Health Communications Research Guide
Online Encyclopedias
Within Credo Reference there are many health resources, such as:
Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and MedicinePublication Date: 2007
SAGE Key Concepts Series: Key Concepts in Health StudiesPublication Date: 2010
Key concepts in public healthPublication Date: 2009
Print Resources
For Reference books, read and scan the articles (no checkout):
Encyclopedia of Health CommunicationCall Number: CFL Floor 2 Reference (RA423 .E528 2014 )Publication Date: 2014
Databases Unique to Health Communication
- PsycINFO (APA) This link opens in a new windowAbstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health. Includes full text articles from journals published by the APA and other top psychology journals.
- Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new windowConsumer health information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new windowScholarly, full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
- Medline Complete This link opens in a new windowAll areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.
Systematic Reviews
- Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window"The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care. Published on a quarterly basis, The Cochrane Library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care. The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases."
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Public health communication : evidence for behavior changeCall Number: RA440.5 .P83 2001Main Campus Library
Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health MessageCall Number: RA440 .O825 2005Main Campus Library
Initiatives
- Healthy People 2020Improving the Health of Americans
- Rural Health Information HubA national clearinghouse on rural health issues. Contains rural health news, topic guides, organizations, events, and funding opportunities related to rural health.
Datasets
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemWorld’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984
- Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)A service of the National Cancer Institute, HINTS "collects national representative data routinely about the American public's use of cancer-related information."
- ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)ICPSR offers more than 500,000 digital files containing social science research data. The fourteen special archives include aging [gerontology], criminology, demography, economics, early education, education, mental health, racial and ethnic minorities [underrepresented groups], psychology, public health, substance abuse, and sociology. To use ICPSR, you will need to create a free user account.
Interpersonal Communications Research Guide
Online Encyclopedias
Within Credo Reference there are several social science resources, such as:
The Cambridge Handbook of Personal RelationshipsPublication Date: 2006
Print Resources
The International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal CommunicationCall Number: CFL Floor 2 Reference P94.7 .I55 2016Publication Date: 2016
The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and PhilosophyCall Number: Ref. P91 .I575 2016Publication Date: 2016
Encyclopedia of group processes & intergroup relationsCall Number: Reference HM716 .E53 2010Publication Date: 2010
Encyclopedia of Human RelationshipsCall Number: CFL Floor 2 Reference (HM1106 .E53 2009)Publication Date: 20093 volume set on human relationships, including entries such as Economic Pressures, Effects on Relationships
The Cambridge handbook of personal relationshipsCall Number: Floor 3 General Stacks HM1106 .C36 2006Publication Date: 2006
The SAGE handbook of gender and communicationCall Number: Floor 3 General Stacks P96.S48 S34 2006Publication Date: 2006
Databases Unique to Interpersonal Communication
- PsycINFO (APA) This link opens in a new windowAbstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health. Includes full text articles from journals published by the APA and other top psychology journals.
- Psychotherapy.net This link opens in a new windowA library of over 300 training videos featuring master psychotherapists conducting therapy.
- Journal of Social and Personal RelationshipsOnline articles from 1999 to present
- Personal RelationshipsOnline articles from 1997 to present
- Journal of Nonverbal BehaviorOnline articles from 1997 to present
- Center for Nonverbal StudiesFeatures a Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs, and Body Language Cues
Intercultural Communications Research Guide
Online Encyclopedias
Within Credo Reference there are several cultural resources, such as:
The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social InteractionPublication Date: 2015
Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity and CulturePublication Date: 2002
Encyclopedia of Medical AnthropologyPublication Date: 2003
Encyclopedia of sex and gender: men and women in the world's culturesPublication Date: 2003
- Country Studies Collection This link opens in a new window80 digitized books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division. Books describe and analyze the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of select countries throughout the world.
Print Resources
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Countries, Peoples and CulturesCall Number: CFL Floor 2 Reference (GN307 .C687 2015)Publication Date: 2015
Cultures in ConversationCall Number: CFL Floor 3 Book Stacks (P94.6 .C37 2005 )Publication Date: 2005
Database Unique to Interpersonal Communication
- Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windowEthnic, minority and native press. Full-text newspapers, magazines and journals.
Country Profiles
- International journal of intercultural relationsOnline articles from 1995 to present
- The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources"Internet directory of over 2000 annotated links to high-quality English-language sources of information and analysis in many international and global studies topics. Sites are carefully selected for their long-term value, favoring those with cost-free, authoritative information and analysis online."
Media Studies Research Guide
Online Encyclopedias
Within Credo Reference there are several media resources, such as:
Key Concepts in Media and CommunicationsPublication Date: 2011
The International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication and SocietyPublication Date: 2015
Media Psychology 101Publication Date: 2015
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital MediaCall Number: CFL Floor 2 Reference (P90 .J5575 2014)Publication Date: 2014Online book and print copy in library.
Encyclopedia of Social Media and PoliticsPublication Date: 2014
Print Resources
For Reference books, read and scan the articles (no checkout):
The SAGE handbook of media studiesCall Number: Floor 3 General Stacks P90 .S18 2004Publication Date: 2004
Databases Unique to Media Studies
- ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Digital Library This link opens in a new windowFull text access to Association for Computing Machinery journals, newsletters, and conference proceedings.
- Business Source Ultimate This link opens in a new windowProvides a wide variety of business full-text journals and magazines, including expanded access to Harvard Business Review’s (HBR) top 500 articles. Includes company information on over 1 million public and private companies with case studies, SWOT analysis, market research reports, and Standard and Poor’s Industry Surveys. Offers over 27,000 business videos from Academy of Management, HBR, Bloomberg and IGI Global.
Industry Reports
- New Media & SocietyEngages in critical discussions of the key issues arising from the scale and speed of new media development, drawing on a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and on both theoretical and empirical research.
- Media, Culture & SocietyProvides a major international, peer-reviewed forum for the presentation of research and discussion concerning the media, including the newer information and communication technologies, within their political, economic, cultural and historical contexts.
- Pew Research Center Journalism and MediaHighly credible nonpartisan source of data and reports