This tab aims to help you better navigate this guide.
The Search Strategies Tab discusses the difference between primary and secondary sources and points to important concepts and tools to use in online searching, such as boolean operators, truncation, and subject headings or descriptors.
For places to search for books, click on the "Find Books" tab.
-- A good way to begin searching for booksis to use the UCSD-Specific Library Catalog, UC Library Search and then expand out to the UCSD-wide catalog MELVYL.
-- Theses and Dissertations are also featured on the "Finding Books and Articles" Tab. Although they are unpublished book-length works, they are often important sources of original information and their bibliographies can lead you to other sources.
For Statistics, use the "Find Health Statistics" Tab points to various places and strategies to find local, state, US, and international health statistics.
The "United Nations Resources" tab points to many resources created by and about the UN (which provides much information about global health and related issues).