Research Guides: Public Health Student Guide: Getting Started

Research Librarian for the Health Sciences, Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacology, Public Health

Hector R. Perez-Gilbe

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Contact:

UC Irvine
Science Library
Room 232
Irvine, CA 92623
perezhr@uci.edu

(949) 824-6957

Subjects: Medicine & Health Sciences, Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Public Health

Core Public Health Resources

Find e-Journals by Subject
To browse online Public Health journals, select the 'Health and Biological Sciences' category and select the 'Public Health' subcategory. Listings indicate peer-review status and UC-eLinks provides library holdings information.
Core Health Sciences Resources List
A listing of health sciences resources UCI Libraries subscribe to or are open access. Click the 'Full View' tab to the list with descriptions of each resource.

CABI Digital Library
Database of publications in applied life science - including world-leading databases, journals, books, eBooks, compendium, case studies and e-learning - help scientists discover credible and authoritative outputs from around the globe. Our tools add insights to data and help people apply science to real-world problems.
Sociological Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts indexes social and behavioral sciences journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. It also covers topics such as culture and social structure; health, medicine and law; policy and planning; religion and science; and women's studies.
PubMed@UCI
Provides access to millions of citations from MEDLINE and life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
PubChem
Mostly contains small molecules, but also larger molecules such as nucleotides, carbohydrates, lipids, peptides, and chemically-modified macromolecules. We collect information on chemical structures, identifiers, chemical and physical properties, biological activities, patents, health, safety, toxicity data, and many others.
Web of Science (WoS)
Global citation database provides access to the Science Citation Index expanded from 1900 to the present, Social Sciences Citation Index from 1956 to the present, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index from 1975 to the present.

Google Scholar

Class Syllabus

PH 195W 2013 Syllabus

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Interlibrary Loan

The Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service enables UC students, faculty, and staff to borrow materials from other libraries that are not available at the UCI Library. Please check Library Search before requesting an ILL.

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