Tip Sheets

How to access health journals and news services

Thanks to AHCJ member Maia Szalavitz for compiling this guide on how to get access to a number of publications that health journalists will find useful. If you know of changes or additions that we should make to this page, please send them to web@healthjournalism.org.

AHCJ member benefits

Your AHCJ membership entitles you to free access to a number of journals and databases, including:

  • UpToDate.com is an online, searchable clinical textbook with articles written by more than 4,400 expert clinicians that summarize available evidence and are regularly updated to incorporate new findings or recommendations. Normally, subscriptions run up to $495 a year. Read more about UpToDate.
  • The Cochrane Library, a clinical research database (a $235 value!). Read more about what the Cochrane Library offers.
  • Annual Reviews, which publishes reviews in 40 disciplines within the biomedical, physical and social sciences. This would cost thousands of dollars if you signed up on your own. Read more about what Annual Reviews offers.
  • Health Affairs, the respected health policy journal (a $125 value!). Read more about what Health Affairs offers.
  • American Journal of Public Health, dedicated to original work in research, research methods, and program evaluation in the field of public health. (a $200 value!). Read more about what the American Journal of Public Health offers.
  • Journal of the American Medical Association and its nine specialty journals. Read more about what JAMA/Archives offers.

To sign up for access to those publications and databases, please read the information and fill out the form on this page.

EurekAlert! and Science magazine

Includes access to:

Links for access:

Contact info:

  • Phone: 202-326-6716
    Fax: 202-898-0391
    E-mail: webmaster@eurekalert.org
  • Patrick McGinness, EurekAlert! Director; 202-326-6433
  • Jennifer Santisi, Senior Communications Officer; 202-326-6213

Nature

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Listed Under Nature Academic Journals:

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New England Journal of Medicine

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Journal of Neuroscience

 To get access:

  • Initial Access
  • Full-text Access: Full-text article links for current issue are sent with electronic tables of contents. All archived articles are free after six months. Email customer support for all other content.

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Wiley Journals

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To get access:

  • Initial Access: healthnews@wiley.com
  • Full-text access: Individual journal login access codes for full text archives are available to journalists. Once these are received:
    • Login to Wiley Online Library with your email and password. If you have not yet registered, register at http://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/user-registration
    • Once you have logged in, go to the “trial access” page within your profile. Enter your trial access code in the dialog box and click “submit code.”  

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Science Direct (Elsevier)

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American Psychological Association Journals

How to get access:

  • Initial Access: Michael Shulman; mshulman@apa.org | Lisa Bowen; lbowen@apa.org | 202-200-8207
  • Full-text Access:  Seemingly not available; e-mail for specific articles.

Contact info:

  • American Psychological Association Journals Department; 800-374-2721; journals@apa.org

Association for Psychological Science Journals

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