Public Health: For Students
PubMed
PubMed is the premier freely available tool for finding journal literature on all aspects of health and public health.
If you are new to PubMed, or want to build on your existing skills, here are some good resources:
- PubMed Quick Start Guide
- PubMed Tutorials
- PubMed Help Manual
- My NCBI Help Manual (personal acccount for saving PubMed searched, citations, and personalizing PubMed functions)
Starting from off campus?
- These instructions will let you access our full text journals while off campus:
- Go to PubMed (make sure to use this link to access through Pitt)
- When prompted, sign in to Pitt Passport with your Pitt username and password through remote access
Getting Organized for Literature Searching
This document covers the literature search process in detail.
Finding Full Text
See the section on Accessing Full Text Articles on the HSLS Basics Tab.
If we don't own an article or book you want, try our Document Delivery service. Document delivery of full text articles is free for Pitt students.
Citation Management Options
Pitt supports use of EndNote, Mendeley, or F1000 to collect, annotate, and cite information sources in your writing.
Endnote is desktop software you can download for free from the Software Download Service through my.pitt.edu .
Mendeley has desktop software, online cloud storage, and mobile devices options. Sign up on the Mendeley website.
F1000 Work allows online saving, annotation, citing, and sharing of article collections. Create an account through the F1000 Work website. .
The guide Managing Your References with EndNote from HSLS has more information about these resources.
Classes in the Libraries
- See the HSLS Class Catalog Citation Management section for all the EndNote classes we currently offer.
- Mendeley, EndNote, and Zotero Classes (ULS)
Getting Help
HSLS librarians are available to help you with using the library and other public health information sources.
Day to Day Questions
- Use our Ask a Librarian service for help by phone, e-mail, or chat
- Ask about any aspect of using the library or finding information
Major Project Questions
- Get help finding and managing information for your thesis, masters' essay, dissertation, or paper for publication
- Contact Helena VonVille, HSLS Liaison to Public Health, to schedule a consultation
Molecular Biology Information Service
- Major bioinformatics databases, software tools, and related literature provided by out MolBio Information Service
Books on Writing
All books with with hyperlinked titles are electronic books, those without are print books in the Falk Library collection.
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Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy by ISBN: 9781284115192Publication Date: 2016-08-18Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy: The Matrix Method, Fifth Edition describes the practical and useful methods for reviewing scientific literature in the health sciences. The goal of this text is to serve as a resource for students who need a practical, step-by-step set of instructions for how to organize, conduct, and write a synthesis of literature on a topic of their choice. -
Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care by Call Number: RA440.87.G7 A94 2014ISBN: 9780335263073Publication Date: 2014-01-01NOTE: URL goes to 2nd edition, 3rd edition available in print from Falk Library. This bestselling book is a step-by-step guide to doing a literature review in health and social care. It is vital reading for all those undertaking their undergraduate or postgraduate dissertation or any research module which involves a literature review. The book provides a practical guide to doing a literature review from start to finish. This third edition includes: Even more examples of real life research scenarios More emphasis on how to ask the right question New and updated advice on following a clear search strategy Expanded guide to using a range of critical appraisal tools More coverage of how to write up your results. -
Doing a Systematic Review by Call Number: R853.S94 D65 2017ISBN: 9781473967014Publication Date: 2017-11-23Written in a friendly, accessible style by an expert team of authors with years of experience in both conducting and supervising systematic reviews, this is the perfect guide to using systematic review methodology in a research project. It provides clear answers to all review-related questions, including: How do I formulate an appropriate review question? What's the best way to manage my review? How do I develop my search strategy? How do I get started with data extraction? How do I assess the quality of a study? How can I analyse and synthesize my data? How should I write up the discussion and conclusion sections of my dissertation or thesis? -
Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences by ISBN: 9780470754887Publication Date: 2008-01-11Such diverse thinkers as Lao-Tze, Confucius, and U.S. DefenseSecretary Donald Rumsfeld have all pointed out that we need to beable to tell the difference between real and assumed knowledge. Thesystematic review is a scientific tool that can help with thisdifficult task. It can help, for example, with appraising,summarising, and communicating the results and implications ofotherwise unmanageable quantities of data. This book, written by two highly-respected social scientists,provides an overview of systematic literature review methods: Outlining the rationale and methods of systematicreviews; Giving worked examples from social science and otherfields; Applying the practice to all social science disciplines; It requires no previous knowledge, but takes the reader throughthe process stage by stage; Drawing on examples from such diverse fields as psychology,criminology, education, transport, social welfare, public health,and housing and urban policy, among others. Including detailed sections on assessing the quality of bothquantitative, and qualitative research; searching for evidence inthe social sciences; meta-analytic and other methods of evidence synthesis; publicationbias; heterogeneity; and approaches to dissemination. -
Writing Dissertation and Grant Proposals by
ISBN: 1466512075Publication Date: 2014-04-28Competition for research funds in epidemiology, preventative medicine, and biostatistics has never been more intense and, at the same time, the grant application and review process at such agencies as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is undergoing significant transformation. Writing Dissertation and Grant Proposals: Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics targets effective grant proposal writing in this highly competitive and evolving environment. Covering all aspects of the proposal writing process, the text: Provides summary checklists and step-by-step guidelines for grant structure and style alongside broader strategies for developing a research funding portfolio Explains how to avoid common errors and pitfalls, supplying critical do's and don'ts that aid in writing solid grant proposals Demonstrates proven tactics and illustrates key concepts with extensive examples from successfully funded proposals Written by an established NIH reviewer with inside knowledge and an impressive track record of funding, Writing Dissertation and Grant Proposals: Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics is a virtual cookbook of the appropriate ingredients needed to construct a winning grant proposal. Therefore, the text is not only relevant for early-stage investigators including graduate students, medical students/residents, and postdoctoral fellows, but also valuable for experienced faculty, clinicians, epidemiologists, and health professionals who cannot seem to break the barrier to obtain NIH-funded research. -
Research Design by Call Number: H62 .C6963 2014ISBN: 1452226091Publication Date: 2013-03-22This edition for sale in USA and Canada only. The book that has helped more than 150,000 students and researchers prepare their plan or proposal for a scholarly journal article, dissertation or thesis has been revised and updated while maintaining all the features that made the first edition so popular. New to this edition: · Because mixed method research has come into its own since the publication of the first edition, every chapter now shows how to implement a mixed method design in your proposal or plan as well as showing how to do the other two (qualitative and quantitative) approaches · Ethical issues that may arise in quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods designs have been added to a new section in Chapter 3 · Writing tips and considerations have been expanded and moved to the first part of the book to get your research plan started in the right direction · The latest developments in qualitative inquiry, including advocacy, participatory, and emancipatory approaches have been added to Chapter 10 · Mixed Method Procedures (Chapter 11) show readers how to identify the type of mixed method strategy, select the data collection and analysis approaches, and plan the overall structure of the study Examples, drawn from various disciplinary fields, are used throughout the book to deepen the readers understanding of the discussion. These include examples of studies with marginalized individuals in our society that reflect issues in social justice in addition to the traditional samples and populations studied by social researchers. -
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Word 2016 in Depth by ISBN: 0789755661Publication Date: 2015-11-09In this comprehensive guide to Word, you'll learn the skills and techniques for efficiently building the documents you need for both your professional and your personal life. Faithe Wempen delivers step-by-step instructions, troubleshooting advice, and insider tips to help you improve your written image in business, academic, organizational, and personal settings.
Which PITTCat?
PITTCat is the online catalog of all Pitt libraries. Use it to find anything collected by our libraries, including print and electronic books and journals, audiovisual materials, and government documents.
But just to make things interesting, we give you many different flavors of PITTCat:
- The "traditional" online catalog- search by author, title, subject heading, or keywords
- Connects you to online resources
- Answers the questions
- Do we own a particular book or journal?
- What options are available for accessing each online books or journal?
Pitt Resources Quick Search
- Accessible from the HSLS home page
- HSLS resources will be the first results
- Organizes the resources into categories
PittCat+
- Accessible from the ULS home page (big search box in the top middle of the page)
- Simultaneously searches the library catalog as well as online books and journals available from Pitt. A good tool for assessing the range of information sources available at Pitt on a topic