Guides: Department Guides: Health & Senior Services

Library Resources for Department of Health & Senior Services

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Open Access COVID-19 Research Resources

COVID-19 Research Resources for State Government Employees

Coronavirus Research Database

EBSCO Databases

Search our broadest collection of articles (from EBSCO), or search our ProQuest databases for additional content.

ProQuest Databases

Search our ProQuest databases, focused on agriculture, biology, environmental science, health and psychology. For a broader search, try our EBSCO databases.

Useful Links

Federal

Missouri

For historical Missouri documents and records, contact the State Archives at archref@sos.mo.gov or 573.751.3280.

Freely Available Publications Online

Addictive Behaviors Reports
Case Reports in Women's Health
Infection, Disease & Health
Journal of Preventive Medicine
Google Scholar search
Use Google Scholar to help search for publications and citations online.

More Library Resources

ReferenceUSA
A business database containing information from millions of U.S. businesses. Business lists can be produced using criteria such as industry type, number of employees, geographic location, and executive gender and ethnicity.

Resources About Older Adults

Elder Justice Initiative

The Elder Justice Initiative (EJI) through the U.S. Department of Justice supports and coordinates enforcement and programmatic efforts to combat elder abuse, neglect and financial fraud and scams that target our nation's seniors.

Missouri Investor Protection Center

Senior Savings Protection Act

Alzheimer's Research

Alzheimer's Association: How to search databases

COVID-19
Updates and Resources

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Trial Databases

Social Explorer

Create visualizations and maps from a variety of data at the national, state and county levels.
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Free Government Resources

Missouri Government Publications
Search or browse the digital collection of state agency publications in Internet Archive. View DHSS publications here.
MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. It is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, and a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- Older Adult Health
PubMed
PubMed contains more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature.

State Agency Databases Project
Links to publicly searchable databases produced by agencies of the 50 state governments of the United States plus the District of Columbia.

Find Health, Medicine & Safety Sources in all 50 states.

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Webinars from other Sources

BrightTALK webinars

Spotlighting...

Team Nutrition, an initiative of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, supports national efforts to promote lifelong healthy food choices and physical activity by improving the nutrition practices of the child nutrition programs. Team Nutrition provide resources to schools, child care settings, summer meal sites, state agencies and partners that participate in these programs.

Resources for State Agency:

Team Nutrition State Agency Spotlights

CACFP Meal Service Training Grants

NSLP Grant Opportunities

Team Nutrition Training Grants

Need some inspiration for fun ways to promote nutrition and physical activity at elementary and middle schools? Take a look at the Team Nutrition Popular Events Idea Booklet.