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Public Health

This guide provides essential resources for public health and community health research.

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Listed below are options available for you to contact a reference librarian and ask for help with your research.

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OER

Click the links below for Open Educational Resources (OER) on Community Health.

Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Need to select a research topic or find background information?  

The Reference Collection includes a variety of different sources, such as: subject-focused encyclopedias, handbooks, almanacs, maps/atlases, statistical compendiums, dictionaries, and more. Look here to find introductory articles on subject-related topics. The broad perspective offered by such articles often proves helpful for narrowing research topics before pursuing more in-depth information. 

This guide provides some recommendations for encyclopedias and other reference resources that might provide helpful information relating to your topic.

Recommended Community Health Reference Books

Black's Medical Dictionary

Electronic Resource

Clinical Research Methodology and Evidence-Based Medicine: The Basics

Reference Collection (Second Floor)

Dictionary of Epidemiology

Electronic Resource

Dictionary of Public Health

Electronic Resource

Encyclopedia of Elder Care

Electronic Resource

Evidence-Based Practice Manual

Reference Collection (Second Floor)

Databases for Evidence-Based Health Care and Systematic Reviews

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Country Information Databases

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Statistics & Data Databases

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Reference Databases

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Recommended Multimedia Databases

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Recommended Tests and Measures Databases

The following databases provide information that will help you identify psychological tests and measuring instruments.

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