Databases for Public Health Research
Find articles and reports on various public health topics.
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Cochrane Open AccessExternal
Collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. -
Digital Commons NetworkExternal
Free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work. -
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)External
Community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. -
GRAFTExternal
Search across 4,640 university repositories for full text articles. -
JURNExternal
Search engine dedicated to finding free academic articles, chapters, and theses. -
News from JURN.orgExternal
The ‘news’ page on the Jurn website (the search tool for open access content) has a Guide to Academic Search that lists various free search engines and tools focused on open access research articles. -
OpenDOARExternal
Directory of open access repositories searchable by host country. -
PLOSExternal
Non-profit Open Access publisher with a mission to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. -
PubMedExternal
U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health maintain this database of biomedical and life science articles. -
Regional Medical Libraries via NNLMExternal
Library that provides equal access to biomedical information. The Program is coordinated by the National Library of Medicine and carried out through a nationwide network of health science libraries and information centers. Users may need an institutional affiliation to access some of the resources. -
Wellcome CollectionExternal
Free medical history library that is useful for archival research. -
World Health OrganizationExternal
Online access to research published by WHO on a broad range of health topics.
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