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Library Research tips for Health Science 535
Professor: Gretta Madjzoob
Librarian: Marcia Henry You can email me at mhenry@csun.edu, or call me at 818.677.3012.
The URL for this library session is http://library.csun.edu/mhenry/tipshs535.html
Library Catalog --
consider subject headings such as Health Attitudes, or ethnology or transcultural , also subheadings such as cross cultural, cultural -some possible helpful current books are:
- Spector, R. E. (2004). Cultural diversity in health & illness. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall. Reserve Room Floor 4 East RA418.5 T73 S64 2004
Databases
- PubMed
- includes Medline and is freely available on the Internet but prefer to use link from Oviatt Library's web pages. In addition to indexing over 5000 medical journals, there are links into freely available Consumer Health (MedlinePlus) resources, several genetic, chemical, full text jurnal and full text book resources. Be sure to use CSUN's link to PubMed which is http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?otool=cacsunlib This URL offers you the Find text icon 
- PubMed indexes age groups so you can focus your research, e.g.
A person 13 to 18 years of ageAdolescent
- PubMed indexes age groups so you can focus your research, e.g.
- Health Reference Center (Gale) --Indexes over 900 health and allied health journals with full text articles in 686 journals, 1980- also indexes newspapers, books, multimedia so can be a very good resources for finding information on particular places. This database provides help with Citing APA -look for Citation tools in the full record.
- EbscoHost databases - including CINAHLPlus(Nursing)
- CINAHLPlus with Full Text (Nursing and Allied Health Literature) -- Indexes nursing literature with some fulltext from 1937- present . Also offers cited references searching , the CINAHL subject headings,
Health Statistics
Los Angeles Area
- San Fernando Valley Statistics and Facts
- Los Angeles Department of Health Services
- Leading Causes of Death and premature death Mortality in Los Angeles County 2005 http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/dca/data/LA%20County%20Mortality%20Report%202005.pdf
- Los Angeles County zip code databook.
- Healthy City a very large online source of community resource information
and demographic,economic, and health data for LA County. Its URL is http://www.healthycity.org/
California
- The Health of California's Adults, Adolescents and Children: Findings from CHIS 2005 and 2003 by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
- California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Looks also for itsCalifornia Health Care Atlas
United States
- Health Statistics on MedlinePlus
- State Health Facts offers health status indicators and much more. This site is done by Henry Kaiser Foundation
18111 Nordhoff St. Northridge CA 91330 (818) 677-2285 |
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