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Epidemiology and Public Health Toolkit

Databases Electronic JournalsElectronic BooksPDA Resources  • University Resources Selected Web Resources

Select Epidemiology and Public Health Databases

CDC Wonder - Search for and retrieve MMWR articles and Prevention Guidelines published by the CDC. Query public use data sets about mortality, cancer incidence, hospital discharges, AIDS, behavioral risk factors, diabetes and other topics.
ClinicalTrials.gov - Information about ongoing clinical trials and registering clinical trials.
Cochrane Library -(Wiley) Systematic reviews (CDSR), DARE, controlled trials register.
Health and Wellness Resource Center - A collection of general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, definitions, and directories. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. Includes some full-text.
MEDLINE (Ovid) - Premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of the biomedical literature. Includes some full-text.
POPLINE - POPLINE provides citations with abstracts from worldwide literature in the field of reproduction, family planning, and health-related issues. Special emphasis upon developing nations.
PubMed (NLM) - PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

 

Electronic Books

 

Electronic Journals

Core Journals for All Public Health Subjects <- click here

This is a sample of highly cited journals in epidemiology and public health. To see a complete list of UMDNJ Library electronic journal holdings please check the Electronic Journals Holdings List. To check print holdings please use the UMDNJ Libraries Catalog.

 

 

Resources for the PDA (Handheld Devices)

  • DynaMed - DynaMed for PDA is now available. Please contact your campus library's information desk to obtain a serial number.
  • EBM Calculator - calculate relevant statistics for diagnostic, prospective and case control studies, and randomized control trials (RCT)
  • EpiTool v. 1.03 - statistical calculator for epidemiology
  • Essential Evidence Plus - point of care tool designed to offer "Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters". Also includes access to 6 EBM databases, calculators, guidelines and quick reference tools..
  • PDA Toolkit
  • PocketConsult (MDConsult Mobile) - connects your handheld device to MD Consult. Includes 30+ Elsevier e-ditions

 

 

University Resources

 

Selected Web Resources

 

 

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