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Public
Health
Prepared
by Tina Neville
June
2003
Databases
& Indexes
The
Cumu lative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
indexes articles from more than 1600 nursing and allied
health journals. Full-text is included for articles
in 56 journals.
Provides
citations and abstracts to literature relating to occupational
health and safety. Includes indexing to journal articles,
government reports, conference proceedings, and books.
| Medline
|
FirstSearch version:1965-to
date |
Produced
by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, this database
is considered the primary index to medical literature. The
Cambridge Scientific version of Medline has the added advantage
of links to many full-text electronic journal articles.
This
database is the main index to international literature related
to psychology. Produced by the American Psychological
Association, the database provides citations and abstracts
to journal articles, as well as dissertations, reports,
books, and book chapters. The Cambridge Scientific
version of PsycINFO has the added advantage of links to
many full-text electronic journal articles and includes
links to cited references.
Provides
selective or comprehensive coverage for articles in more
than 750 journals. Updated quarterly, this database
includes articles relating to natural hazards as well as
biological, technological, and environmental risks.
Provides
selective or comprehensive coverage for articles in more
than 1600 journals. This database indexes articles
relating to risk assessment, occupational hazards, and disaster
preparedness.
Selected
Periodicals
Additional
journals may be available either in print or online.
Use the Libraries of the USF System Online Catalog to locate specific holdings.
Use the e-journal
locator to determine if the title you need is available
in pdf format or if selected articles from a journal may be
included within a particular database. Additional titles may
be available through interlibrary loan.
| Journal Title |
Online Access |
| Addiction |
1995-to
date |
| AIDS Education and Prevention |
2001-to
date |
| Alcohol and Alcoholism |
1999-to
date |
| American Journal of Epidemiology
|
2001-to
date |
| American Journal of Public Health
|
1995-to
date |
| Annals of Occupational Hygiene |
1995-2001 |
| Applied Occupational and Environmental
Hygiene |
1999-to
date |
| Bulletin of Environmental Contamination
and Toxicology |
1996-to
date |
| Community Mental Health Journal |
2000-to
date |
| Epidemiology and Infection |
1997-to
date |
| European Journal of Epidemiology
|
1997-to
date |
| European Journal of Public Health
|
2000-to
date |
| Health Policy and Planning |
1997-to
date |
| Health and Social Care in the Community
|
1998-to
date |
| Infection |
1999-to
date |
| International Journal for Quality
in Health Care |
1999-to
date |
| International Journal of Epidemiology
|
1999-to
date |
| Journal of Community Health |
1998-to
date |
| Journal of Public Health Medicine
|
1999-to
date |
| Journal of Urban Health |
2001-to
date |
| Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report:
MMWR |
1982-to
date |
| Public Health and the Environment
(Formerly: Hazardous Substances and Public Health) |
1995-to
date |
| Public Health Nursing |
1999-to
date |
| Public Health Reports |
1999-to
date |
| Sociology of Health and Illness |
1998-to
date |
Finding
Books
Books
covering public health are located in the RA call number area
on the third floor of the library. Additional materials
on more specific topics are available in more defined call
number sections, such as environmental health (RA565-RA600)
or epidemiology (RA648.5-RA653.5). Consult The Libraries of the USF System Online Catalog or the Library of Congress Subject
Headings books for additional suggestions.
Selected
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
| Dictionary of Public
Health Promotion and Education |
REF RA440.5.M634
1996 |
Brief
definitions of terminology relevant to the field of public
health. Many entries also contain examples of how
the terms are used in a public health context. Appendices
provide a listing of health and professional organizations
as well as a lengthy bibliography.
| Encyclopaedia of
Occupational Health and Safety |
REF RC963.A3 E53
1998 |
Published
by the International Labour Office and written by an international
group of experts, this scholarly work is in its fourth edition.
Organized by broad topic rather than alphabetically,
the encyclopedia articles discuss a wide variety of topics
relating to occupational hazards and disease as well as
the legal, social, and ethical policies relating to these
issues. Tables, charts and extensive bibliographies
help to further define the topic.
| Encyclopedia of
Public Health |
REF RA423 .E53
2002 |
This
four-volume encyclopedia includes moderate to lengthy articles
written by authorities in the field of public health.
Volume four includes the text of many important public health
documents as well as an annotated bibliography of classic
public health works.
| Health Care Terms
|
REF RA423.S55 1996
|
This
slightly dated dictionary contains brief definitions of
words relevant to health care and health care reform.
A particularly useful feature is the definitions of many
health-related acronyms. An appendix includes a timeline
of health care in the United States.
Additional
Reference Materials
Listed
below are some recent reference resources that may be of interest.
Many additional materials may be located in the reference
stacks in the call number areas listed at the beginning of
this bibliography.
This
database provides background information on a wide variety
of health topics. Full-text access to a medical dictionary,
a medical encyclopedia, a directory of health organizations,
and a drug and herb finder is included. The resource
also provides full-text articles from many health related
journals.
| Health in the Americas
|
REF RA407.5.A44
H43 2002 |
Published
by the Pan American Health Organization, this resource provides
an analysis of the health situation and trends in each of
47 American countries during the years 1997 to 2000.
An in-depth, cross-regional analysis is also included.
| Portrait of Health
in the United States |
RA410.53.P67 2001
|
Extensive
collection of statistics on health care and disease prevalence
in the United States . Coverage includes physical
health, workplace health and mental health. The final
chapter provides a list of resources that may be accessed
for additional health statistics.
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