Research Help: PHS 4050 Public Health Strategies : Searching for Information Sources

FalconSearch

Use FalconSearch on the library's homepage to find articles, books, ebooks, and additional materials all at once. FalconSearch is an excellent starting place when you aren't sure which database to choose.

Recommended Health Focused Research Databases

Health And Wellness (Gale)
A great resource to begin your research into health issues, this database provides access to full-text medical journals, magazines, newspapers, reference works and multimedia tools to provide medical information. Now includes Alternative Health.
PubMedCentral
The National Library of Medicine's digital archive of life sciences journal literature.
MEDLINE
Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more.
CINAHL Ultimate
CINAHL Ultimate is the new definitive resource for nursing and allied health research, providing full text for more of the most used journals in the CINAHL index than any other database. It covers more than 50 nursing specialties and includes quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, CEU modules and research instruments.
SPORTDiscus With Full Text
Comprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals. Also useful for Physical Education. (Note: 4 simultaneous users)
Cochrane Collection Plus
Collection of health care data for providers, patients and those responsible for researching, teaching, funding and administrating in medical professions.
ProQuest Consumer Health
The Consumer Health Database offers international coverage dating back to 1988 of an enormous range of public health subjects, including pandemics, disaster preparedness, and obesity. Particularly of interest to public library users, the public health topics covered in the collection range from sports injuries to women’s health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry. Provided by over 190 publishers, over 350 full-text magazines, newspapers, scholarly journals, and trade publications and over 300 health video clips from INTELECOM are included in the collection. Key titles include American Family Physician, Psychiatric Times, Psychology Today, Family Relations, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Men’s Health, Women’s Health Weekly, and Pediatrics for Parents.
Google Scholar
A search engine for scholarly literature. Searches across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. For info on how to use Google Scholar to find articles available at Fitchburg State see https://fitchburgstate.libguides.com/c.php?g=556392&p=3825507
PsycARTICLES (APA: American Psychological Association)
Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.
PsycINFO (APA: American Psychological Association)
Citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s.

Fitchburg/Regional Health Statistics

Health Literacy Toolshed
Site that contains health literacy measurement tools
Community Health Assessment of North Central Massachusetts (May 2015)
Provides an updated review of health status, issues, and related factors that have an impact on residents living in a very diverse area of the State.
Community Health Assessment of the Montachusett Public Health Network (2014)
provide information and analysis relative to
health status, issues, concerns, and assets of the communities that form the Montachusett Public Health Network (MPHN)
Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH)
Under Bureaus and Programs, several health categories are listed. Each category contains reports and statistics. Many of the reports contain data at the city level.
County Health Rankings
Provides health profiles for each county in the United States. Profiles describe the population health status of a county and factors that have the potential to influence health outcomes.
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
Provides a snapshot of how health is influenced by where we live. Data can be found at the state and county level.
Additional Massachusetts Data Sources
Provides links to additional Massachusetts resources for public health. Links include the Health & Risk Behaviors of Massachusetts Youth, Population Health Statistics, Massachusetts Cancer Registry and more. Most data is at the state level but some sites provide data at county or city level.