Resources to assist students in the SC 3300 - Special Topics in Sociology: Introduction to Public Health course, and others who are interested in exploring public health topics.
Begin your search with this database! Contains more than 8,500 full text periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals. Includes multiple languages. Journals offered cover all areas of study.
Active full-text, non-open access journals: 3,201
Active full-text, peer-reviewed, non-open access journals: 2,758
Active full-text, peer-reviewed, non-open access journals with no embargo: 1,008
Created by the United States National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE is an authoritative bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts for biomedical and health journals used by healthcare professionals, nurses, clinicians, and researchers. MEDLINE contains journal citations and abstracts for biomedical literature from around the world.
Provides authoritative medical information via abstracts and indexing for over 3,800 current biomedical journals published in the U.S. and internationally. Some full text is available.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition is a trusted full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law, and more.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides researchers, allied health professionals, nurses, and medical educators with access to full-text scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines. It provides indexing, abstracts, and full-text for hundreds of nursing and allied health journals, many of which are peer-reviewed.
Content Includes:
137 active full-text non-open access journals
118 peer-reviewed, active full-text non-open access journals
938 indexed and abstracted journals
Comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites.
Note: only abstracts and open-access articles are available through this resource.
Includes full-text journals, and some open-access items, focusing mainly on the physical, life sciences, and social sciences. This subscription also includes titles to support counseling and psychology.
Provides full text titles in the natural sciences, science, and technology. Coverage of scholarly journals, trade and industry publications, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, etc.
Database Search Tips
Consider what type of information you need and where you might find it.
Break your topic into key concepts and identify terms for each concept. Start with fewer words. Less yields more.
Don't be too narrow in your search, especially initially.
While it is possible to find sources on international or local topics, the strength of many of our academic databases is coverage of US national topics.
Use Boolean connectors like AND, OR, and NOT to connect keywords. Many databases search the words as a phrase otherwise.
In general, avoid using prepositions like "in," "of," and "on."
Truncation characters such as an * (asterisk) can expand your search by retrieving various forms of a word, e.g., comput* retrieves computer, computers, computing, computation, etc.
Look at the subject terms or descriptors that are used for articles that appear relevant. Try other searches using those terms.
In the sciences and social sciences, when starting a journal article search on a topic, consider adding systematic review or meta-analysis, or literature review in your search.
Consult a librarian or your faculty member for additional related terms.
Think about which individuals or groups of people or organizations are associated with your topic. These might be additional terms to search.
Evaluate Article Relevance & Quality
Look at subject terms applied to relevant articles. Did you find additional articles by searching these subject headings?
Which terms or search strategies yielded the best results?
Look at the abstract. Are there additional keyword terms you might search?
How long is the article?
In which journal or periodical was this article published? What is the journal's or magazine's reputation? How do you know?
When was the article published? What time period does the research or article cover?
Who is the author of the article? What are the author's credentials? What qualifies the author as an expert?
What sources are cited in this article?
How will this source advance the research project?
Looking for a specific journal, magazine, or newspaper?
Use Journals List to search for the title of a journal, magazines, or newspaper and determine if the library offers online access or print access to that publication.