Disease-Specific Resources
About this Guide
This guide is designed to help students in Sargent's HS 450 get started with their research.You will find journal databases, NCS Statistics, and Information on various non-communicable diseases..
I am glad to help you with your research over e-mail, phone, or in-person. Please use my contact information on the right so that we can set up a time to talk. I look forward to working with you!
Databases
- PubMed This link opens in a new window Comprehensive coverage of abstracts to the biomedical literature. Includes medicine, the allied health disciplines, and biomedical literature. Date Coverage: 1809 (selectively) - present.
- CINAHL: Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature This link opens in a new window Covers journal publications from the nursing and allied health professions. While it primarily covers journal citations, it also includes book chapter abstracts, dissertations, and conference abstracts. Date coverage: 1981 - present.
- APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new window PsycInfo provides access to journal articles, books and book chapters, and dissertations that cover the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. It includes material of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work. Date coverage: 1894-
- Global Index Medicus Compliments PubMed by indexing literature about health in developing nations
- institutional Repository of Information Resource Sharing (IRIS) Online access to WHO publications.
