Public Health Research

Public health is improved by the awareness of analysis and research into population-based health problems and effective interventions to address those issues. The Department of Health has worked with the library community to improve access to public health research for the public and, particularly, for our employees.

These sources identify public health research in the public domain. The abstracts for most research articles are available though full text access to articles may be limited by copyrights.

• Essential Public Health Research Resources (Library Databases) + Essential Public Health Research Resources (Library Databases) -
  • PubMed
  • The Cochrane Library
  • National Agricultural Library’s Agricola
  • STAT!Ref resource
  • cabdirect (Global Health)
• Association Sites+ Association Sites-
  • National Association of County & City Health Officials
  • American Public Health Association
  • Association of State &Territorial Health Officials
  • Philanthropy New Digest
  • Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
• United States Government Sites & Publications+ >United States Government Sites & Publications-
  • Community Guide to Preventive Services
  • Science Clips:
  • A-Z Diseases and Conditions
  • Data & Statistics by Topic
  • Grand Rounds
  • Vital Signs
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Preventing Chronic Disease
  • Mortality & Morbidity Weekly Report
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Preventing Chronic Disease
  • Safety Alerts for Human Medical Products
  • National Center for Health Statistics
  • Toxnet
  • Clinical Trials
• Global Health Sites+ Global Health Sites-
  • World Health Organization
  • Pan American Health Organization
  • Health &Human Services Global Health
  • Division of International Health
  • United Nations Children's Fund
  • U.S. Agency for International Development

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Information for Rhode Islanders

The Rhode Island State Library system's AskRI.org provides Rhode Islanders free access to EBSCO online which provides access to magazine and journal articles and reference librarian support.

Information for Department of Health Employees

In addition to these free resources Department of Health employees enjoy free full-text articles from many public health and medical journals, and assistance from a medical librarian through an agreement with the National Network of Libraries Medicine - New England Region. (more).