SPH Global Health: Research Guide
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Books
Many health sciences books are available online at hsl.uw.edu. If you know a book title or ISBN, enter it here in UW Libraries Search.
Health Sciences Books - highly recommended one-click access books. Search by title, category, or browse an A-Z listing.
Some select categories
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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.
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Data Resources in the Health SciencesAn introduction to the world of data in the health sciences field.
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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.
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Policy Commons: North American City Reports This link opens in a new window
Over five million pages of in-depth surveys, reports, and research from more than six hundred North American cities and urban agencies.
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Policy Commons: Global Think Tanks This link opens in a new window
Research from the worlds leading policy experts, think tanks, IGOs and NGOs.
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Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
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UW Libraries SearchArticles, books and more. Use filters to limit to books and other non-article formats.
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News: E-NewspapersThis guide recommends resources for finding information in the news - past and present.
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
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Guide to researching Social Determinants of HealthSocial determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.
Theses at UW and beyond
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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.
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ResearchWorks at the UWBrowse collections of UW communities including Dissertations and Theses, Faculty Researcher Data and Papers, Student Research Papers.