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Full text journal articles

There are four ways to obtain full text articles:

  1. Download them from the Public Health - Seattle & King County's list of online journals found on our Employee Intranet (You must be a Public Health - Seattle & King County employee using a computer on our system to access this site.)

  2. Download them on an Open Access website.

  3. Download them from the Public Library's ProQuest database (see instructions below.)

  4. Order them from the University of Washington's document delivery system.

Because our funds our limited and your time is valuable, you are welcome to Ask the Librarian for assistance with locating full text articles. She will make sure that you obtain them in the mostly timely and cost effective way.


ProQuest Database

Washington state residents can access online commercial databases through their local libraries at a discounted cost, thanks to the Statewide Database Licensing Project coordinated by the Washington State Library Sixty-seven public libraries in Washington State participate in this program, which includes access to the ProQuest database for patrons with a library card. To find the public library closest to you and apply for a library card, visit Libraries of Washington State.

Learn more about how to effectively search ProQuest
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    A list of public health e-journals available on the ProQuest database


    Journal Title
    Full Text Available
    AIDS Education and Prevention
    1998 - current
    American Behavioral Scientist
    1960 - 1985; 1986 - 1994; 1995 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    1994 - 1996
    American Journal of Community Psychology
    1994 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    American Journal of Human Genetics
    Full Text: 2005 - 2006
    American Journal of Psychiatry
    1988 - current
    American Journal of Public Health
    1992 - current
    American Sociological Review
    1988 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    American Statistician
    1995 - 2005
    Annals of Internal Medicine
    2002 - 2006
    Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    1997 - 2001
    Biometrika
    1999 - current, delayed 6 month(s)
    Biostatistics
    2000 - current, delayed 6 month(s)
    BMJ (British Medical Journal)
    1994 - 2003
    Canadian Journal of Public Health
    1998 - current
    Child Welfare
    1994 - current (some exceptions)
    Chronicle of Higher Education
    1988 - current, delayed 30 day(s)
    Clinical Pediatrics
    1998 - 2005
    Community Genetics
    1998 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    Demography
    1995 - current
    Diabetes Care
    1996 - current
    European Journal of Epidemiology
    1999 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    European Journal of Population
    1999 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    Family and Community Health
    1998 - 2004
    Frontiers of Health Services Management
    1987 - current
    Health Affairs
    1994 - current, some exceptions
    Health Care Financing Review
    1987 - current
    Health Care Management Review
    1992 - 2004
    Health Care Strategic Management
    1991 - current
    Health Forum Journal
    1987 - 2003
    Health Management Technology
    1987 - current
    Health Marketing Quarterly
    1995 - 1998
    Hospital Law Newsletter
    1998 - 2005
    Health Policy and Planning
    1999 - current, delayed 6 month(s)
    Healthcare Executive
    1991 - current
    Healthcare Financial Management
    1987 - current
    Hospital Topics
    1997 - current
    Human Reproduction
    1999 - current, delayed 6 month(s)
    Genetics
    2004 - current
    Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
    2003 - current
    International Journal of Epidemiology
    1998 - current, delayed 6 month(s), some exceptions
    International Migration Review
    1994 - current
    Journal of the American Dietetic Association
    1995 - 2003
    JASA: Journal of the American Statistical Association
    1992 - 2005
    Journal of Communication
    1988 - current, delayed 6 month(s), some exceptions
    Journal of Community Health
    1991 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    Journal of Community Nursing
    2004 - current
    Journal of Counseling and Development
    1988 - current 1988 - current, delayed 1 year(s) 6 months
    Journal of Environmental Health
    1994 - current
    Journal of Health and Social Behavior
    1992 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    Journal of Health Care Finance
    1992 - current
    Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
    1996 - current, some exceptions
    Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law
    1997 - 2000
    Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
    1999 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    Journal of the National Cancer Institute
    1997 - current, delayed 6 month(s), some exceptions
    Journal of Nutrition
    1992 - current
    Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
    1997 - 2001
    Journal of Population Economics
    1997 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    Journal of Public Health
    1999 - current
    Journal of School Health
    1992 - current
    Lancet
    1990 - current
    Lifetime Data Analysis
    1999 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    Microbial Drug Resistance
    2004 - current, delayed 3 month(s)
    Modern Healthcare
    1999 - current
    MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
    1998 - current
    Nation's Health
    1997 - current
    Nature
    1990 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    New England Journal of Medicine
    1996 - current, delayed 3 month(s)
    Nutrition Action Health Letter
    1995 - current
    Nutrition Reviews
    1992 - current
    Occupational Hazards
    1987 - current
    Occupational Health and Safety
    2005 - 2005
    Pediatric Nursing
    1997 - current
    Population Bulletin
    1988 - current
    Population and Environment
    1999 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    Population Bulletin
    1988 - current
    Population Research and Policy Review
    1999 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    Professional Safety
    1987 - current
    Prevention
    1995 - current
    Public Health Reports
    1992 - 1999 (Hyattsville)
    Science
    1988 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    Social Science Quarterly
    2001 - current, delayed 1 year(s)
    Technometrics
    1997 - current
    Topics in Health Information Management
    1998 - 2003
    Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter
    1995 - current