Useful Websites
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Healthy People 2030Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.
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American Public Health AssociationThe APHA's mission is to improve the health of the public and achieve equity in health status. Publications include:
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American Journal of Public HealthAPHA's peer reviewed journal for public health workers and academics
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The Nation's HealthAPHA's award-winning newspaper
Dissertations
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Dissertation Abstracts OnlineThis database contains citations and abstracts for over 2 million dissertations.
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Open Access Theses and DissertationsSearch theses and dissertations that are freely available online from over 800 colleges and universities.
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Networked Digital Library of Theses and DissertationsFull text collection of over 800,000 dissertations from many disciplines.
Librarian
Find Journal Articles
In one of these library databases
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Sage Journals Online
Hundreds of journals spanning many disciplines, including nursing and health sciences, social sciences & humanities. Available to alumni. -
CINAHL with Full Text
Full text for more than 600 journals in nursing and allied health. Indexing for nearly 3,100 journals. -
SPORTDiscus with Full Text
Full text access to 440 journals covering sports medicine, kinesiology, sport administration, coaching and related topics. Also contains conference papers, dissertations, and related.
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic
This database provides indexing and abstracting for articles from over 800 journals. Articles focus on many medical disciplines and coverage of nursing and allied health is very strong.
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Academic Search Premier
The library's primary scholarly database. Contains over 17,900 journals, over 15,900 of which are peer-reviewed. Over 8,900 journals are full text.
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MEDLINE
Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, the health care system, and more. Searches abstracts from over 4,800 current biomedical journals
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PubMedIncludes abstracts and indexes for 14 million articles from 4,800 journals in medicine, biomedicine, and related fields. Full text of articles can be requested via Interlibrary Loan.
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Directory of Open Access Journals
Search from over 9,900 journals meeting DOAJ scholarly criteria, totaling over 1.5 million articles. 'Open Access' means freely available to libraries and researchers.
Useful Publications
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American health: Demographics and spending of health care consumersCall Number: REF RA445 .A447Also available online!
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Healthy people 2010 byAvailable online!
Browse the Shelves
Most books will be in parts of the RA's and RC's but Ask a Librarian if you need assistance.
Public health, Hygiene, Preventive medicine
RA421 - RA790.95
Personal health and hygiene
RA773 - RA788
Eating Disorders
RC512 - RC552
Create a My EBSCOHost Account
Using a MyEBSCOhost Account
You have your own account to save (and find again!) those terrific articles you found. You can also save search terms, or create an alert for new articles available with your search terms.
To access your account:
- Access an EBSCO database, like Academic Search Premier.
- Click the Sign In link in the horizontal green menu along the top of your screen.
- A yellow MY will appear on the EBSCOhost logo when you are logged in.
- To access previously saved articles, click the Folder link in the horizontal green menu.
APA Citation Style
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by Call Number: REF BF76.7 .P83 2020Publication Date: 2019Authoritative manual of APA citations, formatting, and publication. Lamson has 3 print copies located on the lower level, at the reference desk, and in the reference collection.
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APA Example paper - student paperStudent paper in APA 7th ed format (PDF)
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APA Example Paper - professional paperExample APA paper for professional submission to journal (PDF)
AMA Citation Style
AMA
AMA (American Medical Association) style is used for medicine or health publications, such as athletic training. Ask your professor if it is appropriate for your research.
Quick Guides and Examples
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AMA Style - Purdue OWLHow to cite sources using American Medical Association (AMA) Style, 10th Ed.
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AMA Quick Tips - UofWA Health Sci LibraryQuick tips on formatting reference lists and in-text citations
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Quick Guide to AMA Style - St Catherine UnivFor citing common information sources.
Citation Managers
Interlibrary Loan
Is the book or article not at PSU? Don't pay for a copy! Place a request through Interlibrary Loan, a free service for students, faculty, and staff.
- Go to the Interlibrary Loan Page.
- Look the blue Create Request button. Click the button for the material type you want, then fill out the request form.
- Articles are delivered to your email in PDF format, usually in 2-5 business days.
- Books are delivered to Lamson and can be picked up at the information desk in 1-2 weeks.
