Health Studies: Articles

Core Health Sciences Databases

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Publicly accessible, but some full text is UW restricted. Search for medicine, health, and nursing article citations. The National Library of Medicine's search service to over 37 million citations in Medline and related databases. (UW Health Sciences Library How-to Guide.) (PubMed Tutorials and Quick Tours.) (Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice: Training Course.) (UW HSL PubMed Free Account Guide: MyNCBI.)
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The best nursing article citation database. From EbscoHost, unlimited users. Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, indexing over 5,000 journals. (How-to Guide.) (CINAHL Tutorials.) (UW Health Sciences Library Guide.) See the Choose Databases feature tutorial to simultaneously search in multiple databases.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
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Consists of Cochrane database of systematic reviews (CDSR); Database of abstracts of reviews of effectiveness (DARE); Cochrane controlled trials register (CCTR); and Cochrane review methodology database (CRMD).
PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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Covers academic, research, and practice literature in psychology and related disciplines; 1872 to the present. See the Choose Databases feature tutorial to simultaneously search in multiple databases.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly articles and general interest sources in all fields.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Citation index for the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

Public Health Sources: Databases, Journals, and News

Bibliomap
EPPI-Centre database of health promotion research.
Database of promoting health effectiveness reviews (DoPHER)
Coverage of systematic and non-systematic reviews of effectiveness in health promotion and public health worldwide.

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Biomedical and pharmaceutical journals and conference proceedings

U.S. & Global E-Newspapers (some are [UW restricted], and some are publically available)
Either search for a name of a newspaper on this page, or scroll down the page to see Washington, U.S., and Global online newspaper sources.

Global Health (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Global public health research and practice, including abstracts of journals, reports, books and conferences.
Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Articles on social work, community development, and related topics.
JSTOR Sustainability This link opens in a new window
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Journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of sustainability.

American Public Health Association (APHA)
News, & issue briefs.
EpiMonitor
Epidemiology news & professional education resources for epidemiologists.

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Policy Studies Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly and general interest sources in all fields. See the Choose Databases feature tutorial to simultaneously search in multiple databases.

AGRICOLA
Covers materials encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including forestry, fisheries, farming, and earth and environmental sciences. Includes literature on food and nutrition. Good source for government policy regarding these issues.

AnthropologyPlus This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly articles & other sources in the fields of anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore and more.
AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journal articles published by the American Anthropological Association.
Bloomsbury Food Library This link opens in a new window
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Collection of reference works & ebooks on food studies.
EconLit This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly articles, books, dissertations, working papers and book reviews on economics. 1886-present.
ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Education-related literature, from pre-K through adult education. See the Choose Databases feature tutorial to simultaneously search in multiple databases.

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
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Indexes journal articles, books, and selected government documents in the areas of public affairs, policy, and politics. The most popular database in Policy Studies.

Social Work Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Journal articles in social work and social welfare. See the Choose Databases feature tutorial to simultaneously search in multiple databases.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Journal articles in the field of sociology, including international literature and other related disciplines.

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How to Find the Article

If the fulltext of the article is not available directly in a database such as Academic Search Complete, then click on the purple Check for Full Text - W button to find out if the UW has an electronic or print copy of the journal article you need. If there is no button, then search the UW Libraries Search discovery system for the title of the journal to determine if the UW owns a copy. For more information see the Locating Full Text page.

E-Journals

Browse e-journals by Health and Biological Sciences subject headings.

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