Reference books are kept in the front on low shelves and are for library use only. Reserve books are held behind the circulation desk and can be used for three hours in the library. Study rooms can be checked out for three hours, both in the HPD Library and the Assembly II Building.
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2. DICTIONARIES and ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations. (via STATref!).
Dictionary of Medical Syndromes. Res. WB 15 M188d 1997.
Medterms.com. Among other bountiful medical resources offered, this site has a medical dictionary.
MEDLINEplus: Medical Dictionary.
Stedman's Medical Dictionary. Res. W 13 S812m 2000. There are other print copies of this resource in the HPD Library.
World Web Online. Online dictionary and thesaurus.
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3. RESERVE and REFERENCE BOOKS
RESERVE
SCOPE: This guide is designed to aid the beginning Public Health student in finding online and print resources in the HPD Library. It is not meant to be comprehensive.
PRINT MATERIALS: Circulating books are shelved on the right side of the library (they can be checked out for four weeks), reference books on the left on low shelves (library use only), and reserve books at the circulation desk (they can be used for three hours in the library). Study rooms can be occupied for three hours, both in the library itself and in the Assembly Building.
REFERENCE BOOKS:Just a partial list.
ONLINE BOOKS: To access these books click on Electronic Books on the HPD homepage, pass through the authentication page, scroll down, and then click on Public Health. There are also several very useful electronic books in STAT!Ref and in Books@Ovid through OVID Web accessible from Quick Links on the HPD homepage.
USEFUL ONLINE RESOURCES:For other valuable online resources go to:
http://www.nova.edu/hpdlibrary/links.html
American Public Health Association. Oldest and largest public health organization in the U.S. http://www.apha.org/
Association of Schools of Public Health. http://www.asph.org/
Health Effects Institute. An independent organization that collaborates with the EPA to provide information on the effects of pollution on health. http://www.healtheffects.org/
Moving Ideas. Covers a variety of public issues including health and social security. http://www.movingideas.org
Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Good source for information on abused substances. http://www.drugfree.org/
Public Health Resources on the Internet. Perhaps the most comprehensive list of links relative to public health, epidemiology, health statistics, and a spate of other related resources on the Internet. International in scope. Maintained by Tony Ball. http://www.geocities.com/ball91au/phlinks/useful.htm
WebMDHealth. Covers not only diseases and conditions and their treatment, but also Medicare and other health plans. http://my.webmd.com/webmd_today/home/default
Women’s Health. A list of links to sites pertaining to women’s health issues. http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links_hlth.html
World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/en/
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTES and AGENCIES:partial list.
Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resources (CEDR). Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Gives evidence of the D.O.E.’s commitment to worker and community health programs and its desire to share information on epidemiologic studies.
http://www.eh.doe.gov/health/hstudies/cepi_data.html
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Provides information on population, health, and nutrition.
http://www.measuredhs.com/
Healthy People 2010. A national forum for disease prevention as well as a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats.
http://www.healthypeople.gov/
National Center for Health Statistics. Gateway to a health statistical paradise. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
U.S. Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Portal to a vast list of resources. http://www.hhs.gov
OTHER PATHFINDERS with ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED LINKS
Cornell University: Mann Library. Excellent guide for Public Health resources. http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/reference/subjects/hlth.html
Emory University: Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library’s portal to Public Health resources.
http://www.healthlibrary.emory.edu/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=49
Oregon State University: Libraries. Well organized subject guide for Public Health resources. http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/research/srg/pubhel.htm
TUTORIALS for NSU DATABASES:
HPD produced tutorials:
http://www.nova.edu/cwis/hpdlibrary/tutorials.html
Tutorials developed by the Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center.
http://www.nova.edu/library/help/techhelp.html
EBSCOhost tutorials and knowledge base.
http://support.epnet.com/CustSupport/Tutorials/Tutorials.aspOvid Technologies, Inc. tutorials. http://www.ovid.com/site/help/sp_tutorials.jsp?top=28&mid=29&bottom=31&subsection=58
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Biostatistics. 8th ed. Res. 2005. WA 950 D184b.
Environmental Health: From Global to Local. Res. 2005. WA 30 E915.
Epidemiology. 3rd ed. Res. 2004. WA 105 G661e.
Illustrated Dictionary and Resource Directory of Environmental and Occupational Health. Ref. 2005. WA 13 K84i.
Law and the Public’s Health. Ref. 1999. WA 33 W769L.
Planning Implementing and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs: a Primer. 3rd ed. Res. 2000. WA 525 M478p.
Public Health and Preventive Medicine. 14th ed. 1998. WA 100 M4635.
Public Health: Career Choices That Make a Difference. 2006. WA 21 T956p.
Public Health: What it is and How it Works. 2nd ed. Res. 2004. WA 540 T95p.
Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health. Res. 2001. WA 31 C797
Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century. Res. 2003. WA 590 W628.
RESEARCH DATABASES: All databases can be accessed through the Quick Links listing on the HPD Library homepage. Go to: www.nova.edu/hpdlibrary
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CINAHL: Internet equivalent of the Cumulative Index of Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Covers almost all the English-language nursing journals, publications of the American Nurses Association, and the National League for Nursing. It also indexes 13 Allied Health disciplines from 1983 to the present.
Dynamed: An evidence-based, primary care database designed to provide the most useful point-of-care health information possible. 2000 summaries of the most commonly reported diseases in primary care.
EMBASE: Useful for locating drug information not covered in MEDLINE.
MEDLINE: Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Almost 12 million records from 4,800 journals indexed and abstracted. From 1950 to the present.
UpToDate: A practical clinical reference designed to provide quick access to synthesized medical information.
KEY JOURNALS: To locate the available full-text Public Health journals, click on following link: Public Health Journals and go through the authentication process. For a list of all journals, print or electronic, go to the HPD Library’s Print Journal Holdings and scroll down to “Public Health/Epidemiology,” currently on pages 44-47.
NSU subscribes to over 21,000 online journals.
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