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Radiation Therapy Resources


CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
Provides subject and author searching; tracking of references cited in journal articles.
Citation alert feature sends e-mail notices of future citations to a specific article. Supports access to electronic journals. Indexes Radiation Therapist. [CINAHL Tutorial]

Evidence Based Medicine Reviews
Includes the ACP Journal Club, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Clinical Trials, the Database of Systematic Review, and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness. Full text.

Google Scholar
A subset of Google web search limited to scholarly literature. Click on "Find it with Olinks" to link to full text articles available via the OSU Libraries. Note: Google Scholar does not provide a comprehensive search of the literature but is an excellent supplement.

Health Source Nursing/Academic
Indexes the full text of nearly 600 journals in the nursing and allied health literature.

PUBMED (Medline)
Premier index to biomedical literature. Supports access to electronic journals, e-mail alerts and downloading to reference management software. Indexes the core journals in radiation oncology, except Radiation Therapist (see CINAHL above). [PubMed Tutorial]

List of all OSU medical and health-related databases


  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Medical Dosimetry
  • Radiation Therapist (not available at OSU)
  • Radiotherapy & Oncology
  • Radiologic Technology
  • Seminars in Radiation Oncology


  • Cancer Medicine, 6th ed. - Donald W. Kufe et al. (2003)
  • Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 20th ed. (2005)

    More full text books with chapters or discussion of radiation therapy are available at NetLibrary, MDConsult and PubMed?s Bookshelf.


  • Brain Tumor Society Patient Resources
  • Radiation Therapy (MedlinePlus)
  • Radiation Therapy Principles (American Cancer Society)
  • RTAnswers


  • American Society for Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology (ASTRO)
  • American Registry of Radiologic Technolgists
  • American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
  • European Society for Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology (ESTRO)
  • Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)
  • Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board
  • RTstudents.com

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