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Resources for Writing Review Articles
The MEDLINE Database
Ovid MEDLINE
International biomedical journal literature includes over 11 million journal citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, healthcare systems, and pre-clinical sciences.
Additional Databases Useful to HCOM 522
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AARP AgeLine
Materials related to aging and middle age, from an interdisciplinary perspective of psychology, economics, sociology, gerontology, public policy, business, health and health care services, and consumer issues.
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Global Health & Global Health Archive [1910-1972]
Composed of two databases - the Public Health and Tropical Medicine (PHTM) database, previously produced by the Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases (BHTD), and the human health and diseases information extracted from CAB ABSTRACTS. International in scope it provides comprehensive coverage of the core public health literature, particularly in the areas of tropical medicine, infectious diseases, vector control, food safety and epidemiology.
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The Gray Literature Report
The New York Academy of Medicine
The gray or fugitive literature refers to a literature that “is produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in print and electronic formats, but which is not controlled by commercial publishers," and which has special relevence to public health publications. Gray literature publications are non-conventional, fugitive, and sometimes ephemeral publications. They may include, but are not limited to the following types of materials: reports (pre-prints, preliminary progress and advanced reports, technical reports, statistical reports, memoranda, state-of-the art reports, market research reports, etc.), theses, conference proceedings, technical specifications and standards, non-commercial translations, bibliographies, technical and commercial documentation, and official documents not published commercially (primarily government reports and documents). Search by keyword, author, title, subject or organization is available.
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Health and Safety Science Abstracts
Comprehensive, timely survey of recent work relating to public health, safety and industrial hygiene.
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Health Reference Center
Articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.
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HealthSTAR (Health Services Technology, Administration, and Research)
Literature in health administration, healthcare econcomics, and technology
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LexisNexis Academic
Includes articles from major American newspapers and regional papers, statistics, company financial information, country and state profiles, and medical information. Major source for federal case law and statutes, the U.S. Code, law reviews, and state legal research.
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LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature)
BIREME and Pan American Health Organization
LILACS is a cooperative database that indexes more than 670 medical journals in Latin America and Caribbean as well as theses, books, congress and conference proceedings, technical and scientific reports and governmental publications.
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POPLINE
INFO Project - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Program
Contains information about programs to promote safe motherhood, breast-feeding, oral rehydration therapy, immunization, nutrition, growth monitoring, and other practices designed to ensure child survival for children under five-years old in developing countries.
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Web of Knowledge
Provides retrospective access with cited references from articles covered from 1974 in: Arts & Humanities Index, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index.
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World Development Indicators
Statistical data for over 550 development indicators and time series data for over 200 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.
Database and Resource Tutorials
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Database Searching Tips
Tufts Tisch Library
Compiled by Tufts' Tisch Library, this site includes tips for searching the LexisNexis and Web of Knowledge databases.
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How to Find Journal Articles via Ovid MEDLINE
Tufts Hirsh Health Sciences Library
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RefWorks: The Basics
Tufts Hirsh Health Sciences Library
Beginner's guide to getting started with RefWorks, a free, web-based citation management tool that enables users to store and manage references. Users can insert references into Word documents and automatically format the paper and the bibliography.
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