GSU Library Research Guides: PH 7160 Introduction to Healthcare Systems: Databases & Articles

Core Databases

Business Source Ultimate
Business Source Ultimate contains peer-reviewed, full- text journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business useful for discussion on future developments and changes in the business world.
MEDLINE with Full Text
Combines the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database with links to the complete text of articles from leading medical journals. The database offers information related to the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences.
Global Health
Public health database that provides information on international health, biomedical life sciences, non-communicable diseases, public health nutrition, food safety and hygiene, and more. Indexes journal articles, books, conference proceedings, patents, and more.
PAIS Index
PAIS stands for Public Affairs Information Service. International public policy/public affairs information relevant to researchers, students, administrators, legislators, and business and financial decision-makers.
Public Health Database
Designed to be the ideal starting point for public health information and research, delivering core public health literature across a variety of disciplines ranging from the social sciences and biological sciences to business. Includes journals, news, trade publications, reports, and current newspaper articles.
PubMed
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that indexes over 20 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. Articles tend to be very clinically-focused. You can also search MEDLINE via MEDLINE (at EBSCOhost).

PubMed Special Queries
Special Queries is a search interface to find PubMed citations relating to specific subjects such as Healthy People 2010, AIDS and Health Disparities.

Getting the full article

First, look for a direct link to the article. Specifically, look for links that say HTML Full Text or PDF Full Text.

If you don't see one of these links, look for a

button next to article you want. This brief tutorial shows how to use the Find It @ GSU button.

Ask a librarian for help if you can't find what you need!

More Databases

Academic Search Complete
Multidisciplinary database that indexes articles, books, newspapers, reports, conference proceedings, and more.
Ageline
Database produced by the AARP that provides bibliographic information on social gerontology (the study of aging in psychological, health-related, social, and economic contexts). Includes information regarding the delivery of health care to the older population and its associated costs and policies, as well as consumer, employment, and public policy issues.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health, and allied health disciplines, providing access to journals, books, dissertations, standards of practice.
Cochrane Library
Unique source of reliable and up-to-date CLINICAL information on the effects of interventions in health care. Designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care.
ERIC (EBSCO)
Educational Resources Information Center contains published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar searches academic publishers, professional societies and pre-print archives.
PolicyArchive
A digital archive of global, non-partisan public policy research, collecting and disseminating summaries, full text, videos, reports, briefs, and multimedia materials of think tank, university, government, and foundation-funded policy research.
PsycINFO
Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines.
Sociological Collection
This database provides information on all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.