These database focus on health, medicine and healing topics but can be searched for content related to arts and creative activities as they relate to health and medicine.
CINAHL Ultimate provides more than 1,300 full text journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. It covers more than 50 nursing specialties and includes quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, CEU models and research instruments. Includes Canadian and international full-text non-open access journals
The databases listed below focus on art and creative activities but can also be searched for content related to health, healing and therapies as they relate to arts and creative activities.
An archive of over 200 academic journals in the fields of Arts and Humanities. Often this is the only place to find these journals. Quality resource for historical research. Includes ARTstor content as of July 2024.
A digital image collection with more than two million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences. ARTstor content is available via JSTOR as of July 2024.
A large online music library. Heavy on classical content but also covers jazz, folk, and blues genres. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 80,000 albums. New albums are added monthly. Faculty should contact the Research Help desk for instructions on how to create playlists for your course. There is a limit of 5 simultaneous users
Peer-reviewed articles, sometimes called scholarly or academic articles, are written by academics and reviewed by other experts in their field before being published. Watch the following video and complete the self assessment quiz to learn more about the peer review process.
Many databases allow you to limit your search to peer-reviewed articles. For example, when searching Single Search, the main search tool of the library, filter your search results to peer reviewed articles by checking the box on the left-hand column.
Other terms for peer-reviewed articles include:
If Camosun library does not have a specific article or book that you want, library staff can request it from another library.
Interlibrary loan service is provided to support research and study undertaken at Camosun and is available free to registered students, instructors and staff.
To place a request:
NOTE: There is a limit of 10 ILL requests per student per semester. There are also cost limits for individual items requested should there be a fee attached. Please review our policy should you have any questions.