Research Guide for Community Health and Health Administration
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc.
| Ref HQ534 .E53 1999 | Encyclopedia of Family Life |
| Ref. HQ1073 .E543 2001 | Encyclopedia of Death and Dying |
| Ref. HV6626.5 .C57 2007 | Encyclopedia of Child Abuse |
| Ref. RA777.6 .K357 2003 | Encyclopedia of Senior Health and Well-Being |
| Main HQ1060 .A57 | Aging |
Government Reports and Statistical Sources
| Ref. HQ536 .S727 1999 | Statistical Handbook on the American Family |
For additional print resources, search the St.
Joseph's College Libraries Catalog.
Sources for Community Health Articles
The following databases may be useful for this subject area. To use the
following databases on campus,
click on the Journal
Articles / Database link.
| ABI / Inform (Proquest) | AltHealth Watch (EBSCO) | CINAHL (EBSCO) |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | General Science (EBSCO) | Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale) |
| Health Management (Proquest) | Health Reference Center (Gale) | HealthSource Nursing Academic (EBSCO) |
| Medline | Pubmed | Weilson OmniFile |
Community Health Related Websites
| American Hospital Directory |
Statistical and financial information on hospitals. Login into SJC access page and then use the department login at the subscriber login. |
| Community Resource Directory |
Locate various social service and community resources for Long
Island. |
| Center for Disease Control | This site covers a broad range of public health issues,
including travelers' advisories and communicable diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ |
| Health Encyclopedia | Contains a variety of health related topics including
Cancer, Women's Health, Drug Guide and section links. http://www.enh.org/healthresources/encyclopedia/ |
| HealthWeb | Provides links to a wide range of topics including diabetes,
geriatrics and pediatrics http://healthweb.org/ |
| Hospital Compare | Provides information on how well hospitals in a given
area care for adult patients with certain medical conditions. http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov |
| Medline Plus | Health information and news, drug information and physician
directories http://medlineplus.gov/ |
| National Center for Health Statistics | http://www.cdc.gov/nchs |
| State Health Agencies | Links to Health Departments of individual states. http://www.fda.gov/oca/sthealth.htm |
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