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Databases for researching the literature in HHD

Where to start your research? You might start with Web of Science as it's a very large, interdisciplinary database. However, you may need to search your topic across several databases depending on the interdisciplinary nature of your topic and depending on how extensive of a literature review you're conducting. Most research questions are also appropriate for exploring in the PSYCINFO behavioral sciences database.

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Large, combined database of scholarly articles, books, and data sets
Cabell's Publishing Directories This link opens in a new window
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Identify journals for publishing in Business, Education, Library and Information Science, Psychology, Psychiatry, Computer Science, Health Administration, and Nursing
CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
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Access nursing and allied health literature, evidence-based care sheets, and quick lessons
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
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Find evidence-based medical reviews
Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
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Research in agriculture, ecology, energy, natural resources, geography, environmental technology
ERIC This link opens in a new window
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The primary education database; includes articles and other resources
Foundation Directory Online This link opens in a new window
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Search U.S. foundations and the grants they offer
Global Health This link opens in a new window
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Offers global coverage of both the developing and developed world
Journal Citation Reports This link opens in a new window
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Determine a journal's impact and influence in a research subject
Medline (on Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
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Biomedical literature; alternative view of PubMed
PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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Articles, dissertations, and book chapters in psychology and the behavioral sciences
PubMed This link opens in a new window
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Biomedical literature, includes citations from MEDLINE
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Major sociology database covering articles, books, conference proceedings, and dissertations
SPORTDiscus This link opens in a new window
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Find full-text content about sports medicine, physical fitness, training, and recreation
ScholarWorks This link opens in a new window
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Open Access research published by Montana State University faculty and students including theses & dissertations and journal articles

Dissertations & Theses Global database
An extensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997.
Other HHD related databases
Explore this link to find even more databases, including Health and Psychosocial instruments, and more.

Finding Citation Counts

How can you determine how many times a particular article/study has been cited by others? Try searching for your article in one or more of these databases for starters.

Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
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Broad coverage of scholarly journals articles in all disciplines and citation searching
PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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Articles, dissertations, and book chapters in psychology and the behavioral sciences
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
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Academic preprints, Web sites, and journal articles
CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
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Access nursing and allied health literature, evidence-based care sheets, and quick lessons
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Large, broad collection of multidisciplinary academic journals, magazines, and news; great starting point for many topics

What is a Literature Review?

See this helpful resource on Literature Reviews from UNC-Chapel Hill: http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/literature-reviews/

Research & Survey Tools

Qualtrics This link opens in a new window
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Create online and offline surveys and collect data for research purposes. See our Qualtrics Guide for help using this resource.

REDcap
Build and manage surveys and databases
Sample Research Proposal from OWL at Purdue

WWW Resources

Grants.gov
Search grants.gov to find and apply for federal grants; note the Foundation Directory, above, a great resource for locating grants available from various foundations.
National Center for Cultural Competence
Learn about cultural and linguistic competency within systems and organizations from NCCC. Major emphasis is placed on translating evidence into policy and practice for programs and personnel concerned with health and mental health care delivery, administration, education and advocacy.