Welcome to the Jerry Falwell Library Research Guide for Public and Community Health! This guide is designed to assist you with finding resources relevant to your research in Public and Community Health, including Health promotion, Healthcare management, Public health, Nutrition, and Global health; links to citation and writing help are provided. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Databases - Use this tab when you are looking for journal articles relevant to the health professions.
Books & E-books - Use this tab when you are looking for books specific to the health professions.
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries - Use this tab when you are looking for general, broad information on your topic or you need to define terms.
Websites - Use this tab for links to freely accessible content on the web.
Please note, undergraduate students in Public Health will use APA 7 for citation and formatting purposes. Graduate students in Public Health should use AMA.
For undergraduate students, the library has created a brief introduction to general APA 7 guidelines.
For graduate students, the American Medical Association (AMA), publisher of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), has its own manual of style. The AMA guide provides a brief introduction to general AMA 11 guidelines for writers.
