HEA 201
Find background information
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Online collection of encyclopedias
MedLinePlus: Free online consumer health portal (National Library of Medicine).
If you like to browse the Internet before looking for peer reviewed sources on your topic, remember to read Internet sources with a critical eye:
Look for scholarly journal articles
Academic Search Premier - Guide to journal articles in health, sciences, social sciences, humanities, 1980 - present.
- Type your topic: changing eating behaviors
- “Refine Search” to get fewer results: Scholarly (peer reviewed) journals
- Hit Search button
Each
citation (list of publication details) begins with a hyperlink. Hit it to see:
- Abstract (paragraph describing the article) – read to determine if this is a research article
- Subject links – lead to other articles on this topic
To look for the full text of the article:
- Back out to list of results, look under each citation
- PDF full text = the whole article
- Check for full text = will tell you if the library subscribes to the journal
CINAHL
- Guide to articles published in nursing and public health journals, 1937-present. Much of the content concerns heath care but the search limits are great for public health, including:
- Peer reviewed
- Research article
PubMed - Leading guide to medical, biomedical, and public health journal articles published early 1950s - present. Made freely available by the National Library of Medicine.
- Type topic: stress management AND college students
- Limits tab: English
- Hit Go
Results look like this:
Author, I. Author, I. Author, I.
Abbreviated J Title. Year; Vol (Issue): pp – pp
- Hit linked author name for abstract and other info about the article
- To choose citations: place check mark, Send to Clipboard
- Hit Clipboard tab to see your choices
To look for the text of the article:
- Open Journals Database (sidebar of PubMed)
- Search the abbreviated journal title from your citation
- When you’ve found the full journal title, highlight and copy it
- Paste the full journal title into Journal Finder (library home page)
Lea Leininger
Public Health Librarian
