HOW TO FIND ARTICLES ON CANCER RESEARCH
Stories on new cancer research are continually reported in the popular media while the research studies themselves are published in thousands of general and specialized scientific and biomedical journals.
Familiar titles include BMJ; Breast Cancer Research and Treatment; Breast Journal; Cancer; Cell; CMAJ; JAMA; Journal of Clinical Oncology; Lancet; Nature; New England Journal of Medicine; and Science.
PubMed (MEDLINE and more)
www.pubmed.gov
To find references to research articles in international journals, search this free vast and authoritative database by author, title, subject, or journal or by combining terms. Citations are added daily and often have abstracts (summaries) in English. Some link to publishers' websites, but full articles may not be free
Cancer Topic Searches
http://cancer.gov/search/search_cancertopics.aspx
Retrieve PubMed citations on 100 cancer topics.
FREE JOURNALS ON THE WEB
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MEETING ABSTRACTS
Summaries of research presented at conferences may be published but are not in PubMed.
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
http://www.asco.org
Meetings & Education. 1995 -2003.
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS)
http://www.sabcs.org
Symposium On-Line. 2001-2003.
LIBRARIES
BC Cancer Agency Library/Cancer Information Centres
http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/Library/
Search for books, videos, audios to borrow in person or by mail. Journals are not yet listed, but may be used in libraries at BCCA centres. Delivery of articles is limited to BCCA staff.
Public and Academic Libraries
Check with your library for access to the Internet, health and magazine databases, and print and electronic journals. Public libraries can obtain journal articles via interlibrary loan service.
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