Data Sources
- CDC Data SetsData sources include the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), and the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
- American Fact FinderUse Census Data to get a sense of demographics and much more.
Government Resources
- CDC: Mental HealthResources and Data
- Consumer Health: MedlinePlus Child Mental HealthA consumer health focused website from the NIH that has a variety of resources and links.
- National Commission on Children and Disasters 2010 Report to the President and Congress
- National Institute of Mental HealthA Division of the NIH
- Treatment of Children with Mental IllnessHandout available from NIMH in English and Spanish on children and mental health.
Databases
- CINAHL Plus with Full TextCINAHL covers literature related to nursing and allied health.
- DARE : Database of Abstracts of Reviews of EffectsDatabase of evidence-based systematic reviews of diagnostic tests, public health, pharmacology, surgery, psychology and the health care system.
- EMBASE : Excerpta Medica Database
Database in biomedicine which also excels in its coverage of pharmaceutical research. From 1974 to present.
Tip: If you have problems with off campus access, use AnyConnect VPN. To install, go to AnyConnect VPN and make sure you select the Library-Resources group. - Google ScholarThis is a search engine that focuses on academic output. This link is proxied for UIC users off campus so you can download full text.
- OvidPlatform for ebooks, journals and databases in clinical medicine, nursing, allied health sciences, and psychology. Limited to 125 simultaneous users.
- PsycArticlesNow called APA PsyArticles and is published by the American Psychological Association and Canadian Psychological Association.
- PsycINFOPsychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, nursing, sociology, business, education, etc.
- PubMed
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's to present.
- ScopusFind the work of a specific author or lab. Track through citations and references.
- Web of ScienceLargest citation database in science, engineering, medicine and technology; also the social sciences, arts and humanities are represented.
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