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Welcome to HE 290: Health Research Methods

This guide will provide resources you can use specifically for your HE 290 course Health Research Methods. Check the tabs above for resources and guidance on your research for the assignments in this course.

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Topic Selection Resources

Pew Research Center: Health Topics
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world.
NIH Research Matters
NIH Research Matters is a weekly update of NIH research highlights reviewed by NIH’s experts.
Medscape
Medical news for healthcare professionals
Scientific American - Health
Health news blog from Scientific American magazine

Background Information Resources

Access Medicine
An "online resource that provides students, residents, clinicians, researchers, and all health professionals with access to more than 65 medical titles from the best minds in medicine, updated content, thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, time-saving diagnostic and point-of-care tools, a comprehensive search platform, and the ability to view from and download content to a mobile device."
Credo General Reference
Credo contains full text encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Academic Writer

Academic Writer (APA Style Central)
Academic Writer is a tool that provides the resources necessary to learn, research, write, and publish in APA Style, directly from the creators of and experts on APA Style, the American Psychological Association. Previously called APA Style Central

Evidence-based Practice

Cochrane Library
A collection of several evidenced-based health care databases.
UpToDate
UpToDate is an evidence-based, physician-authored clinical decision support resource which clinicians trust to make the right point-of-care decisions.

Trip: Turning Research Into Practice
Trip is a free clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.