Library Resources for Public Health: Finding Articles

Use the databases listed below to find citations (and sometimes, electronic full text) of journal articles.

• PubMed@MSU
  If you are looking for scholarly articles in Public Health, start with PubMed. The database covers almost all major journals in the field. In order to access the fulltext articles provided by the MSU Libraries, it is important to access PubMed through the MSU Libraries. If located off-campus, you'll be prompted for your NetID and password.
• Global Health
  Global Health is an international public health database that has comprehensive coverage of the core public health literature, it also focuses on the areas of tropical medicine, infectious diseases, vector control, food safety and epidemiology.
• CINAHL Plus with Full Text (on EBSCO)
  This resource focuses on journal articles from Nursing, and Allied Health fields like Speech therapy, nutrition, physical therapy, etc.  A great    resource to help supplement your Pubmed research.
• PsycINFO
  The major database for psychology research articles and a great resource for mental health topics and health seeking behaviors.
• Health & Psychosocial Instruments
  Health and Psychosocial Instruments features material on unpublished information-gathering tools for clinicians that are discussed in journal articles, such as questionnaires, interview schedules, tests, checklists, rating and other scales, coding schemes, and projective techniques.
• Health Policy Reference Center
  This full text database covers all aspects of health policy and related topics.

To find a particular journal, enter the journal title into the search box of the Journal/Periodical Title Search. 

The results will show whether or not the library subscribes to the journal and has the issue that you need, in a print or digital format.

If the article you need is only available in print, you can have a copy emailed to you free through MSU's MARS system. 

If MSU does not subscribe to the journal you need, you can request a copy of the article through Inter-Library Loan.