Subject Guides: Rural Medicine and Rural Health: Find Articles

Databases

Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database
This database has records that describe publications about aspects of human health in the circumpolar region.

MEDLINE (OVID) This link opens in a new window
The Ovid MEDLINE database contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,600 biomedical journals published in the U.S. and in 70 other countries. The database contains over 12 million citations, spanning from 1950 to present.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Open access version of MEDLINE with LinkOut activated to the Library's e-journals.
CINAHL This link opens in a new window
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (EBSCO)

You'll want to consider combining keywords and subject headings to find relevant articles in some databases.

Keyword examples:

Consider geographical locations
Consider local communities
Consider other related keywords such as: "community-based participatory research" OR remote

MeSH (Medical Subject Headings used in MEDLINE) examples:

Subject Headings to consider: "Rural Health"[Mesh] OR "Community Medicine"[Mesh] OR "Community-Based Participatory Research"[Mesh] OR "Rural Health Services"[Mesh] OR "Rural Population"[Mesh] OR "Hospitals, Rural"[Mesh]

Combine MeSH and keywords. For example:

"Rural Population"[Mesh] OR "Rural Health Services"[Mesh] OR "North* Ontario" OR remote