Research Guides: Health Sciences: Books and Journals

WorldCat

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Over 36 million records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries.
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Find books, articles, and media at TU and other libraries worldwide. If we do not own an item, you can request it using Interlibrary Loan, and we will borrow it from another library.

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E-Books in the Catalog

Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health by Sana Loue (Editor); Martha Sajatovic (Editor)
Americans are living longer, and the elder population is growing larger. To meet the ongoing need for quality information on elder health, the Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health combines multiple perspectives to offer readers a more accurate and complete picture of the aging process. The book takes a biopsychosocial approach to the complexities of its subject. In-depth introductory chapters include coverage on a historical and demographic overview of aging in America, a guide to biological changes accompanying aging, an analysis of the diversity of the U.S. elder population, legal issues commonly affecting older adults, and the ethics of using cognitively impaired elders in research. (From the WorldCat page.)
Encyclopedia Public Health by Lester Breslow
ISBN: 9780028658889
Publication Date: 2003-11-01
Includes topics such as - disability studies, environmental health, drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, epidemiology, nutrition, demographics, health education, LGBT health, and diseases.
Qualitative Health Research by Janice M. Morse
ISBN: 9781611320114
Publication Date: 2012-06-15
The leading figure in qualitative health research (QHR), Janice M. Morse, asserts that QHR is its own separate discipline--distinct from both traditional health research and other kinds of qualitative research--and examines the implications of this position for theory, research, and practice. (From ProQuest Ebook Central.)

E-Reference and Books in the Catalog

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A multidisciplinary e-book database that covers all academic subject areas. The collection includes more than 150,000 titles from more than 220 academic, STM, and professional publishers. Towson University's Ebook Central collection also includes 8 separate databases in business, marketing and economics; humanities; life and physical science; medical sciences; computers and information technology; engineering and technology; social and behavioral sciences; education; and reference and maps. In order to download books for offline viewing, you will need Adobe Digital Editions. This collection of ebooks used to be hosted on Ebrary and EBL.
ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
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A multidisciplinary e-book database that covers all academic subject areas. The collection includes more than 150,000 e-book titles from more than 220 academic, STM, and professional publishers. Towson University's Ebook Central collection also includes 8 separate databases in business, marketing and economics; humanities; life and physical science; medical sciences; computers and information technology; engineering and technology; social and behavioral sciences; education; and reference and maps. In order to download books for offline viewing, you will need Adobe Digital Editions. This collection of ebooks used to be hosted on Ebrary and EBL.
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The R2 Digital Library from Rittenhouse is a web-based e-book platform that aggregates book content from key health science publishers. Cook Library has access to over 600 titles in the R2 Digital Library's Nursing, Allied Health, and Exercise Science collections.
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SAGE Knowledge is a searchable collection of thousands of selected ebooks and over 60 encyclopedias and reference works covering many subjects, including Business and management, criminal justice, education, family studies, politics, and many others, and provides unlimited, site-wide use. Terms and Conditions.
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SAGE Research Methods supports beginning and advanced researchers in every step of a research project, from writing a research question, choosing a method, gathering and analyzing data, to writing up and publishing the findings. With information on the full range of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods for the social and behavioral sciences, as well as many methods commonly used in the hard sciences, the book, reference, and journal content in SAGE Research Methods help researchers of all levels conduct their research.
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ScienceDirect includes over 2,500 full text journals and 7,500 eBooks covering all aspects of science - including life sciences, physical sciences and social sciences. Terms and Conditions.

Open Access Books and Journals

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A collection of open access eBooks available as free PDF downloads, covering a range of disciplines. All books included in this directory go through a peer review process. Many items are in English, but a number of other languages are represented as well. Terms and Conditions
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A multidisciplinary database of scholarly and scientific journals that are available open access, without cost to users or their institutions. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of these articles. The journal must exercise peer-review or editorial quality control to be included in the database.
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HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital preservation repository which provides long-term preservation and access services for content from a variety of sources, including Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and in-house partner institution initiatives. The repository includes digitized and fully searchable online copies of public domain and in-copyright books and other publications.

OER Commons
OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.
Pressbooks
Pressbooks Directory provides an index of 5,080 books published across 144 Pressbooks networks.

Journals

Browse our Journal List by subject or journal name to find relevant journals for your research.

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Identify appropriate venues for your research within the disciplines of Accounting, Economics & Finance, Management, Marketing, Educational Curriculum & Methods, Educational Psychology & Administration, and Educational Technology & Library Science. Search by topic or journal title and filter results as desired. Access to the business disciplines is funded by the College of Business and Economics. Access to the education disciplines is funded through the College of Education’s annual library acquisitions allocation.

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