Resource Guide for Public Health

Multidisciplinary database covering social sciences, humanities, education, physical and life sciences, and ethnic studies.

Need something special? This link takes you to a complete list of databases available through the Schusterman Library and Bird Health Sciences Library.

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Wide variety of public health reports and topics.

DynaMed Plus is an evidence-based clinical reference tool. Content is written by a world-class team of physicians and researchers who synthesize the evidence and provide objective analysis. DynaMed Plus topics are always based on clinical evidence and the content is updated multiple times each day to ensure physicians have the information they need to make decisions at the point of care. It includes robust features like overviews and recommendations, graphics and images, precise search results every time, expert reviewers, specialty content and mobile access.

Citations and information about measurement tools (questionnaires, rating scales, checklists). No links to full text.

Nature Masterclass provides training in scientific writing and publishing. The training is delivered by Nature Research journal editors and aims to help institutions support their researchers with writing research papers.

Suite of primarily medical databases including Evidence-based Medicine resources, Ovid Medline, Embase, and alternative and complementary medicine. Links to full-text journals and e-books.

PubMed comprises more than 29 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.

Scopus widely covers the fields of basic science, mathematics, engineering, technology, health and medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. It includes global and interdisciplinary scientific information. Content on Scopus comes from over 5,000 publishers and must be reviewed and selected by an independent Content Selection and Advisory Board (CSAB) to be, and continue to be, indexed on Scopus.

Access the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Also examine proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions. No full text, but comprehensive coverage.

Collects scientific and clinically useful elements of the practice of disaster medicine into a single volume. As disasters are continually changing, so do the challenges associated with mitigation of the human impact of those disasters.

Short essays and definitions in 23 disciplines dealing with prevention and health promotion.

Considers performance measures in ten areas: chronic diseases, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis, mental health, immunizations, substance abuse, sexual assault, disabilities, and emergency services.

Full-text medical and drug reference books for healthcare professionals.

The American Journal of Preventive Medicine is the official journal of the American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. It publishes articles in the areas of prevention research, teaching, practice and policy.

The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) is dedicated to the publication of original work in research, research methods, and program evaluation in the field of public health.

Family & Community Health provides practical information that addresses the common goals of health care practitioners, regardless of area of practice, in teaching the essentials of self-care, family and community health care, and health promotion and maintenance.

Health Affairs is the leading journal of health policy thought and research. The peer-reviewed journal was founded in 1981 under the aegis of Project HOPE, a nonprofit international health education organization. Health Affairs explores health policy issues of current concern in domestic and international spheres. Its mission is to serve as a high-level, nonpartisan forum to promote analysis and discussion on improving health and health care, and to address such issues as cost, quality, and access.

The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is an indispensable guide to good health in the workplace for physicians, nurses, and researchers alike. In-depth, clinically oriented research articles and technical reports keep occupational and environmental medicine specialists up-to-date on new medical developments in the prevention, diagnosis, and rehabilitation of environmentally induced conditions and work-related injuries and illnesses

Learn how to search for systematic reviews in Ovid's Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Learn the basics of searching PubMed. To learn about more advanced features of PubMed, check out PubMed's tutorials.

Follow this self-paced tutorial to learn about resources and services at Schusterman Library.

Learn how to search for clinical practice guidelines.

Learn how to search Ovid Medline fro studies of prognosis, including cohort studies, case-control studies, and case reports.

Learn how to search Ovid Medline for qualitative studies.

Learn how to search Ovid Medline for randomized controlled trials.

Learn how to search for systematic reviews and meta-analyses through Ovid Medline.

Learn how to use the library's catalog to search for physical and electronic materials.

Learn how to search the Trip Database.

In this tutorial you will learn about Medical Subject Headings, or MeSH, which is a controlled vocabulary used to search databases in the health sciences. You will also learn why using MeSH can provide you with better search results.