There are different types of databases, but the type most commonly used in healthcare is the oltp online transaction processing database. International index to african health literature, produced by the world health. Database from the american psychological association covering the academic research and practice literature in psychology and related disciplines medicine, education, social work, etc. Google scholar search diverse sources for scholarly literature books. Some of your projects may not fall neatly into traditional health sciences categories. It was developed in conjunction with publishers of biomedical literature as a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full. The use of electronic health records to support population. Access to public health literature including correspondence, government documents, books, pamphlets, ephemera, maps, and more allow indepth examination of issues pertinent to both historical understanding and contemporary debate. The cdc public health genomics and precision health knowledge base phgkb is an online, continuously updated, searchable database of published scientific literature, cdc resources, and other materials that address the translation of genomics and precision health discoveries into improved health care and disease prevention. The main databases for a pu blic health student to use are. Public health literature tennessee public health association. We can put the information about online public health and epidemiological databases in the syllabus which can definitely prove as strong asset for the public health education.
Cdc community health improvement navigator database of interventions. Department of health and human services hhs, the public health service phs, or the centers for disease control and prevention cdc, nor does it. The software can be found in the specialized software lab, located on the plaza level of the whsc library. Public health grey literature database ontario public health libraries association. The climate change and human health literature portal is a knowledge management tool for locating the most relevant scientific literature on the health implications of climate change. This page contains a representative list of notable databases and search engines useful in an academic setting for finding and accessing articles in academic journals, institutional repositories, archives, or other collections of scientific and other articles. Which software you preferred for analysis of health sciences research data lets see. The database includes brief descriptions of research resources and links to pubmed. See our list of recommended databases and gray literature sources on this page. University library public health literature databases. Cinahl cumulative index to nursing and allied health literature is the key electronic index for nursing and allied health professionals journals.
Many of these references link to abstracts and in some cases, the full text of articles. Thacker cdc library is systematically searching the literature and compiling a downloadable database of research articles and grey literature on covid19 for researchers. Global health is the only specialized bibliographic, abstracting and indexing database dedicated to public health, completing the picture of international medical and health research by capturing key literature that is not covered by other databases, providing users with a truly global perspective. The public health librarys public health subject guides web guide consists of web pages by topic. Mainaboutphgkb public health genomics knowledge base. International coverage of communicable diseases including hivaids, tropical and parasitic diseases, human nutrition, community and public health, and medicinal and poisonous plants. Databases for literature searching this list provides links to the main medical and health databases. There are plenty more electronic resources check here. A case study at school of public health, university of ghana. Research articles downloadable database the stephen b. A materials inclusion does not necessarily represent the views of the u.
Its truefinding grey literature and searching it systematically is challenging. An online searchable collection of over 3300 books, reports, databases, and other scholarly literature in biology, medicine, and the life sciences. Comprehensive public health database with unique journal coverage not found in pubmed, medline, or embase. Adolec, literature on adolescence health aegis aids education global information system african index medicus agricola alcohol and alcohol problems science database etoh alcohol studies database. Journal databases and books public health library guide. Databases covering areas such as sociology, urban studies. A database is any collection of data organized for storage, accessibility, and retrieval. Defining grey literature public health libguides at. Core tools public health libguides at university of. Each page consists of annotated lists of organizations, agencies, databases. Each page consists of annotated lists of organizations, agencies, databases, and publications. Presidents council on fitness, sports, and nutrition research and reports.
Below are selected databases and journals to help researchers find scholarly articles about covid19 2019 novel coronavirus. Resource guide for disaster medicine and public health. The first list contains the most commonly used by health professionals in england, and the second list contains details of other relevant databases. Population health is the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within a group. Ariv, alcoholrelated injury and violence literature database bibliographic references to journal articles, books, chapters, dissertations, conference papers and proceedings, reports, and studies from lay and scholarly literature addressing the problem of alcoholrelated injury and violence from a public health perspective. Ebsco health is a leading provider of clinical decision support solutions, healthcare business intelligence, medical journals. But there are a few approaches that you can take to add some structure to your search of this type of information. Archives of the history of public health enable scholars to go beyond standard clinical studies while conducting public health research. This guide lists resources for various fields within public health. Behavioral risk factor surveillance system brfss the nations premier system of healthrelated telephone surveys that collect state data about u.
List of academic databases and search engines wikipedia. Medline is the key indexing service for the journal literature of medicine. Scientific literature on twitter as a subject research. It provides access to a database of studies from around the world, published between 2007 and 2018. The woodruff health sciences center library leases a number of software analysis tools that are essential to public health research. It delivers core public health literature from thousands of publications, much of it in full text. The database platform is keyword searchable and serves as an archive for the cataloged reports. Databases public health research guides at belmont university. Article databases databases in public health library. What are the best databases for a public health student to. To access full text from the atkins librarys journal collections in addition to fulltext content from pubmed central and open access publications, use the links including this one provided on atkins library websites. A guide to information resources relevant to public health research.
Data, tools and statistics national institutes of health. National academies press nap, agency for healthcare research and quality ahrq, canadian agency for drugs and technologies in health cadth, and world. Public health library guide journal databases and books journal databases and books. A collection of six databases that contain different types of highquality, evidencebased information to inform healthcare decision making. Cdc social vulnerability index svi updated on february 14, 2020. In our discussion, a healthcare database serves to replace the paper documents, file folders, and filing cabinets of old. Psycinfo citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, and technical reports from professional and academic literature in psychology. Public health database is the ideal starting point for public health information for students, teachers, researchers, and professionals, delivering core public health literature with centralized access to high quality fulltext publications, including ext.
The public health database is the ideal starting point for public health information for students, teachers, researchers, and professionals. Software for public health woodruff health sciences library. Ebsco health provides evidencebased information, nursing skills, allied health resources, healthcare business intelligence, research tools and more. Free databases public health guides at medical university of. An interdisciplinary database covering the literature in engineering, technology, and computing. American journal of software engineering and applications.
Citations for biomedical literature from medline, life science journals, and online. With journals, dissertations, videos, news, trade publications, reports, and more. The second section describes some techniques for undertaking a comprehensive search. Pubmed pubmed comprises more than 29 million citations for biomedical and health literature. Databases and search engines differ substantially in terms of coverage and retrieval qualities. This report is a bimonthly publication of the new york academy of medicine nyam alerting readers to new grey literature publications in health services research and selected public health topics. It delivers core public health literature with centralized access to over 900 publications with over 700 high quality fulltext publications, including over 500 scholarly journals.
You may have seen or used pubmed public medline which is exactly the same database. Global health a specialist database dedicated to public health research and practice. Grey literature report in public health description of this database. Since public health is an interdisciplinary field touching on a wide range of subject areas, you wont always search the same database to find scholarly literature. How do i search the grey literature if its unpublished and not in the scholarly databases. With journals, dissertations, videos, news, trade publications, reports.
Global health provides information on international health, biomedical life sciences, noncommunicable diseases, public health nutrition, food safety and hygiene, and more. Hsrr is a searchable database of information about research datasets, instrumentsindices and software employed in health services research, the behavioral and social sciences and public health. Public health is concerned with the maintenance and improvement of the health of a population as a whole. Provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream. In covidence, you can import citations, screen titles and abstracts, upload references, screen full text, create forms for.
Free public health databases health services and promotion. All the informatics resources have huge utilization at the academic level as well as research level. Public health database is the ideal starting point for public health information for students, teachers, researchers, and professionals. Health policy database public health policy research. Databases and software tools for analyzing data from molecular sequences to. Access to these computers is limited to individuals with an emory netid and password. Nlm products and services national institutes of health. Databases for literature searching medical library.