Welcome to the Veterinary Technician Library Research Guide
Library Databases
- Alt-Health Watch (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Subject Areas: Health. Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Includes information on both human and non-human (animal) treatments.
- EBSCOhost This link opens in a new windowSearch for journals, magazines, newspapers, and more across a variety of disciples
- Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature or CINAHL (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Subject Areas: Nursing, Health. Covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters, as well as Evidence-Based Care Sheet, legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials.
- Health Reference Center-Academic (Gale) This link opens in a new window Subject Areas: Nursing, Allied Health, Medicine. Information on medicine, fitness, pregnancy, nutrition, diseases, public health, etc.
- Health Source--Nursing/Academic (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Subject Areas: Medical, Health, Nursing.
- PubMed (National Library of Medicine) This link opens in a new window Subject Areas: Nursing, Medical, Allied Health. A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, provides over 12 million MEDLINE citations and additional life sciences journals. Search separately - not included in WorldCat Discovery searches.
- Opposing Viewpoints (Gale) This link opens in a new windowPros and cons on critical social issues. Great place to start your research.
- AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library) This link opens in a new windowSubject Areas: Agriculture & Livestock.
The NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) is a bibliographic database. It primarily contains citations created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. It does NOT contain the full-text of materials. However, some citations do include links to materials available in full-text from the Internet.
Search separately - not included in WorldCat Discovery searches.
Licensing and Test Prep (LearningExpress)
Prepare for Vet Tech certification by taking sample veterinary technician exams through the database LearningExpress. Learning Express requires a brief registration process.
Open Veterinary Journal
- Open Veterinary JournalPeer-reviewed, open access journal covering veterinary topics
MedlinePlus: Pet Health
MedlinePlus: Pet Health offers a variety of reliable, trusted resources