Public Health Pipeline Plus Program: Home

During the library visit:

• Complete the Kahoot.It survey
• Explore library resources via these presentation slides
• Follow along with the presentation using this Worksheet
• Complete the Kahoot.It review game

After the visit:

• If you would like to learn more about what you learned during the librarian's visit:
  • View the schedule of Aman's office hours. Please attend her office hours.
  • Schedule an appointment with Aman or Manuel.
  • Look through the suggested tutorials listed on this guide.

Useful Resources

• For health, life, and environmental sciences research articles, visit PubMed.
• For consumer health information, visit MedlinePlus.
• For information from the Food & Drug Administration, visit FDA.Gov.
• For basic state, national, and international health statistics and reports, visit Health Poll.
• To identify experts in health topics, visit the Center for Public Health Initiatives.
• For your more advanced searches, use Google Advanced Search.
  • Read these tips on how to refine your Google search.
• Apply for a complimentary library card online on the Free Library of Philadelphia website to access access online guides and databases. When the Free Library of Philadelphia reopens, you can borrow physical items.

If you would like to learn about other databases, check out the Consumer & Patient Health Information Guide.



Looking for some help evaluating information? Check out these resources!

• Do I know if an article is peer-reviewed? (Video Length: 3:31)
• Do I Trust this information or Trash it? (Website Tutorial)
• Is this a Primary or Secondary source? (Website Tutorial)

New York Times COVID19 graphs:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

Examples of misleading graphs
https://www.statisticshowto.com/misleading-graphs/

COVID-19: Visualizations/Media/Datasets:
https://guides.library.upenn.edu/c.php?g=1008315&p=7306899

Datawrapper, a tool for visualizing datasets and creating tables:
https://www.datawrapper.de/

Great site for explaining statistical terms and tests:
 https://www.graphpad.com/guides/prism/8/statistics/stat_---_principles_of_statistics_-.htm

Data Literacy: What, Why, and How to Bring it Into the Classroom (Skip whatever does not make sense to you):
https://youtu.be/AyNqF8mipks

Resources to Teach and Learn Data Science in High School:

https://www.mastersindatascience.org/blog/resources-teach-learn-data-science-high-school/

• Citation Practice and Management (Video - 4:40)
• Citation Management Tool Comparison Chart (Guide)
• How to use Mendeley (Guide)
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab (Guide with tips on citing various types of items)