Module 3: Environmental Studies

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Research Strategies

Finding Environmental Studies Information
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UMD Libraries' Full Text Databases

For assistance developing your research strategies, or finding resources for your topic, or any other questions, please contact Environmental Sciences subject specialist - Isabella Baxter - ibaxter@umd.edu 

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Federal and Maryland State Government Web Sites

For more sources of government information, see here and here.         
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Health and Medical Statistics

To find statistics, click here Links to an external site..

Keep in mind that sources used to compile health and medical data include:

  • Clinical studies - prospective and retrospective
  • Medical literature (journals)
  • Hospital discharge records (National Hospital Discharge Survey)
  • Government records showing amounts spent on Medicare and Medicaid
  • Insurance company records
  • Censuses
  • Death investigations by coroners and medical examiners
  • Surveillance by public health departments and universities
  • Reports from clinics, hospitals, doctors, and other healthcare practitioners by the Centers for Disease Control and other health-related agencies
  • Sampling and surveys by the National Center for Health Statistics and other agencies
  • Disease registries
  • Interviews

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Questions? 

For assistance developing your research strategies, or finding resources for your topic, or any other questions, please contact public health specialist:

Nedelina Tchangalova  nedelina@umd.edu