Information Support for the Faculty of Computing, Health & Science
Subject Guide for Public Health (incl. Health Promotion)
| Books | Journal Databases | Referencing |
| Dictionaries/Encyclopedias | Journal Titles | Websites |
| E-Books | Statistics | |
| Handbooks/Reference Books | Videos/DVDs | Writing/Research |
Library One Search is a search engine that helps you discover information on any topic from ECU Library's collections. You can search across the Library's catalogue and online journal collection, to find information from books, journal articles, newspapers and more. From your search you can link directly to the full text of articles and e-books or to the catalogue for finding books and other resources on the shelves. Access Library One Search from the Library Homepage using your ADS login at the prompt.
How to use Library One Search: Type your keywords into the single search box. Refine your search using the options on the left, such as content type, subject or date. For a more specific search, by author or journal title for example, use the Advanced Search option.
Library One Search video clip (visual guide, no voice/sound)
Library One Search video clip (with voice)
To search beyond ECU Library's collection, or for a more in-depth search, it is suggested that you also search the subject specific databases listed below.
Library Catalogue: search for books, journal titles, reports, statistics, DVDs/videos.
Link to electronic publications (books and journals) and Reserve
Useful Keywords/Subject terms used in the catalogue:
| Behavior change | Health services |
| Communication in medicine | Health status |
| Community health | Mental health |
| Determinants of health | Motivation - Psychology |
| Equality - health aspects | Preventive medicine |
| Health behavior | Public health |
| Health communication | Rural health |
| Health inequality | Social marketing |
| Health law | Social medicine |
| Health planning | Stages of change |
| Health promotion | Wellness |
| Health psychology | Women's health |
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
A dictionary of epidemiology (2008) R614.403 DIC
Encyclopedia & dictionary of medicine, nursing and allied health (2005) R610.3 ENC
Encyclopedia of infectious diseases (2007) online
MedlinePlus medical encyclopedia
Mosby's dictionary of nursing, medicine & health professions (2006) R610.3 HAR
Stedman's medical dictionary for the health professions and nursing (2008) R610.3 STE
The Library has access to a number of e-books from the EBL e-book collection.
To search the Catalogue for all online publications limit a keyword search to "Online"
using the drop down menu.
To search for e-books in the EBL collection combine ebook with subject in a keyword search.
e.g. sports and ebook
Following is a selection of e-book titles that can be accessed via the Library Catalogue:
Handbooks and Key Reference Books:
ABC of behavior change (2005) |
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| Australia - the healthiest country by 2020: national preventative health strategy | online (pdf) |
| Australian health and medical law reporter (CCH online update service) | online |
| Building better health: a handbook of behavioral change (2003) | e-book |
| Handbook of health behavior change (2009) | e-book |
| Health promotion: principles and practice in the Australian context (2006) | |
Core concepts in health bried 10th ed. (2005) |
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Oxford handbook of public health practice 2nd ed. (2006) |
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Oxford textbook of public health 4th ed. (2002) |
online |
| School health and safety: hands on guide (CCH update service - online) | online |
Journal Articles: Find articles by searching the Journal Databsases. Use FIND IT to link to ECU holdings.
Types of Journals (podcast 4.22min)
Health Collection: Australian full text database covering Australasian health information in a range of publications, including journal articles, reports and conference proceedings.
MEDLINE International database indexing biomedical literature. This database is useful for searching
for information relating to addiction, biomedical research, human physiology, health policies,
health promotion, nutrition, occupational health and epidemiological studies.
Medline database guide (pdf)
Library video clips:
How to access Medline and other databases: video clip
How to search Medline: video clip
Cochrane Library: Evidence based medicine database. Clinical trials are reviewed and analyzed.
Guideto the Cochrane Library database
ProQuest 5000 International International multidisciplinary database indexing a selection of journals in all subject disciplines.
This database is useful for a broad cross-disciplinary search, rather than an in-depth search in a subject.
It's advisable to use the option to limit the search to 'Scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed' , if you are searching
for research articles.
PsycINFO: International database indexing journals in psychology and related disciplines.
Guide to PsycINFO (pdf)
CINAHL Plus with Full Text: International database indexing nursing and allied health literature. Also indexes
key occupational therapy journals.
