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NU 431 Resources

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Selected Electronic Books -- Periodical Databases -- Selected Books in Busse Library -- Selected Websites

Selected Electronic Books

Case Studies in Cultural Diversity. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 1998.

Ethics in Public and Community Health. New York: Routledge, 2000.

Griffith, John R. Designing 21st Century Healthcare. Chicago, Health Administration Press, 1998.

Healthy Communities. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.

Improving Health in the Community. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.

McKenzie, James F. An Introduction to Community Health. Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 1999.

Introduction to Primary Health Care in Urban Communities. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 1999.

A Practical Handbook for Community Health Nurses. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1999.

 

Periodical Databases
 

Ebsco Database (password required)

  • Ebsco Academic Search Premier -- Contains full-text articles for over 3,400 scholarly journals and is the world's largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database. Subject areas include: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, languages, linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, and ethnic studies.

FirstSearch Databases (password required)

After you key in your login and password, you will need to select again from the list of available databases on the search screen.  To do this click on the dropdown menu in: Jump to Advanced Search: Select a Database to Search.  Select the required database and begin your search. You may initiate an InterLibrary Loan request from FirstSearch databases to the Busse Library. Use the linked Tips for help in using the databases. 

  • ArticleFirst - Index to citations from of over 12,600 journals. Tips on using this database.
  • CINAHL -- Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Literature
  • GPO Monthly Catalog - Index to information printed by the US Government Printing Office. Tips on using this database.
  • MEDLINE -- Access to Medline index of medical journals.
  • PsycINFO -- Index to psychological journal articles, books, chapters, technical reports and dissertations from 1887 to the present.
  • PubMed --Access to Medline from the National Library of Medicine. Index to medical journals from around the world.
  • World Almanac - Facts and figures
  • WorldCat - Over 30 million catalog records of books and audiovisuals held in libraries around the world. A good way to see if a book has been published on a topic which you may want to borrow through InterLibrary Loan. Remember to select books with at least 15 library holdings indicated. Tips on using this database.

 

Selected Books in Busse Library

Gloor, Robert F.
Medicine, the community, and health.
Thorofare, NJ: C.B. Slack, c1982. RA425 .M4 1982

Green, Lawrence W.
Community health.
St. Louis: Mosby, 1982. RA425 .G74 1982

Hanchett, Effie S.
Community health assessment: a conceptual tool kit.
New York: Wiley, c1979. RT98 .H36

Holland, Walter W.
Oxford textbook of public health.
Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 1997. RA425 .O0 1997, Ref.

Knutson, Andie L.
The individual, society, and health behavior.
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1965. RA418 .K55

Larson, James S.
The measurement of health: concepts and indicators.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1991. RA407 .L37 1991

McKeown, Thomas.
An introduction to social medicine.
Oxford, UK: Blackwell Scientific, 1974. RA425 .M315 1974

Ng, Lorenz K.Y.
Strategies for public health: promoting health and preventing disease.
New York: Van Nostrand, c1981. RA425 .S74

Roemer, Milton Irwin.
National health systems of the world.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1991-. RA393 .R593 1991, Ref.

Schneider, Mary-Jane.
Introduction to public health.
Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, 2000. RA425 .S28 2000

Shirreffs, Janet H.
Community health, contemporary perspectives.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, c1982. RA445 .S47

Wilner, Daniel M.
Introduction to public health.
New York: Macmillan, c1978. RA 425 .M8 1978

 

Selected Websites

 

Online materials for students enrolled in NU 431 are provided by the Busse Library, Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, IA. Use is limited to registered students. Contact the Busse Library with your questions.