Public Health
Databases & Journals | Catalogs | eBooks | Websites | Writing the Paper
Databases & Journals
Databases listed below will help you locate journal articles on your topic.
How to Find a Specific Journal Article
Is It a Scholarly Journal or Isn't It?
Full Text Journals
ILLiad: Interlibrary Loan
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| Academic Search Complete Provides full text for nearly 7,100 scholarly publications of which 6,000 are peer reviewed. Covers the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, more, 1990 on. Funding provided by Maine State Library and University of Maine System. |
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| AccessMedicine A collection of medical references including Harrison's Online, Hurst's the Heart, Goodman & Gilman's Pharmacology and the Lange Educational Library. |
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| CINAHL Plus with Full Text The definitive database for nursing and allied health (occupational and physical therapy, nurse anesthesia, physician assistants, sports medicine) covering 1,200 leading journals and providing full text for more than 750 journals indexed in CINAHL. CINAHL Searching Tips. |
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| Medline - EBSCO MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database that covers biomedical literature, allied health, and biological and physical sciences. More than 16 million records from 5,200+ journals are indexed; abstracts are included for about 79% of the records. Funding for EBSCO Medline provided by Maine State Library and University of Maine System. |
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| Medline - PubMed MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database that covers biomedical literature, allied health, and biological and physical sciences. More than 18 million records from 5,400+ journals are indexed; English abstracts are included for about 82% of the records. PubMed "Quick Tours" Tutorials. |
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| ProQuest Central ProQuest Central is a multidisciplinary database with over 11,000 titles, with over 8,000 titles in full-text. It serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets. Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively in this product including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences and more. ProQuest Central Searching Tips. |
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| ProQuest Health & Medical Complete Search over 400 titles, with nearly 350 in full text. Over 200 key MEDLINE titles cover all medical specialties, while many additional titles provide information for the nonspecialist. |
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| ProQuest Public Health Search the core literature in the field of public health, including biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, behavioral sciences, international public health, and more. |
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| Scopus Scopus is a multidisciplinary navigational tool that contains records going back to the mid 1960s, offering newly-linked citations across the widest body of scientific abstracts available in one place. |
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Mobile Website
MSL & UMS Funded
Catalogs
The following is a listing of selected subject headings relating to Public Health. Each is a live link directly into the UNE Libraries catalog.
Behavioral Medicine
Biometry
Environmental Health
Epidemiology
Health Care Costs
Public Health Administration
Public Health Ethics
Public Health
Social Medicine
If you need a book that is not available through the UNE Libraries catalog, you can request it through MaineCat or ILLiad: Interlibrary Loan.
Reference Sources
Subject specific dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks are a good place to begin your research. They are written by scholars in the field and usually provide definitions, background information, and bibliographies on your topic/s. The following is a general list.
International Encyclopedia of Public Health
Websites
Web Site Evaluation criteria.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Info for Health Professionals
American Public Health Association
Arctic Health
Association of Schools of Public Health
Clinical Trials
Environmental Health and Toxicology National Library of Medicine TOXNET
GeneTests
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Office of Minority Health
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
US Department of Health & Human Services
World Health Organization
Writing the Paper
Writing the Paper & Style Manuals
For assistance with Public Health research, please contact Barbara Swartzlander at the Biddeford Campus library, bswartzlander@une.edu, 207-602-2315 or Ask a Librarian.