Public Health & Research Services Librarian
Library Resources Overview
Health Sciences Library - hsl.uw.edu
Gain access to recommended databases, electronic journals & books, and help guides. Follow UW purple icons to full text articles, from PubMed and other databases. Important: Link to PubMed from the HSL website to see UW article icons.
Order pdfs of articles that UW doesn't own, through the UW Libraries article scan service.
- Connect to library resources from off-campusLog in with your NetID to the off-campus proxy service
Journal Article Databases
Biomedical sciences and public health
Multidisciplinary databases
- 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.
Subject Speciality Databases
Some of these contain non-journal literature as well as journal articles.
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Magazines, newspapers and journals in all business disciplines. - 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). - 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. - PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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Academic, research, and practice literature in psychology and related disciplines, 1872 to present.
To discover additional databases by subject area, see HSL Toolkits on the HSL website including:
- Public Health
- Health Services
- Environmental & Occupational Health
- Global Health
- Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
- Social Work
- Care Provider
and visit the UW Libraries Research Guides for key resources in Business, Environment, Public Policy, Engineering, and other areas.
Systematic Searching
- Guide to Systematic ReviewsIncludes tools and advice for conducting systematic literature reviews, including formulating effective search strategies and managing search results
- PubMed at the UWGuide to effective PubMed searching
- Database Searching ResourcesAdditional help searching specific databases, and guides to special topics such as Finding Qualitative Research Articles
Finding Full Text Articles
Short video showing how to access full text journal articles.
