Key Resources
If you are new to conducting research:
Consider reviewing the Starting Your Research tutorial to learn the phases and processes of doing research.
To find books or articles we own, or to see what we have on a particular topic, use the Library Search at the library's website:
- To search by title, add ti: to the beginning of your search
- ti: Drug Abuse: Concepts, Prevention and Cessation
- To search by topic, enter the topic in the search
- examples: substance abuse, obesity
- Use the filters on the left-side of the results page to narrow down what you're looking for
Start your research with these key health focused resources:
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PubMedIncludes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. Now with 'Get this item' links to all Claremont Colleges' Libraries full text. National Library of Medicine's search engine for Medline, PreMedline and related databases. 1966-Present. Great for finding scholarly articles in biomedicine and related fields of research. Contains links to many full-text articles in journals to which we subscribe electronically.
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Web of ScienceCitations covering high-impact (heavily cited) journals in the sciences (1900-present), social sciences (1956-present), and arts and humanities (1997-present). Features forward and backward citation searching.
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PsycINFOProvides access to citations with abstracts for articles in psychology and the behavioral sciences from APA on EbscoHost. Help using this database is available.
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Health Source-Nursing/Academic EditionThis resource provides scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. The coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong. This database also includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide which covers generic drug patient education sheets with brand names.
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County Health RankingsA collection of health data searchable by county, with guidance and tools to understand the data included.
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