Useful Websites

Healthy People 2030
Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.

American Public Health Association
The APHA's mission is to improve the health of the public and achieve equity in health status. Publications include:
American Journal of Public Health
APHA's peer reviewed journal for public health workers and academics
The Nation's Health
APHA's award-winning newspaper

Dissertations

Dissertation Abstracts Online
This database contains citations and abstracts for over 2 million dissertations.
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In most cases, you can read the first 25 pages of a dissertation. The "Order a Copy" option does not link to the PSU Interlibrary Loan System. To request a full dissertation go to the Interlibrary Loan Page and fill out a request form.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations
Search theses and dissertations that are freely available online from over 800 colleges and universities.
OpenDOAR
This portal lets you search the contents of digital repositories including dissertations and theses.
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These repositories may include many types of documents. To limit your search, try including the phrase "thesis or dissertation" in the search box.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
Full text collection of over 800,000 dissertations from many disciplines.

Librarian

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Useful Publications

The Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
ISBN: 9780028666716
Publication Date: 2020
Available online
American health: Demographics and spending of health care consumers
Call Number: REF RA445 .A447
Also available online
Healthy people 2010 by National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
Available online!

Find Journal Articles

In one of these library databases

Sage Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Hundreds of journals spanning many disciplines, including nursing and health sciences, social sciences & humanities. Available to alumni.
Browse Sage Journals by subject

Sage user guide
CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Full text for more than 280 journals in nursing and allied health. Indexing for nearly 3,700 journals (3,100+ peer-reviewed).
SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Full text access to 440 journals covering sports medicine, kinesiology, sport administration, coaching and related topics. Also contains conference papers, dissertations, and related.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic This link opens in a new window
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.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
The library's primary scholarly database. Contains over 18,400 journals, over 16,300 of which are peer-reviewed, and over 8,900 are full text.
MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, the health care system, and more. Searches abstracts from over 4,800 current biomedical journals
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Includes 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.
Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
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.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google's academic search engine that connects you to our library subscriptions.
Setup Scholar for off-campus

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

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: REF BF76.7 .P83 2020
Publication Date: 2019
Authoritative 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.

APA Example paper - student paper
Student paper in APA 7th ed format (PDF)
APA Example Paper - professional paper
Example 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

AMA Style - Purdue OWL
How to cite sources using American Medical Association (AMA) Style, 10th Ed.
AMA Quick Tips - UofWA Health Sci Library
Quick tips on formatting reference lists and in-text citations
Quick Guide to AMA Style - St Catherine Univ
For citing common information sources.

Citation Managers

NoodleTools This link opens in a new window
For full-featured citation management, we subscribe to NoodleTools.

NoodleTools app for iOS, Android. NoodleTools help

ZoteroBib
Simple, no-frills citation website.
Zotero (full)
More advanced citation tool preferred by many grad students. (Tutorial)

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Web-based plus downloadable app/extension. Free but offers paid upgrades.

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.