Social Determinants of Health

Course Number: HS200-BR

Subject: Health Studies

Scholarly articles:

Canadian newspaper articles:

Canadian News@ProQuest

Statistics:

Census Program - Statistics Canada

Public Health

Laurier Articles via Google Scholar

Google Scholar

Go to settings and click on “Library” on the left side of the page
Type in Laurier and search; make sure the link to it is checked; save these settings

Evaluating resources

Relevance What evidence does this source add to your research topic?
Authority Who wrote it and how do we know we can trust them?
Accuracy Is there evidence of bias? Do other documents support this source?
Currency When was it written?
Purpose Why was it written? Who was the intended audience?

Additional Tips:

Use a multi-pronged approach; search by using our Omni catalogue, the databases, Google Scholar, the bibliographies of articles you have found
Think of different terms for the same word (e.g. post-secondary OR university)
Use quotation marks when searching for two words that go together as a phrase (e.g. “mental health”)
Use an asterisk and the root of a word to get all forms of it (e.g. rac* will find the words race and racial)
For scholarly articles, look for the “peer-reviewed journals” option in the Omni catalogue and in the databases
If you search in our Omni articles, use the links (especially the “subject links” and “more options”) to narrow down your search

Research help:

See Pauline Dewan (pdewan@wlu.ca or call 519 756-8228 ext. 5529)
You are welcome to drop in
To make sure I am there, it is best to make an appointment
My office is beside the digital library/study space in the basement of Grand River Hall (108B)

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