The databases listed
below are excellent tools for identifying literature and research about infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant women. Where
appropriate, we've included tips and search examples on how to identify literature and research efficiently. Please note that databases vary in how
terms should be entered; for example, some require quotation marks and others
don't. Enter search phrases as shown
in bold below.
- Active Living Research Literature Database. Citations for journal articles that examine how environments and policies influence
active living for children and their families. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
- Bioethics Research Library Databases. Citations to literature on bioethics and professional ethics, information about
bioethics organizations, and descriptions of bioethics syllabi. Preconception,
pregnancy, and mental health are among the maternal and child health (MCH)
topics addressed. Georgetown University.
- Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) Databases. Information about violence-related research literature; curricula and audiovisuals; prevention, intervention, and treatment programs; and survey instruments for program evaluation. Bullying, school violence, suicide, and domestic violence are among the topics covered. University of Colorado Boulder.
- Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH). Online catalog of research articles examining the relationship between media exposure and health-risk behaviors. Search the CMCH database to identify articles. Use the top tabs to use the guided search, advanced search,
or browse-by-subject features. Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).
- Child Care and Early Education Research Connections: Research Collection. Online catalog of child
care and early childhood education research documents. National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), and Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
- Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network (CYFERnet). Program development and evaluation tools, curricula, and educational materials
about child and adolescent development and parenting
for
professionals who work with children, adolescents, and families. National
network of land-grant university faculty and county extension educators.
- Child Welfare Information Gateway: Services and Tools. Access to state-specific resources, publications, an online library catalog, and educational resources about child welfare, child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption. Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
- ClinicalTrials.gov.
Information about
clinical research studies for a wide
range of diseases and conditions.
Use the Advanced Search feature to limit your search
by age group, among other criteria. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Database. Information about documents covering all aspects of education-related issues.
Search example: To identify resources on bullying, click on Advanced
Search.
In the field, Search for, select Descriptors (from Thesaurus) and enter bullying in the field to the right. Enter a publication date range. Click on Search to
get your results. To narrow your search further or for additional searches,
use the ERIC Thesaurus to identify terms. Department of Education (ED).
- Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) Databases. Information about evaluated food and nutrition education and training materials, research reports, and other resources for nutrition educators and other health professionals, school food service and child nutrition personnel, and families, including pregnant women. Database topics include food safety, nutrition for pregnant women, nutrition education for Native Americans, food stamps, and dietary supplements. National Agricultural Library (NAL).
- Health
Education Resource Exchange (H.E.R.E.).
Online collection of public-health-education and health-promotion
materials in a variety of languages. To search the database,
click on Find items by Subject, Audience, or Language
on the right side of the page. Washington State Department of Health.
- Health Workforce Information Center (HWIC) Online Library. Online catalog of resources about the national health work force. Browse resources by resource type, topic, profession, or state. Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
- Healthy Child Care America: Resource Library. Information about websites and materials for health professionals and child care providers on early education and child care. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
- Healthy Foster Care America: Resource Library. Information about websites and materials on the range of health care issues
and needs of children and adolescents in foster care. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
- Healthy Housing Clearinghouse. Online catalog of journal articles, reports, and other materials about the connection between health and housing and safety hazards in the home. National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH).
- Healthy
Start Toolkit. Online catalog of over 500 products and final reports from Healthy Start projects
from 1995 to present and an historic repositiory
of over 2,000 items developed by Healthy Start
sites from 1997 to 2002. Links to materials developed
by the National Healthy Start Association and related
materials from the MCH Library about improving
perinatal health in communities with high rates
of infant mortality. MCH Library.
- HuGE Literature Finder. Bibliographic citations for published literature on genetic associations and other human genome epidemiology. Article titles link to corresponding PubMed records. HuGE Navigator.
- Maternal and Child Health Research Program: Funded Projects Search. Information about research grants issued annually by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). Also lists grantee publications by year.
- MCHLine®.
Online catalog of
materials on a wide range of MCH topics. Search MCHLine® for your topic or view bibliographies produced from MCHLine®. MCH Library.
- MedlinePlus. Links to information in English and Spanish on over 900 diseases, illnesses, health conditions, and wellness issues. Also links to prescription and nonprescription drug
information; a medical encyclopedia; a medical dictionary; health news; health
directories; video and audio clips; and health information in multiple languages. National Library of Medicine (NLM).
- Minority Health and Health Equity Archive. Online catalog of digital resource materials in the fields of minority health
and health disparities research and policy. University of Maryland Center for Health Equity and the University Library System at the University of Pittsburgh.
