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Population health sciences seeks to improve the health of populations and communities in southwest and southside Virginia, the Commonwealth, Central Appalachia, the nation, and beyond by training future public health leaders through the discovery, delivery and implementation of knowledge and skills in the study, assessment, maintenance, improvement, and protection of public health.

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PubMed/MEDLINE from the NLM

PubMed/MEDLINE from the NLM
PubMed indexes citations, abstracts, and some full text for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books in the life sciences, including the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences. Advanced search limits include types of articles (such as clinical trial, case reports, or review), human or animal studies, and age of subjects. Full text provided as HTML and PDF. 1947-present.
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CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health from EBSCOhost

CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health from EBSCOhost
CINAHL provides indexing for citations, abstracts, and full text from journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. It also offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals, and book chapters. Searchable cited references for some journals are also included. Full-text material (in PDF and HTML) includes journals, legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments, and clinical trials. 1981-present.
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POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE)

POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE)
POPLINE indexes citations and abstracts of articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the fields of population, family planning, and related health issues. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1827-present; majority of records 1970-present.
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Global Health from CABI

Global Health from CABI
Global Health indexes citations, abstracts, and full text from journals, conference proceedings, books, patents, gray literature, and electronic-only sources in public health research and practice around the world. Full text available as PDF and HTML. 1970-present.
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Ageline from EBSCOhost

AgeLine from EBSCOhost
AgeLine focuses exclusively on the population aged 50+ and issues of aging. It covers the literature of social gerontology and includes aging-related content from the health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy. This database indexes journals, books, book chapters, reports, dissertations, consumer guides, and educational videos. Some full text available as PDF and HTML. Publication coverage is from 1978-present, with selected coverage from 1966-1977.
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ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is a membership-based organization providing access to the world's largest archive of computer-based research and instructional data for the social sciences. The archive of data sets includes a broad range of disciplines, including political science, sociology, demography, economics, history, education, gerontology, criminal justice, public health, foreign policy, and law.
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Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO) from the EPA

Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO) from the EPA
HERO contains the key studies EPA uses to develop environmental risk assessments for the public. HERO indexes citations, abstract, and some full text from journals, books, computer programs, conference papers, data sets, dissertations, laws and codes, magazines, newspapers, patents, reports, and standards. 1800s-present.
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ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts from CSA

ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts from CSA
ASSIA is an index of citations and abstracts to journal articles in the social sciences and education, economics, and health fields. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1987-present.
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