COMMUNITY HEALTH 602:

COMMUNITY HEALTH 602:

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH EDUCATION

& I. Reference Materials (dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, guides, etc.)

A. Health-related material will be found in the call number area R...

B. Ask at the reference desk for other reference materials.

: II. Library Catalog: http://www.library.umass.edu/cgi-bin/aka/babel.cgi?dokma=http://umlibr.library.umass.edu to identify books & and journals held at this library or at the four colleges, as well as their call numbers.

Note: It is possible to search the library catalog by author, title, subject or keyword for books. To search for journal articles use one of the other databases listed below

: III. Journal Searching via Databases (citations and abstracts only, except for F - H below).

Guides to searching these databases are available by the computers in the library. With a UMAccess account you are able to search these off the library web page http://www.library.umass.edu Click on Database and Research Guides

A. CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health

B. Medline Medical

C. PsycInfo Psychology

D. ERIC Education

E. Sociofile Sociology

F. Health Reference via InfoTrac Database 50% full text

G. Expanded Academic via InfoTrac 50% full text Interdisciplinary database

H. Ethnic News Watch Full text articles from the Ethnic presses.

After finding the citations to journals, check the Library Catalog for the call number. Current journals (1995-present) will be on the second floor.

: IV. Library Home Page on the Internet

The Library Catalog http://www.library.umass.edu/cgi-bin/aka/babel.cgi?dokma=http://umlibr.library.umass.edu and most databases are searchable via the library home page. The URL is http://www.library.umass.edu

& V. Government Documents -- 6th floor (for print and electronic information) : Their URL is: http://www.library.umass.edu/govdoc.shtml Valuable for information from the State and Federal Departments of Health and Education.

: VI. Internet Sites for Health Related Information (there are many others).

Nursing Site: http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/business/nursingpage.html/

Pub Med Free access Database http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

Medline plus Health http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

Lori Mestre Education Reference Librarian lori.mestre@library.umass.edu 545-6851

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