PHE 443U - Environmental Health: Choose a Topic
On this page
- Why reference works?
- Topic Development Video
- Search for Reference Sources
- Full-text Online Reference Databases
- Selected Reference Works
- Databases
- Useful Websites
Topic Development Video
This video will help you find a topic that's not too broad, not too narrow, but just right.
Selected Reference Works
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The Gale Encyclopedia of Environmental Health
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781414498805Publication Date: 2013-06-07 -
The Praeger Handbook of Environmental Health
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 0313386005Publication Date: 2012-04-23
Useful Websites
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Environmental Protection Agency"The EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment."
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World Health OrganizationFind publications, reports, data, and statistics compiled and written by the World Health Organization.
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Recalls.govYour online resource for recalls.
Why Reference Works?
Scholarly reference works are useful for the following:
- An overview of a topic
- Topic ideas for a paper topic or narrowing your topic
- Finding keywords for searches
- Bibliographies for further research
Reference works are good starting points for research, but are rarely cited in research as secondary sources.
Search for Reference Sources (PSU Only)
Full-Text Online Reference Databases
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Sage eReference This link opens in a new windowContains full text encyclopedias and reference books in the social sciences and humanities. Search by keyword or browse by topic.
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Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowContains full text subject encyclopedias, reference works, dictionaries, and handbooks in all disciplines.
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Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new windowContains full text Oxford University Press handbooks on topics in the fields of business, management, philosophy, political science, and religion. Handbooks provide overview, background, historical synthesis and reference lists.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (Portland State University Library Content) This link opens in a new windowFeatures full text scholarly encyclopedias and reference works. This expanded collection of the Oregon Gale Virtual Statewide Reference Library includes Portland State University purchased titles.
Databases
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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowOffers reports on key issues in the U.S.Congress from 1923 to the present. Includes a searchable archive by keyword, date, or subject.
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Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new windowMaintains controversial contemporary topic summaries and overviews of current issues that include aspects of the issues along with pro and con arguments and opinions.
