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A guide prepared for Global Health majors connecting them to helpful resources including Preus' collections and research databases for related topics.

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[The Science of Disease and Medicine] Resources:

This area focuses on biology courses, including topics such as genetics, microbiology, nutrition, and physiology. Courses will cover topics that are more closely related to the human body and study mental health, environmental health, and the study of disease and injury.

Browse through:
- databases,
- scholarly journals,
- and search books for 'The Science of Disease and Medicine'-related scholarly content

Scholarly Research Databases

Biological Abstracts (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Indexes scholarly journal articles in biology and all other life sciences.
CINAHL - Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Indexes the professional literature of nursing and allied health disciplines. Some full text access. Also includes abstracts for relevant materials from allied health disciplines, including health sciences librarianship, education, and consumer health. Provides references to books, book chapters, pamphlets, audiovisuals, dissertations, educational software, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, nurse practice acts, critical paths, and research instruments. Access limited 4 simultaneous users.
Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
This database is a rich collection of consumer health information, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Full text for some articles.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A full-text collection of over 3,400 major scholarly journals and over 100,000 scholarly monographs. The digitized archive includes the first issue published for each journal (some are from 1665 to the present); but excludes the most recent 2 to 5 years for most journals.
MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts for journal articles published 1965 – present. National Library of Medicine database. Full text for some articles.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Full text access is available to over 380 journals and over 13,000 scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences. Managed by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Coverage from 1993 - present.
PsycINFO & PsycARTICLES (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Search journal articles, books, and dissertations in psychology and related fields. Full text and indexed records. Published by the American Psychological Association. 1806-present.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Indexes scholarly articles in biomedicine, health, dentistry, nursing, and other life sciences. Includes MEDLINE plus additional citations, some full-text. Coverage: 1966 – present.

PubMed Central - NCBI
PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). Hosted by National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

The Science of Disease and Medicine [Journals]

The Science of Disease and Medicine [Online Resources]

"Biopsychosocial medicine research trends: connecting clinical medicine, psychology, and public health"
"Focusing on global health and medicine"
Cochrane Library
A collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.
Global Health Database Guide
Global Health & Medicine
Medicine for Global Health

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