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Academic Search Premier
Developed for undergraduate students, this is a general database covering many topics.
CDC Stacks
Free digital archive of scientific research and literature produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Dissertations and Theses Full-Text
Comprehensive, worldwide collection of dissertations and theses.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From here you can link to full-text and print holdings available from UAA/APU Consortium Library.
HeinOnline
Full-page images from legal periodicals and related materials, including Federal Register, U.S. Reports, Code of Federal Regulations, and more.
PubMed
Free access to MEDLINE, with over 23 million citations from 5,652 medical, nursing, dental, and research journals dating back to the 1840s.

Beyond the Surface

APHA Policy Statements and Advocacy
The American Public Health Association is a membership organization that represents a broad array of health providers, educators, environmentalists, policymakers, and health officials.
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
National nonprofit organization dedicated to formulating and influencing sound public health policy.
The Community Guide
Collection of evidence-based findings of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF).
Global Health
CDC webpage
Kaiser Family Foundation
Nonprofit organization focusing on national health issues, as well as the U.S. role in global health policy.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine--Health and Medicine Division
The National Academies are private, nonprofit institutions that provide analysis and advice to inform public policy decisions related to science, technology, and medicine.
Network for Public Health Law
National nonprofit organization that promotes "the power of public health law and policy to improve lives and make our communities safer, healthier, stronger and more equitable."
UCLA Center for Health Policy and Research
Mission is to improve the public’s health through high-quality, objective, and evidence-based research and data that informs effective policymaking.
University of Washington Department of Global Health: Centers, Programs, and Initiatives
UW partnership whose mission is to understand and address the causes of disease and health inequities globally.
World Health Organization (WHO)
Primary role is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations’ system.

Academic Honesty and Integrity

Academic Integrity
Guide from the Consortium Library.
The punishable perils of plagiarism
YouTube TED-Ed lesson by Melissa Huseman D'Annunzio. [3:47 min.]

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