Guide to Sources in COMMUNITY HEALTH

Applied Health Sciences Library

Journals

Journals currently received in the ALS Library, plus a few others, are listed below. Index sources follow each entry in parentheses; see database list below. Those with a bullet (·) are also available online at http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/index.php?mode=J.

ACHPER healthy lifestyles journal [Australian Council for Health, P.E. & Recreation] (LRT, PE, SP)
• Alcohol research & health - formerly Alchohol health & research world (CC, CINAHL, PA)
• American journal of epidemiology (LRT, MED)
• American journal of health behavior (BA, CAB, CC, CINAHL, MED)
• American journal of public health (ASG, MED, PE)
• Annals of epidemiology (MED)
• Annual review of public health [Open Shelves] (CC, CINAHL, MED)
  CAHPERD journal [Canadian Association for Health, PE, Recreation and Dance] (LRT, PE, SP)
• Epidemiologic reviews [Open Shelves]
• Family and community health (CC, CINAHL, PA)
  Family safety & health
• Health (PE)
• Health affairs (CC, MED)
  Health and social work (BA, CIE, CINAHL, MED, PA, PE, SA)
  Health education journal (LRT, MED)
• Health education research (BA, CC, CINAHL, MED, PA, SCI)
• Health services research (MED)
• Hospitals & health networks (MED)
  Illinois journal of health, physical education, recreation, and dance (PE, SP)
  In touch [Canadian association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation] (SP)
  International journal of health services (CC, CINAHL, MED, SA)
• International quarterly of community health education (PA, SA)
• Journal of aging and health (ASG, CC, CINAHL, PA, SA)
  Journal of allied health (CINAHL, MED)
• Journal of American college health (CINAHL, ED, ERIC, MED, PA, PE)
• Journal of community health (CC, CINAHL, MED, PA, SA)
  Journal of drug education (CAB, CC, CIE, MED, PA, SA, SP)
• Journal of epidemiology and community health (BA, CC, MED, PA, SCI)
  Journal of health education (ED, PE, SP)
  Journal of physical education, New Zealand (PE, SP)
• Journal of public health policy (MED)
• Journal of religion and health (PA)
• Journal of safety research (BA, CC, PA, SA)
• Journal of sex research (CC, PA, SA, SSI, SWA)
  Medical care research and review (CINAHL, LLBA, MED, PA, SA)
• Nation's health (BD)
  New Mexico health statistics
  Newsletter [Health and Physical Education Project]
  OTJR: Occupation, participation and health [formerly Occupational therapy journal of research] (CC, CIE, PA)
  Prevention forum
  Promotion and education (BA, CC, MED)
• Public health (BA, CC, MED)
• Public health reports (LRT, MED)
  Public health reviews (MED)
• Substance use and misuse (CC, MED, PA, SA)
  Tropical biomedicine
• World health (BA, BD)
  World health forum (BA)

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KEY TO INDEX CODES

The following indexes are available through the UIUC Library Gateway (http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/index.php?mode=A).

• ASG -- Abstracts in Social Gerontology (online as FirstSearch)
• BA -- Biological Abstracts (online as BIOSIS)
• CAB -- CAB Abstracts
• CC -- Current Contents
• CIE -- Current Index to Journals in Education (online in ERIC)
• CINAHL -- Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
• ED -- Education Index
• ERIC -- Educational Resources Information Center
• LLBA -- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
• LRT -- Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts (online as CAB Abstracts)
• MED -- Medline/PubMed
• PA -- Psychological Abstracts (online as PsychInfo)
• PE -- Physical Education Index
• SA -- Sociological Abstracts
• SCI -- Science Citation Index as Web of Science
• SP -- Sport Discus
• SSI -- Social Sciences Abstracts
• SWA -- Social Work Abstracts

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Library of Congress Subject Headings

Library of Congress Subject Headings are an alphanumeric classification system used by libraries to arrange library materials by subject headings. To take advantage of the LCSH in the Illinet Online Catalog, enter one of the following terms and hit "subject heading." A list of subcategories, along with a link to their related materials, will be provided.

