Sources for students in dental assisting

Books and audiovisual materials

Use the library catalog to search for books and other resources. The catalog page has links to information on how to use the library catalog, how to request material from another library, and more. Browse dental resources in Chemeketa's library.

If you do not find what you need in our library or the libraries of the CCRLS district, you can pass your search through to Summit, where you can choose from approximately 28 million items in 36 college and university libraries in Oregon and Washington. See About Summit for details and instructions.

Electronic Reference

Current journals

Finding articles

Here are two indexes that cover dental journals in Chemeketa's library. Neither one covers every journal, so if you do not find what you need in one, try the other.

You can do simple keyword searches in CINAHL, but if you'd like to learn how to use CINAHL headings, there is a tutorial on CINAHL at How To Use CINAHL.

Chemeketa journals

Dental journals

Some of Chemeketa's dental journals are available in paper in the periodicals section of the library. They are shelved alphabetically by title. Many of Chemeketa's dental journals are online; they are linked in the list below. Bulleted titles are indexed in CINAHL.

• Access (1050-0758): from 09/01/2007 to present in Academic OneFile, Health Reference Center Academic and Nursing & Allied Health Collection ; CCC 9/2001-1/2004 in paper
Acta stomatologica croatica (0001-7019): from 12/01/2007 to present in Academic OneFile
• Canadian journal of dental hygiene (1712-171X): from 01/01/2006 to present in Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module), Health Reference Center Academic and Nursing & Allied Health Collection; from 09/01/2006 to present in Academic OneFile
• American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics (0889-5406): from 01/01/1995 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition
Archives of oral biology (0003-9969): from 01/01/1995 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition
British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery (0266-4356): from 01/01/1995 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition
Cosmetic surgery times (1094-6810): from 07/01/2000 to present in Academic OneFile, Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module) and Health Reference Center Academic
• Cranio (0886-9634): from 10/01/2006 to present in Academic OneFile, Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module), Health Reference Center Academic and Nursing & Allied Health Collection
• Dental abstracts (Chicago, 0011-8486): from 01/01/2005 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition
• Dental assistant (1088-3886; 0011-8508): from 05/01/2002 to present in Nursing & Allied Health Collection and Popular Magazines ; from 05/01/2002 to 04/30/2005 in Academic OneFile, Business & Company Resource Center, Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module) and Health Reference Center Academic; CCC has from 1994 to present in paper
• Dental clinics of North America: CCC has current 6 years in paper
Dental implantology update(1062-0346): from 10/01/2001 to present in Academic OneFile, Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module), Health Reference Center Academic and Popular Magazines
Dental materials (0109-5641): from 01/01/1995 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition
Dental lab products (0146-9738): from 07/01/2002 to present in Business & Company Resource Center, Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module), Health Reference Center Academic and Popular Magazines
Dental practice report (Northfield, Ill. 2000) (1529-7500): from 03/01/2007 to 07/31/2007 in Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module)
Dental products report (0011-8737): from 03/01/2006 to present in Business & Company Resource Center
Indian journal of dental research (0970-9290): from 10/01/2005 to present in Academic OneFile
International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery (0901-5027): from 01/01/1995 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition
Journal of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery (1010-5182): from 01/01/1995 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition
• Journal of dental hygiene (1043-254X): from 03/01/1996 to present in Popular Magazines; from 03/01/1996 to Spring 2006 in Academic OneFile, Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module), Health Reference Center Academic and Nursing & Allied Health Collection; from 06/01/2004 to present in Chemeketa Individual Online Titles
Journal of dentistry (0300-5712): from 01/01/1995 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition; from 01/01/2005 to 01/31/2007 in Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module); from 01/01/2005 to 01/01/2007 in Academic OneFile and Health Reference Center Academic
• Journal of evidence-based dental practice (1532-3382): from 07/01/2001 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition
• Journal of prosthetic dentistry (0022-3913): from 01/01/1995 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition
• The Journal of the American Dental Association: CCC has current 6 years in paper; see also below, under Highwire
Journal of the Canadian Dental Assistants Association: from Sum. 1999 to Spr. 2004 in paper
Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry (0970-4388): from 01/01/2005 to present in Academic OneFile, Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module) and Health Reference Center Academic
• Modern hygienist (1558-9242): from 02/01/2007 to present in Academic OneFile, Business & Company Resource Center, Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module), Health Reference Center Academic and Nursing & Allied Health Collection
Oral oncology (1368-8375): from 01/01/1997 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics (1079-2104): from 01/01/1995 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition
Orthodontic waves (English ed.; 1344-0241): from 03/01/2006 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition
Seminars in orthodontics (1073-8746): from 03/01/1995 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition

Anesthesia journals

Please see Health & Biological Sciences: Surgery & Anesthesiology: Anesthesiology.

Infection control journals

American journal of infection control: from 01/01/1995 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition
Journal of hospital infection: from 01/01/1995 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition
Journal of infection: from 01/01/1995 to present in ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition

Free Journals in PubMed Central

Anesthesia Progress after 6 mo.
BMC Oral Health 2001 to present
European Journal of Dentistry 2007 to present
Open Dentistry Journal from 2007 to present

Free Journals on Directory of Open Access Journals

Journals on Highwire's list of free journals

Advances in Dental Research after 12 mo.
The European Journal of Orthodontics after 12 mo.
Journal of Dental Education after 12 mo.
Journal of Dental Research after 12 mo.
Journal of Orthodontics 1 Jan 1973 - 31 Dec 2006
The Journal of the American Dental Association after 12 mo.

Specialist journals

Chemeketa has older issues of some specialist journals you may browse. They are shelved alphabetically in the Periodicals section of the libary.

American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics
Journal of endodontics
Journal of dentistry for children

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