Research Guides: HPER 400: Current Issues in Community Health: Library Resources

Library Resources

Library Specific Databases

Alt HealthWatch This link opens in a new window
Provides access to diverse perspectives on complementary and holistic health care. Offers full-text articles from over 180 peer-reviewed journals, along with pamphlets, research studies, special reports and book excerpts.
Subjects include: AcupunctureAromatherapyBody workChildbirthChinese medicineChiropracticCreative therapiesCross-cultural therapiesEnergy medicineHerbalismHomeopathyMind-body medicineNaturopathyNutritionOsteopathy
Consumer Health Complete This link opens in a new window
Leading resource for consumer-focused health information, designed to help users understand important topics across the health and wellness spectrum. This includes mainstream medicine, complementary therapies, holistic approaches, and integrated medicine. Features:Nearly 500 medical images and diagramsMore than 240 animations with audio narration and transcriptsConsumer health pamphlets and leaflets from the CDC, FDA, NIH and othersDrug information in English and SpanishMerriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary.
Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window
Provides access to nearly 80 full-text, consumer health magazines, with information on many health topics including the medical science, food science and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
Health Source: Nursing Edition This link opens in a new window
Provides researchers, allied health professionals, nurses and medical educators with access to full-text scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines. It provides indexing, abstracts and full-text for hundreds of nursing and allied health journals, many of which are peer-reviewed.
Science Reference Source This link opens in a new window
Provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

Advanced Searching

The library website and many databases have a function called advanced search that allows users to narrow down their search results before even running the search. The library website's advanced search function has multiple search bars as well as several dropdown menus to allow filtering by language, information type, and publication date. To use advanced search on the library website, follow these steps:

On the library home page, click on the link below the main search bar that says "advanced search"
Write in your first keyword or phrase. Phrases, search terms with more than one word, should have quotation marks around them, for example "search term"
If you have more than one search term, put each one in a separate search bar.
Use the dropdown menus on the right of the search bars to filter your results.
Click search