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College of Medicine and Dentistry (COMD): Journals and Articles

College of Medicine and Dentistry Library Guide by Ulster University

What is a Journal?

Journals (also known as magazines, serials or periodicals) are published regularly (weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually) and contain the most recent information on a subject.
The Library subscribes to a wide range of journals in both print and electronic format.

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What is a Journal Reference?

This is a typical journal reference:

Parahoo, R.S., Semple, C.J., Killough, S. and McCaughan, E. (2019) The experience among patients with multiple dental loss as a consequence of treatment for head and neck cancer: A qualitative study. Journal of Dentistry, 82, 30-37.

The authors of this article, published in 2019, are R.S Parahoo, C.J Temple,  S. Killough and E. McCaughlan.

The title of the article is "The experience among patients with multiple dental loss as a  consequence of treatment for head and neck cancer: A qualitative study".

It can be found in the journal called Journal of Dentistry, in volume 82, starting on page 30.

How do I find journal articles?

Accessing Electronic Journals at UU

There are now two ways of searching and viewing our electronic journals collection:

Search via Electronic Journals A-Z link on the Library Home page for the title of the journal you need.

Alternatively, use our new service Browzine. BrowZine allows you to browse our vast collection of scholarly journals by subject, title, or ISSN in a visually appealing, magazine-like format.

USearch

Image of USearch icon Looking for a few journal articles to get your research started?  USearch is a great place to start.

Document Delivery

Students can avail of a Document Delivery Service via the College of Medicine and Dentistry. Use the Document Delivery Service to request journal articles not available from the Library from another source.  Please contact the email below for further information:

CoMD Student Library library@comd.org.uk

How do I search for journal articles on a topic?

If you need to find journal articles for your essay or other piece of work the best place to start is our Library databases.  You can find out all about our databases in the Databases section of this guide.

To get you started the key databases include:

Selected journal article databases

Top 10 Dentistry Journals by Impact finder

The Journal Citation Reports is an essential, comprehensive, and unique resource for journal evaluation, using citation data drawn from over 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide. Coverage is both multidisciplinary and international. Listed below are the top ten dental journals by impact factor:

  1. Journal of Clinical Periodontology
  2. Periodontology 2000
  3. Journal of Periodontology
  4. International Journal of Oral Science
  5. Journal of Dental Research
  6. Clinical Oral Implants Research
  7. Oral Oncology
  8. Dental Materials
  9. Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
  10. International Endodontic Journal