SPH ENV H 583 : Thesis Research Proposal Preparation
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Books
Many health sciences books are available online at hsl.uw.edu as scholarly literature resources for your research.
Health Sciences Books - search by title, category, or browse an A-Z listing
Some select categories
- KnovelEngineering and science reference handbooks, databases, conference proceedings and data.
Data & Grey Literature Sources
Data Guides
The guides below provide links and recommendations for finding data and statistics ranging from local health jurisdictions to federal, national and international. There are also additional links to recommended data sources in the Toolkits.
- Data Resources in the Health SciencesAn introduction to the world of data in the health sciences field.
- Statistics Sources: Health SciencesSources for statistics and data in the health sciences field.
Grey Literature Sources
Grey literature includes technical or research reports, conference papers, some official publications, doctoral dissertations, and other types of non-journal article and textbooks literature.
In addition to searching grey literature collections, visit websites of organizations & associations working in your area of interest to find conference proceedings, reports, issue briefs, white papers, and other resources that are likely considered grey literature.
- Policy Commons: North American City Reports This link opens in a new windowOver five million pages of in-depth surveys, reports, and research from more than six hundred North American cities and urban agencies.
- Policy Commons: Global Think Tanks This link opens in a new windowResearch from the worlds leading policy experts, think tanks, IGOs and NGOs.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
- UW Libraries SearchArticles, books and more. Use filters to limit to books and other non-article formats.
- News: E-NewspapersThis guide recommends resources for finding information in the news - past and present.
IGO/NGO Search Engines
Use the search engines below to search keywords across many IGO (inter-governmental organization) or NGO (non-governmental organization) websites. For example, a single search for "microfinance" using the Union of International Associations IGO search will find reports and research on this topic from USAID, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and many more.
- Union of International Associations IGO SearchThis service allows you to search the websites of all intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), comprising over 3000 bodies including the United Nations, the European Commission, the World Bank, etc.
- Intergovernmental Organization search engineCustom Google search engine that searches across hundreds of IGO websites.
- NGO search engineCustom Google search engine designed to search across hundreds of NGO websites.
Theses at UW and beyond
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowIndex to doctoral dissertations and selected masters theses from 1861 to the present; includes 2 million+ full text dissertations published since 1997.
- ResearchWorks at the UWBrowse collections of UW communities including Dissertations and Theses, Faculty Researcher Data and Papers, Student Research Papers.