Public Health Research Tools

Background or Getting Started

Library Catalogs: Find what is available in print, electronic or multimedia format from specific libraries.

• Library Catalog
• Marriott Library Catalog
• NLM Gateway. Search multiple databases at the National Library of Medicine.
• NLM LOCATORplus National Library of Medicine's Online Catalog

Top Electronic Resources for Public Health in General:

• CDC WONDER
  provides a single point of access to a wide variety of CDC reports, guidelines, and numeric public health data.
• Health Services Research & Public Health, a national center of information from NLM, National Library of Medicine.
• Partners in Information Access for Public Health Professionals
  A collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries.
• PubMed MEDLINE
  provides "access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals," covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. From NLM, the National Library of Medicine.
• Environmental Health & Toxicology
  from NLM's Speicialized Information Services:
  • TOXNET
    A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas. From NLM, National Library of Medicine.
  • Tox Town,
    an interactive guide to commonly encountered toxic substances.
  • Chemical Information,
    on drugs, pesticides, environmental pollutants, hazardous chemicals and other potential toxins.
  • Haz-Map
    Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases.

To Find Journal Articles, use:

• PubMed MEDLINE

Selected Online Journals:

• (Use our Library Catalog or Utah's Catalog to verify access to other journals.)
  • AIHA Journal (American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal)
  • American Journal of Epidemiology
  • American Journal of Industrial Medicine
  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Annual Review of Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Health Affairs
  • Health Expectations
  • International Digest of Health Legislation
  • Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
  • Journal of Public Health Medicine
  • Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
  • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report : MMWR
  • Public Health Reports
  • Social Science & Medicine
  • Utah health status update (Utah Department of Health)
    Past Updates
  • World Health

To find statistics:

• CDC's Data & Statistics
• FDA, U.S. Food & Drug Adminstration
• Faststats from NCHS
• NCHS, National Center for Health Statistics
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Statistical Universe
  A Lexis/Nexis database of statistical information from leading federal, state, private & international governmental documents. Links to selected full-text publications.
• Utah Department of Health
  • Office of Epidemiology
  • Office of Health Care Statistics
  • Office of Public Health Assessment Publications
  • Office of Vital Records and Statistics
• WorldAlmanac

Selected websites:

• AHRQ, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  (previously the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, AHCPR.)
• CDC
• DHHS, Department of Health & Human Services
  • Agencies in DHHS
• FDA, U.S. Food & Drug Adminstration
• HRSA, Health Resources & Services Administration
• Health Services Research & Public Health, a national center of information from NLM, National Library of Medicine.
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
• NIH, National Insitutes of Health
  • NIH Institutes, Offices and Centers
• Newspapers:
  • Academic Universe
  • Newspaper Source
  • Proquest Direct
  • Utah Newspapers:
    • Deseret News
    • Salt Lake Tribune

Helpful Tutorials:

• PubMed MEDLINE Tutorial
• Toxicology - 3 self-guided tutorials from NLM's Specialized Information Services.