Library guides: Public health: Key resources

LibWizard

Database Searching in Public Health
This interactive tutorial will take you through the steps required to conduct a search in the MEDLINE database.

CINAHL Complete
Nursing, Allied Health and Public Health evidence.
Medline Complete
Authoritative medical information from over 5,400 journals in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences.
PubMed
Major medical and biomedical database from NLM (includes Medline). Tip: Try the 'findit@ACU’ links to search for full text access from our other subscriptions.
Web of Science Core Collection
Multi-disciplinary scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.

More databases for public health

Credo Reference
Collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and other reference books as well as images, audio files, and videos. Topic Pages offer a starting point and pathways for further research. Includes The Macquarie Dictionary.

Trove
A vast range of Australian collections from cultural, community and research organisations. Includes books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, theses, diaries, archives and more. Provided by the National Library of Australia.
SMART imagebase
Collection of high quality illustrations and animations on a range of health science topics. Users may download images for educational, non-commercial use in lectures, presentations, slide shows and more.
Wellcome Collection
Find thousands of freely licensed (CC) digital books, artworks, photos and images of historical library materials and museum objects. Themes range from medical and social history to contemporary healthcare and biomedical science.

Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
Much of the information critical to the communication of public health messages is pictorial rather than text-based. This database contains a range of material for reference, teaching, presentation, and public health messages.
Creative Commons
CC Search is a tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone. Content from a range of sources is included, from the Science Museum UK to the Smithsonian.

Last reviewed: 3 February 2021