LibGuides: * Public Health: Find

Articles

Articles & Books searches much of the library's content in a single search. It's a great place to start!

Search settings can be changed on the results page.
To limit to just scholarly articles, select Scholarly & Peer-Review in the upper left of search results.
Articles & Books Search Tips will help to get you started.

If the library doesn't have an article you want, request it via Interlibrary Loan. We'll get it for you, often in just a day or two. (Learn more about UR Interlibrary Loan in this YouTube video.)

Databases

The following databases focus on specific subjects of interest for Public Health. Some may use specialized terminology or offer advanced features not available in more comprehensive search tools, but they will identify only a subset of content that is available.

PubMed
Identifies articles in medicine, biomedicine, neuroscience, psychology and public health, many linked to full text. If you haven't used PubMed before or are having problems, PubMed Quick Tours (1 to 3 minutes) may help. Please contact me if you still have questions or would like a personal or group introduction to PubMed.

Includes recent published articles, and articles from selectively indexed journals that do not appear in Medline. Includes access to molecular and bioinformatic databases from the NCBI system (previous Entrez). Automatically expands (explodes) subject headings. Truncation turns off this automatic expansion of the hierarchical subject headings.
Web of Science
Identifies journal articles and cited references to research publications from all disciplines, some with links to full text.

Comprised of three databases that can be searched separately or in combination: Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-current), Science Citation Index Expanded (1973-current), Social Sciences Citation Index (1973-current).
ScienceDirect
Journals from Elsevier Science. Browse or search tables of contents, abstracts and full text of articles in all disciplines.

Includes the sciences, engineering, humanities, social sciences, and clinical medicine. Full text from 1995 on, except as indicated.
PsycINFO via ProQuest
Identifies articles, books and dissertations in psychology and related subjects, many with links to full text, 1806 to current.

Zika Research Database
From the Pan American Health and World Health Organizations, identifies published primary research studies and protocols on the Zika Virus.

OECD iLibrary
Offers access to the full range of OECD statistical publications; coverage is global. Formerly known as SourceOECD.
PolicyFile
Research publications from U.S. and international think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers

Includes demographic, business and census data with abstracts and updated weekly. Profile provides users with web links to contributing organization's home page, email address, scholar biographies and full text.
RAND
Reports, journals and books on national security, business, education, health, law and science from the nonprofit RAND Corp.

RAND publications can also be found in Voyager Catalog and PolicyFile. Rand Corporate provides PDF links when free ebooks are available. No special software is required to download ebooks.
Statistical DataSets
Graphical, interactive access to hundreds of datasets covering the social sciences, healthcare, and more. US, some international. Also known as Data Planet Statistical DataSets.
Sage Research Methods
Covers a wide variety of research methods and tools across the social sciences to help you design research projects.

See Databases for a complete list of library databases. The Browse by Subject section includes recommendations for other disciplines.

Journals

All journals are listed in the UR Catalog. Search by journal title or subject. Some subjects include public health periodicals, enviromental health periodicals, epidemiology periodicals, social medicine periodicals and world health periodicals.

From the eJournals page, search/browse by title the subset of journals available online.

If you are looking for specific articles, use the Articles & Books search.

Books

Search Articles & Books or the UR Catalog to find books in the University of Rochester Libraries and online.

Articles & Books searches much of the library's content in a single search.
- Search settings can be changed on the results page.
- To limit to just books, select Book/eBook on the left of search results.
- To further limit to just ebooks, also select Full Text Online.
UR Catalog identifies a variety of library materials, including books, but it does not find articles.

If the library doesn't have a book you want, request it via Interlibrary Loan. We'll get it for you, often in less than a week. (Learn more about UR Interlibrary Loan in this YouTube video.)

Ebooks Help Guide

If you are having problems using any ebook from the library, feel free to

contact me
check the River Campus Libraries' Ebooks Help Guide
ask for help from any Q&i Desk

Reference Works

Encyclopedia of Global Health (2008) online in Sage Reference
Encyclopedia of Health & Aging (2007) online in Sage Reference
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology (2004) online in Credo. Also online from Springer.
Encyclopedia of Obesity (2008) online in Sage Reference
International Encyclopedia of Public Health (2008) in ScienceDirect
Black's Medical Dictionary, 42nd ed. (2010) online in Credo
Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery (2009) online in Sage Reference
Health Care Policy & Politics, A to Z (2009) online in ebrary

Literature Reviews

Literatures reviews provide an overview to an area of research, identify who is working in that area, and cite relevant published work.

PubMed (online 1950-current) includes review articles. Select "Review" on the left of search results to display only review articles.
Annual Review of Public Health (online 1980-current). Use the search box in the upper right to find articles on topics of interest. Consider also the Annual Review of Medicine and the Annual Review of Psychology.

Statistics

Social Explorer
Provides interactive tools to create maps, presentations, and analysis of U.S. and international data, including census, health, crime, religion, and business.
Statista
A data aggregation platform with statistics, facts, and market data in a wide range of topic areas.

Downloadable in JPG, XLS, and PPTP.
Statistical DataSets
Graphical, interactive access to hundreds of datasets covering the social sciences, healthcare, and more. US, some international. Also known as Data Planet Statistical DataSets.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
Comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

CDC Wonder

National Center for Health Statistics

Global Health Observatory (GHO)