A Guide to Health Research for JUMP Students

• MedlinePlus Health Information - Find background information on many health topics.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Find Statistics; Diseases & Conditions; Global Health and on other info such as State, Tribal, Local & Territorial.
• Ten Essential Public Health Services - National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP)
• Community Tool Box (Community Health)
• Consumer Health Links
• Healthfinder - Consumer information from the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services.
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities - This center supports programs of health disparities research with a focus on basic and clinical research, training, and the dissemination of health information.
• National Women's Health Information Center
• Rural Health Resources

•  American Public Health Association  – There are  links to policies, advocacy, interventions, and research that are helpful.

• Arizona Department of Economic Security – This site has AZ-specific information on demographics that may apply to some of your topics.

• Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health – National-level population profiles may help some of you.

• U. S. Census Bureau Factfinder Data – Explore different populations.  Scroll down to see different types of statistics that they provide.

Here is helpful content on What is Peer Reviewed?   

Librarian Tip: some databases such as CINAHL Complete allow one to limit to peer reviewed journals.

Want to know if a journal is scholarly and/or peer-reviewed? Look it up in Ulrich's Online:

To find articles explore different Health Sciences Databases. Utilize the "Help" and "Advanced Search" tools.  Utilize different tutorials such as the ones below:

CINAHL Tutorial - EBSCO 2 minute tutorial

PubMed Tutorial

• Step One: Click on the article title in PubMed Medline. Look for full text links such as an "Online Full-text" link from the NAU Cline Library in upper right:   

• Step Two: If there is not an "Online Full-text" link in upper right or other free full text links, you can request the Cline Library obtain a copy for you.  First, identify the full journal title by clicking on the journal abbreviation in PubMed Medline and select NLM Catalog.   It will display the full journal title. Example: International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

• Step Three:  Request it if the library does not have the electronic article available.

Cline Library Book Catalog: Find a book from the Cline Library.

WorldCat: lets you search the collections of many libraries all at once for books and media. Tip: Click on the title of the book. Click "Request it" and we will obtain a copy for you, if our library does not have it.