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Health Communication
AubieCat -- Library Catalog
- Keyword Searches:
- Health
Communication (as a phrase).
(health? OR medic?) AND communicat? (Keyword anywhere) - Subject Searches:
- Medicine
in Communication
Communication in Nursing
Indexes and Databases
- CommAbstracts
- Part of Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (http://www.cios.org/) CommAbstracts gives access to primary scholary literature of the communication field. Searching "Health Communication" brings up over 2000 citations.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete
- This database not only replaces NCA's CommSearch and Penn State's Media Articles Index but expands coverage to include indexing and abstracting of over 300 journals along with fulltext for nearly 200 journals, some beginning as early as 1915. The indexing includes selected volumes of Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography and Greenwood Press' Historical Guides to the World's Periodicals and Newspapers.
- Communication Abstracts, (2nd floor Index Shelves; P 87. C58)
- Available through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts from 1977, it is international in scope including books, major periodical articles and reports.
- Index to Journals in Communication Studies Through 1995, (Ref PN 4071 .M3)
- Cumulative index of fifteen core journals in speech and communication studies published every five years.
- ERIC
- Comprehensive in its indexing of communication and speech journals going back to 1966. ERIC provides most documents from 1996 forward for download in PDF format.
- PsycArticles
- The APA Full-Text Article Database contains the full text of articles from APA journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals, most from 1988 to the present.
- PsychiatryOnline
- PsychiatryOnline Provides online access to the main publications of the American Psychiatric Press including the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR.) and The American Journal of Psychiatry. In addition to various psychiatric references, including books, journals, and self-assessment tools this database provides online versions of the following journals: The American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP), Psychiatric Services, Academic Psychiatry, The Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, and Psychosomatics.
- PsycInfo
- Covers over 1300 journals in the following subjects: sociology, linguistics, education, medicine, law, physiology, business, psychiatry, and anthropology, and represents those relevant to psychology.
- Social Sciences Full Text
- Indexes, abstracts and full-text from periodicals covering areas that include addiction studies, anthropology, criminology, economics, family studies, gerontology, minority studies, policy sciences, political science, psychology, social work, and urban studies.
- Sociological Abstracts
- A primary resource for research sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations.
Communication
- Encyclopedia of Associations
- This is part of Thomson/Gale's Business & Company Research Center; it is also available in print under the call number: Ref AS 22 .E5.
- Lexis/Nexis Academic
- Click on the Medical button and then choose from the Medical News, Medical Journals or Abstracts (The National Library of Medicine's Medline), for a variety of medical news, articles, and citations.
- CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health)
- Provides authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health fields including: cardiopulmonary technology, emergency service, health education, medical laboratory, medical assistant, medical records, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant, radiologic technology, technology therapy, social service and surgical technology.
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Contains descriptions of prescription drugs, herbals and nutritional supplements. There are two distinct sections of this database: 1) Drug Monographs which includes descriptions and actions of drugs. 2) Patient Education Records which includes the information patients need to know before taking a drug, actions, interactions, side effects, etc. Many times links to outside web resources are given.
- Health and Safety Science Abstracts
- This database covers the latest perspectives on topics of widespread concern such as aviation and aerospace safety, environmental safety, nuclear safety, medical safety occupational safety, and ergonomics. Major areas of subject coverage include: Occupational Safety and Health, Transportation, Environmental and Ecology, Food and Drugs, Pesticides, Natural Disasters, Civil Defense, and Emergency Management, Fire Safety, Radiation Safety, and Electrical Safety, Consumer and Recreation Safety, Ergonomics, and Human Factors, Diseases, Injuries and Trauma, Epidemology and Public Health, Medical Safety, Toxicology, Civil and Structural Engineering.
- Health Source: Consumer Edition
- Health topics include the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Searchable full text for over 190 journals including Consumer Reports on Health and Men’s Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for nearly 180 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
- Provides nearly 540 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 570 journals.
- Medline (from OVID)
- The complete MEDLINE database, including such topics as microbiology, delivery of health care, nutrition, pharmacology, and environmental health. The categories covered in the database include anatomy, organisms, diseases, chemicals and drugs, techniques and equipment, psychiatry and psychology, biological sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and education, technology, agriculture, food, industry, humanities, information science and communications, and health care.
- Social Services Abstracts
- CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,600 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
Subject Databases
Internet Resources
- Search Engines
- ACHOO Gateway to Healthcare: http://achoo.8media.org/
- "Achoo acts as a jump point and information resource for the medical community and all other Internet users interested in healthcare information."
- Find Articles: http://www.findarticles.com/PI/index.jhtml
- Free access to articles published in over 300 newsstand magazines and journals back to 1998. This site would include articles written for general public about health topics.
- Google: http://www.google.com/
- Google U.S. Government Search: http://www.google.com/ig/usgov
- Limits search to .gov and .mil websites.
- SCIRUS: http://www.scirus.com/
- Concentrates on scientific content only and searches both Web and ScienceDirect fulltext content.
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Websites
- Health.gov: www.health.gov
- A portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal departments and agencies.
- Medlineplus Health Information: http://medlineplus.gov/
- Health information from the National Library of Medicine. Includes links for health topics, drugs, dictionaries, and associations.
- National Center for Health Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
- Part of the CDC, the NCHS compiles statistical information from documenting the health status of the population to evaluating the impact of health policies and programs.
- State Health Facts Online: http://www.statehealthfacts.org
- Produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Includes state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: http://www.kff.org/
- The Family Foundation is an independent organization that focuses on major health care issues including: Health Policy, Media and Public Education, and Health and Development in South Africa.
- NOAH: New York Online Access to Health: http://www.noah-health.org/
- "...a unique responsible and authoritative bilingual health information site, dedicated to an underserved population of health consumers, many of whom are also Spanish speaking."
Research Guides
Projects Decision Tree: http://www.lib.auburn.edu/madd/docs/comm/sld001.htm
Types of Periodicals http://www.lib.auburn.edu/socsci/docs/periodicaltypes.html
Webpage last updated: March 27, 2007