SPH Global Health: Research Guide

A guide to support the research information needs for Department of Global Health studies and programs

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Top 3 Recommended for Biomedical Sciences and Public Health

PubMed
Major index to articles covering all aspects of medicine.
EMBASE
Biomedical and pharmaceutical journals and conference proceedings
Global Health (EBSCO)
Global public health research and practice, including abstracts of journals, reports, books and conferences.

Multidisciplinary

Web of Science
Citation index for the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

In addition to the databases recommended above, some of these contain non-journal literature as well as journal articles.

Global Index Medicus Guide
Access and search Global Index Medicus, containing journals from biomedical and public health literature produced by & within low- and middle- income countries

To discover additional recommended health sciences databases by subject area, see HSL Toolkits on the HSL website including:

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