Veterinary Technician:
Databases & Academic Journals
Welcome!
These databases and scholarly, peer-reviewed journals are available to all Ashworth Vet. Tech students. Use them to complete research projects, stay up-to-date on recent innovations, or learn more about issues in veterinary medicine.
Best Choices
Databases
- Diagnostic and treatment information for small animal practitioners. Peer-reviewed articles, diagnostic and treatment algorithms, and capsules. Must make free account to access articles.
- PubMed comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
- Watch this Introduction to ProQuest Central video to learn the basics of using this database. Additional help can be found in the ProQuest Tutorial series.
- Watch this Introduction to ProQuest Central video to learn the basics of using this database. Additional help can be found in the ProQuest Tutorial series.
Journals
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA)
- Published twice monthly, this peer-reviewed, general scientific journal provides reports of clinical research, feature
articles and regular columns of interest to veterinarians in private and public practice.
American Journal of Veterinary Research (AJVR)
- The American Journal of Veterinary Research (AJVR) includes news of interest to veterinary researchers and peer-reviewed
reports of applied research in veterinary medicine and associated biological sciences.
Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (JAALAS)
- The Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (JAALAS) serves as an official communication vehicle
for the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS). The mission of the refereed section of the journal
is to disseminate high-quality, peer-reviewed information on animal biology, technology, facility operations, management,
and compliance as relevant to the AALAS membership.
Full Alphabetical List
Acta Scientifiae Veterinariae
(Brazil; in Portuguese)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2001 to present
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2001 to present
- Free access: PubMed Central 2001 to present
Acta Veterinaria Scaninavica. Supplmentum
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2001 to present
Analecta Veterinary Journal / Revista Analecta Veterinaria (Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
(Argentina; in Spanish, English)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 1998 to present
Animal Science Journal = Nihon Chikusan Gakkaiho
- Free access: J-Stage 2002 to present
Animal Sheltering
- Free access: Animal Sheltering
Annual Review of Biomedical Sciences
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 1999 to present
Archives of Veterinary Science
(Brazil; in Portuguese, English)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 1998 to present
Archivos de Medicina Veterinaria
(Chile; in English, Spanish)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 1997 to present
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria a Zootecnia / Brazilian Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
(Brazil; in English, Portuguese)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 1999 to present
Avian Pathology: Journal of the World Veterinary Poultry Association
- Free access: InformaWorld 1972 to present
Bangladesh Journal of Veterinary Medicine
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2003 to present
Banfield Journal
- Free access: Banfield 2005 to present
BMC Veterinary Research
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2005 to present
- Free access: PubMed Central 2005 to present
Biology of Reproduction
- Free access: HighWire Press 1969 to 12 months ago
- Free access: PubMed Central 2008 to 12 months ago
Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Bulgaria: in English, Bulgarian)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2005 to present
Bulletin de l’Academie Veterinaire de France
- Free access: L’Académie Vétérinaire de France 2003 to 2008
Canadian Journal of Animal Science
- Free access: Agric Institute of Canada 1957 to 2003
Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Science
- Free access: PubMed Central 1940 to 1968
Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research / Revue Canadienne de Recherche Veterinaire
- Free access: PubMed Central 1986 to 3 months ago
Canadian Veterinary Journal / La Revue Veterinaire Canadienne
- Free access: PubMed Central 1960 to 3 months ago
Comparative Medicine
- Free access: IngentaConnect 2002 to 6 months ago
- Free access: PubMed Central 2008 to 6 months ago
DVM Newsmagazine
- Free access: DVM360.com
Experimental Animals (Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 1995 to present
- Free access: J-Stage / Journal@rchive 1978 to 1994
Firstline
- Free access: DVM360.com 1998 to present
Human & Veterinary Medicine : International Journal of the Bioflux Society
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2009 to present
InVet: Investigacion Veterinaria
(Argentina : in Spanish, English)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2005 to present
Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences
(Iraq; in English, Arabic)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2008 to present
Irish Veterinary Journal
- Free access: Irish Veterinary Journal 1997 to present
Italian Journal of Animal Science
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2002 to present
Japanese Journal of Fish Pathology
- Free access: J-Stage 2006 to present
Japanese Journal of Veterinary Science
- Free access: ResearchGATE 1976 to present
Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2005 to present
Journal of Applied Poultry Research
- Free access: HighWire Press 1992 to 12 months ago
Journal of Applied Research in Veterinary Medicine
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2003 to present
