Last revised: November 2008

Public and Community Health

Scope: The purpose of this guide is to provide quick access to print and electronic resources for the department of Public and Community Health. Email the subject area specialist at nedelina@umd.edu for more information.

Public and Community Health at the University of Maryland College Park

Click here to learn more about the department of Public and Community Health within the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland at College Park.

Finding Books

Dictionaries, Handbooks, and Encyclopedias

• A Dictionary of Public Health - Last, J.M.
  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Reference Stacks
  Call Number: RA423 .L37 2007
• Dictionary of Public Health Promotion and Education: Terms and Concepts - Modeste, N.N. & Tamayose, T.S.
  San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2004.
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Reference Stacks * UMCP McKeldin Library Stacks
  Call Number: RA440.5 .M634 2004
• Encyclopedia of Public Health - Breslow, L.
  Also Available Online
  New York : Macmillan Reference USA/Gale Group Thomson Learning, 2002.
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Reference Stacks
  Call Number: RA423 .E53 2002
• Handbook of Community Practice - Weil, M. (ed.)
  Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2005.
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Stacks
  Call Number: HV41 .H323 2005
• Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice - Pencheon, D. et al (eds.).
  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Stacks
  Call Number: RA427 .O96 2001

Journals

• American Journal of Epidemiology
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000461101
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA421 .A35


• American Journal of Health Behavior
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002272399
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA421 .H4185


• American Journal of Health Education (Available Print Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002608770
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: LB3401 .A5722


• American Journal of Health Promotion (Available Print Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001422406
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA427.8 .A43


• American Journal of Public Health
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000492847
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA421 .A412


• Annual Review of Public Health
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000816511
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA421 .A66


• Family and Community Health
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000753747
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA421 .F35


• Health Care for Women International
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001179914
  Print Location: UMCP Off-Site Shelving & UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RG1 .I821


• Health Education Research
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001368413
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA440.5 .H424


• International Quarterly of Community Health Education
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000973431
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA440.A1 I58


• Journal of Adolescent Health
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001840455
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RJ550 .J67


• Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000583990
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: HV5125 .J6


• Journal of American College Health
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001095648
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: R11 .A41


• Journal of Community Health (Available Online Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000586042
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA421 .J86


• Journal of Drug Education
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000360658
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: HV5808 .J68


• Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law (Available Print Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003530203
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Periodicals Room - Current Periodicals
  Call Number: N/A


• Journal of Public Health Policy
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000928401
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA421 .J92


• The Journal of School Health
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000514624
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: LB3401 .J7


• Sexually Transmitted Infections
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003039157
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RC201.A1 S49


• Stress and Health
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002593842
  Print Location: UMCP Off-Site Shelving
  Call Number: R726.5 .S81


• The Washington Physicians Directory (Available Print Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000778729
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Reference Stacks
  Call Number: R712.A3 W3

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Databases (Finding Articles on a Topic)

• Academic Search Premier
  Multi-disciplinary database indexing articles from over 8100 journals - with full-text access for 4500 of those journals.


• CINAHL
  This resource covers the allied health fields including nursing - a great resource for finding articles which cover health and medicine.


• ERIC
  This database is the top resource for locating articles on education.


• Health Source: Consumer Edition
  Consumer health information resource which covers human diseases and associated topics.


• National Center for Health Statistics
  This resource features data and statistics on health related topics.


• OMIM
  Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man is a resource which features review articles on human diseases and associated genes.


• PsycInfo
  The most complete database for finding articles on all areas related to psychology.


• PubMed
  This database covers all areas related to medicine and health-related subjects.


• Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
  An excellent multi-disciplinary resource covering the sciences.


• SocIndex
  Covers all areas of sociology.

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