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series. Public health recommendations, reports, and surveillance summaries based on weekly reports by state health departments. Use Advanced Search to identify documents on your topic. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- National Agricultural Library (NAL) Catalog (AGRICOLA). Online catalog of agricultural literature including many publications
about child and adolescent nutrition and physical activity. AGRICOLA is organized
into two bibliographic data sets (books and journal articles). Search example:
To identify journal articles about the eating habits of adolescents, choose
Keyword Search under Articles. Enter adolescent nutrition and select As a phrase and Subject in the two fields to the right. Click And. In the next row, enter eating habits and select As a phrase and Subject in the two fields to the right. Click on Search to get your results. Click on
Post Limit to narrow your search results (e.g., add a publication date limit).
Use the thesaurus to identify terms for related searches.
- National
Clearinghouse on Families and Youth
(NCFY) Literature Database. Online catalog of publications that focus
on child and adolescent development and family
issues. Family and Youth Services Bureau.
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database. Online catalog of criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse reports,
articles, and audiovisual materials from the United States
and internationally. Topics include bullying, domestic violence, drugs, gangs,
school safety, underage drinking, and victims. Department of Justice.
- National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC).
Evidence-based clinical
practice guidelines and related
materials for health professionals.
Select Advanced Search to identify guidelines by
topic and age of target population. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORT): NIH RePORTER. Access to reports, data, and analyses of NIH research activities, including information on NIH expenditures and the results of NIH-supported research.
- National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) Library. Online catalog of materials about sexual violence, its causes and impact, and intervention and prevention strategies. National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR).
- National SUID/SIDS Resource Center: A-Z Topic Index. Links to electronic resources from national, state, and local sudden and unexpected
infant and child death programs, as well as perinatal, stillbirth, MCH, and
bereavement organizations. Georgetown University.
- Native Health Database. Online catalog of health-related articles, reports, surveys,
and other documents about the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska
Natives, and Canadian First Nations. University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center.
- POPLINE® (POPulation information onLINE). Online catalog of scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports about reproductive health. Select a topic on the right side of the screen for an instant search of the database. Or, use the POPLINE® Keyword Guide to select terms for conducting your own search. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- PubMed. Citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals. Citations
may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites.
Use the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) database to identify terms. Search example: To identify articles about asthma in children
and adolescents, enter the term asthma in the search box. Click on Search. Click on Choose additional filters in the
left navigation bar. Click on Ages and Search fields. Click on Apply. Under
Ages, click on more... Click on Child: 0-18 years. If another box is already
checked,
you
may click
on it
to
uncheck
it.
Click on Apply. Under Search fields, click on Choose. Select MeSH Major Topic
and click on Apply. Click on the other filters in the left navigation bar to
further limit your search
(i.e.,
Publication
dates,
Species,
Article
types,
Languages).
Add terms to narrow your search further (e.g., asthma AND patient education,
asthma AND school, asthma AND
smoking). National Library of Medicine (NLM).
Note: View Healthy People 2020 Structured Evidence Queries to access an automatic search mechanism for published literature indexed in PubMed and related to the Healthy People 2020 objectives. Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce.
- PubMed Health. Integrated access to clinical effectiveness reviews with easy-to-read summaries for consumers as well as full technical reports. Search example: To identify reviews and related materials about oral health and children and adolescents, type ("oral health" OR dental) AND (child OR adolescent) in the search box. Click on Search to get your results. National Library of Medicine (NLM).
- Rare Disease Database. Disease reports about rare diseases that include information about symptoms, causes, affected populations, related disorders, therapies, and organizations to contact for further information. National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD).
- REHABDATA. Online catalog of reports, studies, papers, journal articles, and books about disability and rehabilitation. Topics include physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues related to people with disabilities. National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC).
- Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (ReCAPP) Library. Online catalog of educational resource materials about reducing sexual risk-taking
behaviors in adolescents. ETR Associates.
- SafetyLit: Injury Prevention Literature Update and Archive Database. Abstracts of reports and journal articles about injury prevention and safety promotion. Subscribe to the SafetyLit Update and receive a weekly e-mail notice about new additions to the database. San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health.
- Science.gov. Gateway to science information and research results from over 50 scientific databases on topics that include health and medicine. Interagency initiative of 16 government science organizations within 12 federal agencies.
- State Child Welfare Policy Database. State policy information on child welfare topics. Child Trends.
- State School Healthy Policy Database. State laws and policies in key areas of school health. National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE).
- Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere (STRYVE): Resources. Online catalog of youth-violence-prevention materials. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network). Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases. National Library of Medicine (NLM).
Related MCH Library Resources
Maternal and Child Health Literature and Research Databases: Resource Brief.
(March 2012). (Updated: May 2012).
Author: Susan Brune Lorenzo, M.L.S., MCH Library.
Reviewer: Olivia Pickett, M.A., M.L.S., MCH Library.
Editor: Ruth Barzel, M.A., MCH Library.
