Research Guides: Masters of Public Health: Public Health

Articles/Databases

Public Health (ProQuest)

Sage Journals This link opens in a new window
CONTENT: Browse journal titles from A-Z, by discipline or conduct a topic search in the fields of: Health Sciences, Life and Biomedical Sciences, Materials Science and Engineering, and Social Science and Humanities.

RESOURCE TYPES: Scholarly journal articles.

COVERAGE: Provides full-text access to 389 journals; updated monthly.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
CONTENT: Free database from the National Library of Medicine containing biomedical literature in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, on the health care system, and preclinical sciences. Searches include the resources from PreMedline and Medline.

RESOURCE TYPES: Journals, online books, additional relevant web sites, and links to the other NCBI molecular biology resources.

COVERAGE: Database of more than 21 million citations covering biomedical literature. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites and includes MedLine content. Developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Global Health This link opens in a new window
CONTENT: Includes international health, biomedical life sciences, non-communicable diseases, public health nutrition, food safety and hygiene, occupational health, toxicology, health services, and maternal/child health.

RESOURCE TYPES: Articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, patents, theses, and electronic only publications.

COVERAGE: Contains information from over 3,500 from more than 150 countries.
CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new window
CONTENT: Nursing, allied health disciplines, cardiopulmonary technology, emergency services, health education, med/lab technology, medical assistance, medical records, occupational therapy, physical therapy, radiologic technology, respiratory therapy, surgical technology, and physician's assistant.

RESOURCE TYPES: Journal articles, medical text books, nursing dissertations, educational software, legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, audiovisuals and book chapters.

COVERAGE: Indexes more than 3,000 journals in the field of nursing and allied health, dating back to 1981.
Proquest This link opens in a new window
CONTENT: Citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from thousands of news magazines, professional journals, leading newspapers, and popular publications. Subject specific database portions include: business, education, humanities, interdisciplinary, medical, news, psychology, biology, science, social science, and technology and more.

RESOURCE TYPES: Scholarly and popular articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals. Books are full-text in the fields of health and business.

COVERAGE: Covers over 13,000 periodicals/publications, divided by subject areas/databases to allow focus of searching. Dates differ for every periodical, most cover the current three years.

Policy & Public Affairs

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
CONTENT: Browse by journal title or discipline including: anthropology, art, art history, architecture, economics, ecology, film studies, folklore, history, mathematics, music, performing arts, philosophy, political science, religion, sociology, statistics, and many more.

RESOURCE TYPES: Scholarly journals and monographs.

COVERAGE: Over 1,000 scholarly journals and other scholarly content, from the earliest issues (many in the late 1800s) to within 3-5 years of current publication. Collections: Arts & Sciences I Collection, Arts & Sciences II Collection, Arts & Sciences III Collection, Arts & Sciences VII Collection, Nineteenth-Century Literature and The William and Mary Quarterly.

OVID Journals
NBER Working Papers Series
National Bureau of Economic Research

Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary

Sociology Collection This link opens in a new window
CONTENT: It provides information on the topics of culture and social structure, family and marriage, organizational sociology, history and theory of sociology, political sociology, poverty and homelessness, race and ethnicity, social change and economic development, social control, sociology of health and medicine, and the sociology of education, and more.

RESOURCE TYPES: Abstracts of journal articles, citations to book reviews, abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers and working papers.

COVERAGE: 1952 to the present, citations and abstracts from over 1,800 periodicals.

Google Scholar

Medicine & Sciences

LILACS
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Comprehensive index of scientific & medical literature from Latin America and the Caribbean. Over 800 journals indexed, with nearly 300,000 articles freely available on the web. Search in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Trip Database
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Trip is a tool for you to find and use high-quality clinical research evidence.

Community Preventive Services

Community as partner by Anderson. E. T., & McFarlane, J. Prepare for professional nursing practice in the community with Community as Partner, 7e. Packed with real life examples and the latest information in the field, this award-winning book helps you develop the knowledge and skills you need to develop true partnerships with communities. User-friendly, well written, and clearly organized, this practical book focuses on the nursing process, community assessment, and the development of effective community health programs. In addition: Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter focus your attention on important chapter content. Take Note B oxes highlight key concepts as you go through the steps of the nursing process for a community. Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each chapter enable you to review and apply chapter content. Further Readings provide opportunities for further exploration of topics of interest. Coverage of global health in Chapter 1 explores the multifaceted, global nature of community and public health nursing. A strong chapter on rural health helps you understand the unique considerations required for community nursing in a rural environment. Online interactive case studies develop your critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills through case studies accompanied by pertinent questions and links to additional websites.
Call Number: GENERAL [Lower Level] 610.7343 A5464 2015
ISBN: 9781451190939
Publication Date: 2015

The Community Guide The Guide to Community Preventive Services from the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF), at USA.gov.
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A collection of evidence-based findings to help you select interventions to improve health and prevent disease in your state, community, community organization, business, healthcare organization, or school. Community Guide reviews are designed to answer three questions: What has worked for others and how well? What might this intervention approach cost, and what am I likely to achieve through my investment? What are the evidence gaps?

Read the file linked below to prepare to use The Community Guide.

How to Use the Guide to Community Preventive Services

Key Journals in PH

American Journal of Public Health
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1912 - Present
American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health
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The Lancet Global Health

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Identify Peer-Reviewed Journals

Ulrich's - Global Serials Directory This link opens in a new window
Is a database that lists all periodical publications and identifies whether or not that periodical practices the process of review. Simply look up the journal name of your article.
CONTENT: Provides the ISSN, publisher, language, subject, abstracting & indexing coverage, full-text database coverage, tables of contents, and reviews written by librarians for all periodicals. Useful in the identification of subject area publication requirements, follow the company URL to seek out manuscript submission procedures.

RESOURCE TYPES: Periodical types include: academic and scholarly journals, e-journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.

COVERAGE: Covers over 300,000 periodicals, in 900 different subject areas.

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