Journal of Equine Science
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 1995 to present
Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Free access: HighWire Press 1896 to 6 months ago
- Free access: PubMed Central 1896 to 6 months ago
Journal of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Yuzuncu Yi University)
(Turkey; in Turkish)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 1990 to present
Journal of Reproduction and Fertility
- Free access: Society for Reproduction and Fertility 1960 to 2000
Journal of Swine Health and Production
- Free access: American Association of Swine Veterinarians 1993 to present
Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science: JAALAS
- Free access: IngentaConnect 2002 to 6 months ago
- Free access: PubMed Central 2008 to 6 months ago
Journal of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association
- Free access: JAHVMA 1982 to 2008
Journal of the Goat Veterinary Society
- Table of contents only: Goat Veterinary Society 1981 to present
Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (Japanese Society of Veterinary Science)
- Free access: J-Stage 1997 to present
Journal of Veterinary Science (Suwon-si, Korea: Korean Society of Veterinary Science)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2000 to present
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Free access: HighWire Press 1965 to 18 months ago
Laboratory Animals: International Journal of Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare
- Free access: HighWire Press 1967 to 36 months ago
Learning and Behavior
- Free access: HighWire Press 2001 to 12 months ago
OIE Bulletin
- Free Access: OIE 2006 to present
Open Veterinary Science Journal
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2007 to present
Pakistan Veterinary Journal
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2005 to present
Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira
(Brazil ; in English, Portuguese)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 1997 to present
Pig Journal: the Journal of the Pig Veterinary Society
- Free access: Pig Journal 2006 to present
Polish Journal of Veterinary Science
- Free access: Polish Academy of Sciences 2008 to present
Poultry Science
- Free access: HighWire Press 1997 to 12 months ago
The Professional Animal Scientist
- Free access: HighWire Press 1997 to 12 months ago
REDVET: Revista Electronica de Veterinaria
(Spain; in Spanish, Portuguese, French, English)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2003 to present
Reproduction: the journal of the Society for Reproduction and Fertility
- Free access: Society for Reproduction and Fertility 1960 to 12 months ago
- Free access: HighWire Press 1960 to 12 months ago
Revista Brasileira de Saude e Producao Animal
(Brazil; in English, Portuguese)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2001 to present
Revista Cientifica UDO Agricola
(Venezuela; in Spanish, Portuguese, English)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2001 to present
Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias
(Colombia; in Spanish, English)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2006 to present
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
(Peru; in Spanish)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2001 to present
Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias de la Universidad Central de Venezuela
(Venezuela; in Spanish)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2005 to present
Revista NVZ Cordoba
(Columbia; in Spanish, English)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2000 to present
Revista Veterinaria
(Argentina; in English, Spanish, Portuguese)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 1999 to present
Revue de Medecine Veterinaire
- Free access: Revue de Medecine Veterinaire 2000 to present
Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science
- Free access: SCJLAS 2000 to present
Slovenian Veterinary Research / Slovenski Veterinarski Zbornik
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2001 to present
Small Ruminant Research
- Pay-per-view: ScienceDirect 1988 to present
Today’s Veterinary Nurse
- Open access: Today’s Veterinary Nurse 2016 to present
Tropicultura
(Belgium; in English, French, Spanish, Dutch)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2002 to present
Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Science
(Turkey; in English, Turkish)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 1998 to present
Vector Bourne and Zoonotic Diseases
- Free access: PubMed Central 2009 to 12 months ago
Vet Scan : Online Veterinary Journal
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2005 to present
Veterinaria Italiana
(Italy; in English, Italian)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2004 to present
Veterinaria Mexico
(Mexico; in English, Spanish)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2005 to present
Veterinární Medicina : International Journal for Veterinary and Biomedical Science
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 1999 to present
Veterinary Economics
- Free access: DVM360.com 2004 to present
Veterinary Medicine
- Free access: DVM360.com 2007 to present
Veterinary Medicine and Science
- Open Access via journal: Veterinary Medicine and Science
Veterinary Medicine International
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2010 to present
Veterinary Pathology
- Free access: HighWire Press 1964 to 12 months ago
Veterinary Practice News
- Free access (selected articles): VPN
Veterinary Research
- Free access: PubMed Central 2009 to 12 months ago
Veterinary Research Forum (VRF) (Urmia University, International Journal of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine)
- Free access: Directory of Open Access Journals 2010 to present