LibGuides: CH & SOC 0186: Health Policy in A Global Era: Articles and Online Resources

Having trouble accessing an article?

Some databases only provide citation information to an article or resource rather than the full text. Other times, you may find something on Google Scholar to which Tufts does not have instant access. Interlibrary loan can help provide you with access to the resources that you need with help from other libraries and universities.

Interlibrary Loan
Information on the process and policies for borrowing books and other sources from other libraries.

Find Articles in JumboSearch

Jumbo Search is a great place to start because it searches many of the Tisch Library's resources all at once. However, it doesn't search everything, and so using subject specific databases like the ones in the curated list below can help you find more resources.

Select Recommended Databases and Online Resources

Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Centers – Health Policy
List of heath policy-related research centers.
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Health Topics
Explore CDC recommendations and guidelines for various health topics.

Global Health
Provides comprehensive coverage of the international public-health literature, particularly in the areas of tropical medicine, infectious diseases, vector control, food safety, nutrition policy, and epidemiology.

HKS Think Tank Search
A Google Custom Search from Harvard Kennedy School of more than 1100 think tanks and research centers.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
This database includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951.

IssueLab
Contains free access to case studies, evaluations, white papers, annual reports, issue briefs, and numerous other materials addressing the world's social problems that include aging, crime and safety, government reports, nonprofit and philanthropy, race and ethnicity, and transportation.

PAIS Index
This resource covers issues in public policy, combining both PAIS Archive and PAIS International, with coverage from 1915 to present. The resource provides a broad perspective on social and public policies.
Policy File Index
Provides access to research from major think tanks, research organizations, and university research programs. Contains information on a complete range of policy issues, both domestic and international. Updated weekly.
PubMed Central (PMC)
PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Social Science Premium Collection
The ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection combines discipline specific collections in politics and sociology with resources that cut across the entire spectrum of the social sciences.
Social Science Research Network
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is an open access resource devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences.
Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Web of Science
Search across all Web of Science databases in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.

World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

Looking for other resources?

The links below will take you to other Tufts libraries' research guides that have other suggested databases, online resources, and research tips.

Community Health (General)
by Elizabeth McCall Last Updated Jan 17, 2025 207 views this year
Sociology (General)
by Cece Lasley Last Updated Feb 21, 2025 35 views this year
Global Health
by Amy Lapidow Last Updated Jan 27, 2025 6 views this year
Public Policy Resources
by Ellen McDonald Last Updated Jul 17, 2024 40 views this year

Is your resource even an article?

How can I tell if the resource I found is a journal article?

This is something that trips everyone up at least once.

When you are looking at a resource from a database or Google Scholar search, if you encounter volume and issue numbers (often styled "volume, no. issue" in citations in Chicago style) and page numbers, you are looking at a journal article.
Often the fact that journal titles often include the word "journal" helps too. :)
Many library databases often include labels on the resources in the result page that can help you identify journal articles as well.