Sexual Health 

• A database stores information on a particular subject
• Databases may contain journal articles, conference proceedings, images, book chapters and more
• Databases are an efficient way of searching thousands of journals on your subject at once
• Databases are particularly useful if you need specific and up-to-date information

If you're trying to find journal articles on a particular topic, use one of our databases. 

Go to 'Databases by Subject', select an appropriate database, and do a keyword search for your topic. Watch this clip to find out more...

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If you're trying to track down a particular journal article - say one from a list of references - use the library catalogue. 

Select 'Journal Title' from the drop-down menu and type in the title of the journal, not the title of the journal article! Watch this clip to find out more...

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A peer reviewed journal contains articles that have been reviewed by experts before publication. [See the peer review process in action...]

Check Ulrich's Periodicals Directory to see if a journal has been peer reviewed.

Click on the eResources tab to access the ejournal subtab to see a list of peer reviewed sexual health journals.

Search Google Scholar via the library website to get more full text access to journal articles.

If you find a great article on your topic, you can use a citation database to track down related articles. These databases will show you the articles' reference list - and a list of who else has cited it since it was published.

Start your research here! 

Not sure how to conduct a literature review?

Then check out the comprehensive guide produced by the Univeristy of Melbourne Library

http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/postgrad/litreview/home.html

or the following resources available at the library:

Here are some Library resources outlining what a Systematic Review is and how to do a Systematic Review

Never searched a database before? Here are some tips to get you started:

• Identify key concepts. e.g. 'type 2 diabetes' and 'prevention'.
• Brainstorm synonyms for each key concept. e.g. 'diabetes mellitus', 'prevent'.
• Use truncation to broaden your search. e.g. 'prevent*' will find 'prevent', 'preventing', 'prevention', 'preventative', 'prevented' etc.
• Use double quotation marks to narrow your search. e.g. "type 2 diabetes" will search for these words as a phrase rather than seperately.
• Combine synonyms with OR and key concepts with AND. e.g. ("type 2 diabetes" or "diabetes mellitus") and prevent*. 

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Need help looking up Databases?

You might like to attend one of our face-to-face classes or if you don't have time we have some short video tutorials or interactive Tutorials

For tips on how to get your research published, check out the following books. 

Not sure which journal to publish in? Discover journal Impact Factors in Journal Citation Reports or compare the output of journals in Scopus using the Analytics tool. 

Boost your h-index by publishing your research in the Sydney eScholarship Repository (items are indexed in both Google and Google Scholar). 

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