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2019 Recommended Public Health Databases

Academic Search Complete
Health promotion, GLBT, Latin American, Middle East, South Asian and Women's studies
AGRICOLA
(AGRICultural OnLine Access) Agriculture, animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences.
Biological Abstracts
Biomedicine, genetics, pharmacology
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
AIDS & HIV, chronic disease, dietetics, environmental health, GLBT studies, health policy, health promotion, maternal and child health, medicinal plants, minority health, nutrition, rural health

Cochrane Public Health

EMBASE
Alternative & complimentary medicine, environmental health, genetics, health policy, health services, infectious disease, occupational health, pharmacology, pollution, immunology, toxicology
Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection
Environmental biotechnology and engineering, industrial hygiene, pollution, toxicology, U.S. environmental impact statements, waste management
Global Health
Health and Safety Science Abstracts
Emergency management, environmental health, epidemiology, injury, natural disasters, occupational health, pesticides, toxicology, trauma
HealthStar
Citations to the published literature on health services, technology, administration, and research (the clinical and non-clinical aspects of health care delivery). 1966- present
PolicyMap
A data and mapping tool that enables government, commercial, non-profit and academic institutions to access data about communities and markets across the US.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Demography, ethnic and racial studies, gender studies, marriage and family, substance abuse, and violence
ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection
PubMed
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Millions of citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and eBooks. Click on TU LINK within a record to explore full text options.
Risk Abstracts
Biological, environmental, industrial, and labor risks. Also, ecological, environmental, industrial, and occupational safety.
Tropical Diseases Bulletin
Infectious diseases, nutrition, parasitology, medical zoology/entomology, reproductive health, traditional medicine, travel medicine

Finding Answers Intervention Research (FAIR) Database
Advancing Health Equity

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Public Health Classics

Delta Omega classics
Important texts, which have been deemed public health classics by the national council. Delta Omega (honorary society for graduate studies in public health). The society was founded in 1924 at Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health.

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Delta Omega classics, included in the archives, are important texts, which have been deemed public health classics by the national council. They are generally out of print, or not widely available in libraries. Delta Omega has sponsored the reprinting of many of these classics on a limited basis.
These documents can be retrieved off this website and viewed through Acrobat Reader

Public Health Guides by Topic 2019

AIDS and HIV: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 10, 2019 123 views this year
Bioethics Information: A Guide
by Mary Holt Last Updated Aug 22, 2019 115 views this year
Center for Applied Environmental Public Health (CAEPH) Research Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 11, 2019 180 views this year
Competency-based information literacy instruction in public health education: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Oct 10, 2018 111 views this year
Consumer Health: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 13, 2019 332 views this year
Data and Statistical Portal: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 12, 2019 1173 views this year
Dietetic Internship: Course Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 11, 2019 219 views this year
Disasters and Public Health: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 11, 2019 475 views this year
Emerging Scholars Instructional Website: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Jan 15, 2019 156 views this year
Epidemiology Research Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 12, 2019 332 views this year
GCHB 7130: Research Methods in Social and Behavioral Sciences: Course Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 11, 2019 72 views this year
GIS for Public Health: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 14, 2019 129 views this year
Global Biostatistics and Data Science Research Guide
by Mary Holt Last Updated Sep 12, 2019 93 views this year
Global Community Health and Behavioral Science Research Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 13, 2019 765 views this year
Global Environmental Health Sciences: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 11, 2019 108 views this year
Gun Violence Prevention Resources: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 11, 2019 506 views this year
Health Care Reform and Health Policy: A Guide
by Mary Holt Last Updated Sep 11, 2019 57 views this year
Health Literacy: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 13, 2019 189 views this year
Health Management and Policy Research Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 11, 2019 170 views this year
History of Medicine and Public Health: A Guide
by Mary Holt Last Updated Aug 22, 2019 381 views this year
Information Resources for working in the Bwindi Community Hospital: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Aug 22, 2019 63 views this year
Minority Health, Diversity and Health Disparities: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Aug 22, 2019 30 views this year
Mobile apps for the Health Sciences: A Guide
by Mary Holt Last Updated Sep 11, 2019 1111 views this year
Nutrition Resources: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Aug 16, 2019 226 views this year
Occupational Health Research Guide
by Mary Holt Last Updated Sep 11, 2019 301 views this year
Open Access to Journal Literature: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 12, 2019 386 views this year
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement: A Guide
by Mary Holt Last Updated Sep 11, 2019 129 views this year
Point of Care and Clinical Research Databases: A Guide
by Mary Holt Last Updated Sep 11, 2019 133 views this year
Population Studies: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 9, 2019 247 views this year
Public Health Films: A Guide
by Lisa Hooper Last Updated Jul 22, 2016 32 views this year
Public Health Portal Research Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 12, 2019 1997 views this year
Research4Life: A Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 10, 2019 142 views this year
Sexual Violence Prevention Resources: A Guide
by Raquel Horlick Last Updated Oct 15, 2018 459 views this year
Statistics & Data for the Social Sciences: A Guide
by Eric Wedig Last Updated Jul 31, 2019 1370 views this year
Survey Instruments and Methodology: A Guide
by Mary Holt Last Updated Aug 9, 2019 425 views this year
Tropical Medicine Research Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Aug 22, 2019 315 views this year
Tulane University's Contributions to Health Sciences research and education: A Guide
by Mary Holt Last Updated Aug 13, 2019 2486 views this year
Undergraduate Public Health Studies Research Guide
by Elaine Hicks Last Updated Sep 11, 2019 475 views this year

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