Peer+Reviewed+Abstract

As a portion of the research process, you need to use an abstract from a peer reviewed journal about your disease.

Criteria

 * Must come from a peer reviewed journal (not a magazine or other source)
 * Must be an article within the past 5 years
 * You should be able to read and understand the main points from the abstract
 * The abstract must be approved by your instructor

Process

 * 1) Use the [|Marvel Database] Health Source: Nursing & Academic and Health Source: Consumer Edition
 * 2) [[image:Picture_8.png width="579" height="341" link="http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/topic.asp?topic=Health"]]
 * 3) Make sure to select Peer Reviewed and Full Text to limit your search.
 * 4) [[image:Picture_9.png width="481" height="138"]]
 * 5) Choose an appropriate abstract from the full text.
 * 6) Save the file to your computer.
 * 7) You can open it in Adobe Acrobat Professional and highlight and make notes, or print to do that.