Scientific Literature

Descriptive Epidemiology:

Generate Hypothesis 

Answers What, Where, Who, and When  

Analytic Epidemiology:

Test Hypothesis

Answers Why and How

Public Health Surveillance Systems provide necessary data to measure frequency and patterns of diseases,  provides statistical information, reports and practice guidelines.  Ex. CDC WONDER

Scientific Literature

2/22/13 the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a memorandum titled “Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research”.

Publication Process

Always read the abstract first, to see if you want to read the full article.

IMRaD: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion

Scientific Paper: Structure of an Article

Types of Studies 

Evaluating Scientific Studies

Databases to Find Scientific Literature 

Access all of these databases from Pipeline/Blackboard or Public Health  Research Guide.

Make a list of potential keywords to search with. As you uncover more information your list will change to include subject terms.

Generating Keywords

Connecting Your Keywords

Also utilize features of where to search your terms and limiters to filter results.

Organizing Your Research

• Save articles either in USB or in Databases with personal accounts.
• Take Notes page# and name of Author.
• Use Citation Management Software like EndNote Basic or Zotero       to keep all references in one place.

Citation Management Consultations

Wednesday & Thursdays

10:00 AM or 3:00 PM

reference@hpu.edu

 Research Practice

Using some of your keywords from the previous exercise, create an advanced search string and practice searching in a database.

Find a potential scientific study  and email it  to yourself and librarian.

Send your search string in the note or comment section of the email.

Librarian: Elizabet Torres

etorres@hpu.edu