• Communicable Diseases
• Environmental Health
• Epidemiology
• Evidence-based Medicine
• Health
• Health Attitudes
• Health Behavior
• Health Education
• Health Promotion
• Health Risk Assessment
• Health Services Administration
• Medical Care
• Medical Statistics
• Medicine, Preventive
• Public Health
• Social Medicine

**Consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings for further subject combinations.

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Selected Call Numbers

• 371.7----School Health
• 610-------Medical Science
• 613-------Personal Health
• 613.7----Health, Exercise, Fitness
• 614-------Public Health
• 614.4----Epidemiology
• 614.8----Safety
• 614.86---Traffic Safety
• 614.88---First Aid

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Starting Points for Research on the Internet

• AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
  http://www.acpm.org
  
• AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION
  http://www.apha.org
  
• ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  http://www.asph.org
  
• CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
  http://www.cdc.gov
  
• CHID--COMBINED HEALTH INFORMATION DATABASE
  http://chid.nih.gov/subfile/subfile.html
  From the National Institute of Health. Searchable by topics including Alzheimer's Disease, AIDS, Cancer, health promotion and other databases of use in health research. Can do simple or detailed searches in individual or combined databases. Includes books, journal articles, pamphlets, and other informational formats. Updated quarterly.
  
• HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010
  http://www.health.gov/healthypeople
  
• HEALTH WEB
  http://healthweb.org/index.cfm
  A collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation.
  
• OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
  http://www.osha.gov
  This official U.S. government site includes documents, press releases, and statistics. Internet links pages also provide further information on U.S. government sites as well as safety and health sites.
  
• OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SCIENCE / SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
  http://phs.os.dhhs.gov/ophs/default.htm
  
• U.S.DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES / NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
  http://www.nih.gov
  

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Online Reference Resources

• ADAM MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
  The ADAM Medical Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.
  
• PHYSICIAN'S DESK REFERENCE
  http://www.pdrel.com/
  Access available only through UIUC
  Commonly known as the PDR, the Physicians' Desk Reference, has been the leading, single-volume resource for professional prescription drug information for almost half a century. Includes FDA-approved information on over 4,000 prescription drugs and important data on more than 250 drug manufacturers.The PDR database includes PDR for Herbal Medicines Full Text and Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
• RxLIST DRUG INFORMATION - The Internet Drug Index
  http://rxlist.com/
  A searchable database of statistics, uses and warnings associated with prescription drugs. Also contains information on brand names and manufacturers. The site is by HealthCentral, a company that provides Internet services to health-related institutions.
  
• HARDIN META DIRECTORY OF INTERNET HEALTH RESOURCES
  http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html
  List of lists compiled by the Hardin Library of the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa. Divided into longer, medium-sized and shorter lists of links. The Hardin MD Clean Bill of Health Award is given to the best sites that have connection rates of at least 93%.
  
• MEDLINEplus
  http://medlineplus.gov/
  MEDLINEplus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. It brings together, by health topic,
  authoritative information from the world’s largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes
  of Health. Designed for both health professionals and consumers, this service provides extensive information about specific
  diseases and conditions.
  
• MERCK MANUALS
  http://www.merck.com/pubs/
  The site gives access to the full-text of the Merck Manual of Geriatrics, selected chapters from the Merck Manual of Medical Information (Home Edition), and The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy.
  
• AMA PHYSICIAN SELECT
  http://www.ama-assn.org
  This American Medical Association site provides addresses, specialties, education and other background information on licensed physicians in the U.S. and its possessions. Search by physician name or medical specialty.
  
• MD CONSULT
  http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/results.php?resid=27455
  To view MD Consult's collection of online reference books, follow the above link to the UIUC Library Online Research Resources and click to enter MD Consult. Once there, select the Books tab at the top of the page.
  

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New Books on Community Health in the ALS Library

An acquisitions list, arranged by broad subject area, is produced quarterly. It is available in print format in the ALS Library, and an electronic version, with archived past issues, is available on the ALS Library's website at, http://www.library.uiuc.edu/alx/acq.htm.

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