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Library Resources for HEA 308

Find Background Info

• Which are behavioral risk factors?
• Which are environmental risk factors?
• Remember to avoid medical risk factors!

As with any website, verify that the source and the content is reliable.

• Who runs the site? What are the qualifications of the author?
• What is the purpose of the site?
• How current is the information?
• Are sources for the information clearly listed?
• Other concerns listed on the MedLinePlus Guide to Healthy Surfing

Databases: identify articles

Boolean searching using the connectors AND, OR, NOT

CINAHL Guide to journals published in public health, nursing and nutrition journals from 1937-present.

Search

1. Type a search: diabetes AND risk factors
2. Under Refine Search, check the Peer Reviewed limit
3. Hit the Search button
4. Too many results that have nothing to do with public health? Return to Refine Search and set Journal Subset to Public Health

See an article that looks interesting? Click the article title hyperlink for more information

• clearly labelled citation
• hyperlinked subject headings-click one to find other articles on the same topic
• abstract - paragraph describing what the article is about

Under each citation (description of an article)

• PDF full text opens the whole article
• Check for full text... opens a new window
  • There Journal Finder will tell you if we have a subscription to the journal online or in print (sitting in the library)

Journal Finder-find out if we have a certain article

Journal Finder Guide to Jackson Library subscriptions to journals, magazines, newspapers, and other periodicals. Use Journal Finder by opening it from the library home page and typing a journal name OR by following a Check for full text link from within a database.

Search by JOURNAL TITLE (American Journal of Public Health). Do NOT search by:

• Topic (diabetes AND risk factors)
• Article title (How education, income, and occupation contribute to risk...)

Citation Guide

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed., 2001.

• Common examples of APA references
• The entire APA manual is kept at the Jackson Library Reference Desk

If you are unsure of how often you should include citations or how to correctly paraphrase someone else's ideas without plagiarizing, review Chapter Seven of Jackson Library's Research Tutorial.

If you have specific questions about how to paraphrase correctly, improve your grammar, etc, arrange a consultation with someone from The Writing Center.

Lea Leininger
Public Health Librarian