This guide provides guidelines, resources, instructions and tips for your GEH1049 research assignments. Below is a summary of what you can find in this guide. Click on the tabs on the left panel to find out more.
- E-Books on Public Health
- Selected titles providing overview, core issues, emerging and cross-disciplinary trends in public health in general as well those relating to Singapore, Malaysia and Asia.
- Researching Public Health
- Basic steps for conducting research
- Questions to consider when researching and writing your assignment
- Social-Ecological Model / Public Health Approach.
- Application of two popular public health frameworks in sample case studies
- Journal Articles
- Structure of a journal article
- Sources of Information
- The types of information available and channels of information
- Searching
- Develop a search statement that can be used to find books and journal articles in databases/search engines.
- Search tips for FindMore, Scopus and PubMed.
- Evaluating
- Apply the CRAAP Test to determine Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy and Purpose of selected search results
- Citing
- Cite your sources in order to avoid plagiarism - a serious act of misbehavior that reflects a lack of honesty in academic research.
- Citation Manager: ZoteroBib
- Create a bibliography instantly from any computer or device using ZoteroBib
- APA Citation Style Guide
- Examples of references cited according to the American Psychological Association (APA) style..
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