KHS 220 Research Guide, Epidemiological Foundations

Library liaisons for Epidemiology: Jennifer Borkenhagen Circulation, ILL, Reference Librarian Email: borkenhagen@csp.edu Phone: 651-641-8770		For additional assistance stop by the reference desk, send an email, or call. Email: reference@csp.edu Phone: 651-641-8812 Reference Desk Hours Mon - Thur: 10am - 8pm Fri: 10am - 5pm Sat: 12pm - 5pm Sun: 4pm - 8pm See hours page for summer and holiday hours.

Introduction to Research/Research Help

• Research 101: An interactive, online tutorial covering research basics
• Ask a Reference Librarian
• Other Research Tips  

• Citing Your Sources

• Library Tutorials 

Reference Resources

Print Reference Resources    

• American Medical Association Complete Medical Encyclopedia, R610.3 Am35L 2003 
• The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine, R 610.3 Ox986L3 2001

Electronic Reference Resources

• Oxford Reference Online

Periodicals/Databases/Indexes (finding articles and citations)

Selected Databases/Indexes

• EBSCO MegaFILE: Multidisciplinary resource that combines Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, and Regional Business News into one database.
• ProQuest: Large general database including scholarly, trade, and newspaper articles
• BioMed Central: Find scholarly medical articles using this database, must create your own username and password to search and retrieve articles
• Sage Full-Text Collections: Scholarly journals which include the areas of Nursing and Health Sciences

Journal Finder: Use this tool to search for journal titles by title or ISSN or browse for journals by title or subject area.

Finding Books

Catalogs

• CLICnet: The shared catalog of Cooperating Libraries in Consortium

eBook Collections     

• NetLibrary

Dewey Decimal System

• DeweyBrowser: OCLC's prototype, provides a visual interface for the Dewey Decimal System. Use this tool to find a Dewey number for a topic and then browse our library's shelves or catalog.

Dewey Decimal Classification for Medical Information

• 610 is the medical section of the library

• Mayo Clinic - A site run by the Mayo Clinic which includes information about diseases & conditions
• Medline Plus - A site sponsored by the National Library of medicine which provides direction to information about many health conditions
• Google Scholar Search - Find articles, citations, and other scholarly resources available on the web