Public Health Research
Health Data Sources
- CDC Wonder (Public health)
WONDER (Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research) allows researchers to access statistical research data published by CDC, as well as reference materials, reports and guidelines on health-related topics, and query numeric data sets on CDC's computers, via "fill-in-the blank" web pages. Public-use data sets about mortality (deaths), cancer incidence, HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, vaccinations, natality (births), census data and many other topics are available for query, and the requested data are readily summarized and analyzed, with dynamically calculated statistics, charts and maps.
- Global Health Observatory
The World Health Organization's gateway to health-related statistics for its 194 member countries.
- Health and Retirement Study
A longitutdinal study of health, retirement and aging sponsored by the National Institute of Aging and housed at the University of Michigan that examines studies the labor force participation and health transitions that individuals undergo toward the end of their work lives and in the years that follow. Registration in required to download data.
- Health, United States
An annual report on the state of health statistics from the Centers for Disease Control.
- National Center for Health Statistics
NCHS is the nation’s principle health statistics agency.
- National Institute of Mental Health Statistics
Includes statistics on the prevalence, treatment, and costs of mental disorders for the population of the United States, in addition to information about possible consequences of mental illnesses, such as suicide and disability.
- OECD Health Statistics
Examines national health systems from 1960 forward for OECD member countries in a general, demographic, economic, and social context
- State Health Facts
The Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts database contains detailed health-related information for all 50 states. Raw data can be found and downloaded by clicking the "Resources" tab on the main webpage.
Library Statistical Databases
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ICPSR This link opens in a new window
One of the world's largest repositories of social science data and documentation. Topics covered include sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, child care, health care, crime, minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, and international relations.
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Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to modern and historical census data and demographic information. Users can access this resource as a guest or create a Social Explorer account.
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Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista is one of the leading statistics companies on the internet. With a team of over 200 statisticians, database experts, analysts, and editors, Statista provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information.
This database includes an AI powered tool. For more information see the Statista Research AI information page.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new windowThe ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
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Statistical Abstracts of the World This link opens in a new windowThe ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the World is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions.
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United States Census Data This link opens in a new window
Includes population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Library Health Sciences Databases
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Alt HealthWatch This link opens in a new windowFocuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Provides full text for articles from more than 180 international and often peer-reviewed journals, reports and proceedings, as well as association and consumer newsletters.
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CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source for nursing and allied health journals, providing full text for more than 770 journals indexed in CINAHL.
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Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
Includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and results of the worlds best medical research studies. The Cochrane Reviews are provided in full text.
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Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowProvides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including articles, theses, books, and abstracts.
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new windowProvides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
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JoVE Unlimited: Video Journal This link opens in a new window
JoVE Unlimited Video Journal is the leading peer-reviewed, PubMed-indexed video methods journal which publishes experimental techniques in a visual format.
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MEDLINE (via Ebsco) This link opens in a new windowNational Library of Medicine's premier database in the life sciences, with a concentration in biomedicine.
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ProQuest Central: Public Health This link opens in a new window
This database allows you to search the core literature in the field of public health.
This database includes an AI powered tool. For more information see the ProQuest Research Assistant FAQ.
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PubMed This link opens in a new window
The PubMed database contains more than 34 million citations and abstracts from the biomedical literature. PubMed facilitates searching across three National Library of Medicine resources: MEDLINE (includes Medical Subject Headings: MeSH), PubMed Central, and Bookshelf.
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Ovid Journals This link opens in a new window
Journals @Ovid includes a subscription to 30 journal titles in the Sciences, Health and Communication Disorders areas.
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Science.Gov This link opens in a new window
Searches over 38 databases and 1,950 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results.
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Scopus This link opens in a new windowComprehensive abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. With over 18,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, Scopus supports research needs in the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields as well as in the arts and humanities. Scopus does not test or support Mac/IoS Devices. Scopus recommends IE 8 or higher, Chrome or Firefox.
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SPORTDiscus This link opens in a new windowComprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals
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