Public Health Nursing

Professional Research

A Collaboration with OHSU

 

Books

e-Medicine Clinical Knowledge Base
Information on 7,000 diseases and disorders. Registration is required, but access is free.

FreeBooks4Doctors
650 books in multiple languages.

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
Includes links to the complete 2nd edition as well as recommendations and systematic evidence reviews from the 3rd edition.

The Merck Manuals
Full-text of the The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy and The Merck Manual of Geriatrics.

MerckMedicus
A health information portal that includes full-text books and journals. You must register to use it, but registration is free.

NCBI Bookshelf
A growing collection of biomedical books that can be searched directly and are free online.

OHSU Library Catalog
Books available at the OHSU Library. Non-OHSU clients can purchase a library card to check out books, or books can be requested through the State Library or your public library.

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Databases

Databases Free to All
A listing of a variety of databases that are free to all selected by OHSU librarians.

HSTAT: Health Services/Technology Assessment Text
Full-text practice guidelines (including the Guide to Community Preventive Services), technology assessments and health information

MerckMedicus
A health information portal that includes full-text books and journals. You must register to use it, but registration is free.

National Guideline Clearinghouse
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

Ovid Databases
Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO and other databases available to all Oregon licensed health practitioners. Registration is required at https://www.ohsu.edu/library/libcdapp.shtml.

PubMed
Medline and more, from 1950 to the present. Free to all.

Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health -Free Databases
A list of databases relevant to public health. Part of the the University of Massachusetts Medical School Lamar Soutter Library's Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Project.

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Evidence-Based Public Health

EBPHN Training Tutorial
A tutorial to enhance the search skills of public health nurses in finding evidence-based information.

Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health
Resources for information on evidence-based public health from the University of Massachusetts Medical School Lamar Soutter Library's Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Project.

Evidence-Based Public Health
A tutorial and information and resource links from the Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce

E-Roadmap to Evidence-Based Public Health Practice
A website to find effective strategies to address public health problems

An Introduction to Evidence-Based Public Health
A Powerpoint presentation/tutorial.

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General Reference

HSR Information Central
An amazing list of websites on health practices, research, statistics and much more.

OHSU E-Reference
List of online reference resources selected by OHSU librarians.

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Journal Articles

Free Electronic Journals
List kept up to date by OHSU Library

PubMed Central
List of titles with free access to all

MedBioWorld
Free, full-text journal articles as well as links to other information.

Ovid Full-Text Journals
A list of full-text journals available through Ovid. Ovid access is available to all Oregon licensed health professionals. Registration is required at https://www.ohsu.edu/library/libcdapp.shtml

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Other

Martindale's The Virtual Public Health Center
Links to a variety of resources specific to public health.

 


Last Updated: March 2, 2006.
For questions or comments about this page, please contact Dolores Judkins, judkinsd@ohsu.edu.