitled to via Moffett Library subscriptions:

1. Go to Google Scholar and login to your Google account
2. Click Settings (from the menu in top left corner)
3. Click Library Links (left navigation menu)
4. Type Midwestern State University and click the Search Button
5. Check the box for Midwestern State University – Find It @ MSU Texas. (Please note: The previous Google Scholar link named 'GetIt@MWSU' will no longer work, uncheck its box to disable)
6. Click Save
For further assistance, please contact the Library Help Desk at 940-397-4758 or library@msutexas.edu.