Guide to Cinahl (pdf)
How to do a keyword search in Cinahl (Running time 4:06) (video clip)
Note: Evidence-based journal articles can be found by searching journal indexing databases such as Cinahl and Medline. Use the "Evidence-Based-Practice" limit option in Cinahl and subject "Evidence-Based-Medicine" or limit option "EMB Reviews" in Medline.
ERIC: International index of education related journals and research reports, ERIC Documents (ED), from the Educational Resources Education Center (ERIC). Use the limit option if you wish to select journals only. i.e. Journals (EJ). If you wish you can search more than one database simultaneously. Click on "choose databases" to search ERIC with one or more of the health databases in the EBSCO suite of databases.
MetaQuest allows searching across several databases simultaneously. Login to MetaQuest and then select the subject list for Health Sciences, Public Health.
Key Journal Titles
All print and online journals held at ECU are available through the Library's catalogue.
Select Journal Title from the catalogue and type the journal name.
American journal of health behavior
American journal of health promotion
American journal of preventive medicine
American journal of public health
Annals of internal medicine
Annual review of public health
Australia and New Zealand health policy
Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
Australian journal of primary health
BMJ: British medical journal
Canadian journal of public health
Critical public health
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
Health and hygiene
Health communication
Health education & behavior
Health education research
Health promotion international
Health promotion journal of Australia
Health promotion practice
Injury prevention
International electronic journal of health education
International journal of epidemiology
International journal of health services
International quarterly of community health education
JAMA
Journal of community health
Journal of epidemiology and community health
Journal of health communication
Journal of mental health
Journal of public health policy
Journal of public mental health
Medical journal of Australia
Nature reviews cancer
Nature reviews neuroscience
New England journal of medicine
Patient education and counselling
Preventing chronic disease
Preventive medicine
Social science and medicine
Search Library catalogue (subject and statistics) e.g. health and Australia and statistics.
You can also search evaluated websites of government and professional organisations, for example:
Australian Bureau of Statistics publications
Austalian Department of Health and Ageing
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
National Health and Medlcal Research Council
Western Australian Department of Health (publication: Our state of health (2004))
World Health Organisation: Data and Statistics
Search the catalogue using the Advanced Search keyword search option. Select Film/Video in the Material Type limit box provided.
This will limit a keyword search to videos or dvds.
Search by Title for specific videos/dvds, for example:
Balancing act: energy balance and the overweight epidemic (2001)
Development of public health in Australia(2003)
Fries with that: the overweight epidemic (2003)
Health promoting schools: creating healthy places to learn, work and play (2002)
Investigating our health status: facts, causes & solutions (2001)
Policies to reduce inequalities in health(2001)
Rampant: How a city stopped a plague
Strategies to improve public health in Australia (2003)
Unnatural causes: is inequality making us sick? (2008)
ECU Referencing Guide
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association- Library holds print copies 6th ed.
APA style guide to electronic references (pdf)
Endnote
Endnote website - support
Endnote website - tutorial
Related Guides
Addiction Studies subject guide
Evidence-Based Health Practice
Health Law guide
Nutrition subject guide
SEBHS Guide to Library Resources
Selected websites useful for finding free internet resources related to Public Health
Internet Detective - This tutorial is designed for tertiary students and offers practical advice on evaluating the quality of websites. In a light - hearted way, it highlights the need for care when selecting internet sources for university work. Created in partnership between staff at the University of Bristol and Manchester Metropolitan University
Evaluating internet health information : a tutorial from the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
La Trobe University Library: "Why can't I just Google?": a video clip
California State University Library: Evaluating Websites: video clip on YouTube
Writing/ResearchCommunicating at university: skill for success (2007)
Communicating in the health sciences (2008)
Designing and conducting health surveys: a comprehensive guide (2006)
Doing your research project (2007) e-book
Introduction to research in the health sciences (2008)
Literature review (ECU Academic Tip Sheet)
Qualitative methods for health research(2009)
Research techniques for the health sciences (2010)
Researching health: qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods (2007) 610.72 SAK
SPSS for the health & behavioural sciences (2008)
Successful qualitative health research: a practical introduction (2006) 610.7 HAN
The literature review: a step by step guide for students (2008)
Writing at university (2008) e-book
For assistance please contact: Pam Thornton or the CHS Library Team
Librarian: School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences
