Websites:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
World Health Organization – Data and Statistics http://www.who.int/research/en/
U.S. National Library of Medicine http://collections.nlm.nih.gov/ – historical resources
Medical Heritage Library http://archive.org/details/medicalheritagelibrary – historical resources
Hints for searching specific sites with Google: (see Google Search Tips for more)
- site:cdc.gov ~statistics “food safety”
- related:cdc.gov
Also check out:
H 199 Global Health – resources for statistics and data about global health issues
BA 347 International Business (Health) – online map tools
General Search:
- beware of things that are only book reviews
- use the limiting filters from the left sidebar (ie. the magic More…)
- when requesting books from Valley, choose COCC/Cascades as your pick-up location
- “Cited by …” can be helpful for finding similar sources
- Try looking for the article title in 1Search to get the full text
- If we don’t have it, click “Request” and we’ll get it for you. Don’t buy online!
Journals:
Searching OSU Libraries e-journals – http://mw8xt6bj7r.search.serialssolutions.com/
- try selecting “Title Contains” from the drop-down
- remember to look at date ranges
American Society for Microbiology
Databases:
Food Science and Technology Abstracts — for searching food-related or food production issues
AGRICOLA — for searching agricultural based or plant born diseases
PubMed Central – searching health, treatment, medical aspects
… change Display Settings to “abstract” to see links to full text articles
ScienceDirect – search life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences journals and e-books
10-minute overview with tips for using the ScienceDirect interface:
Web of Science – searching science & social science studies, experiments, research
Roughly 10-minute video with detailed help for using Web of Science:
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