LibGuides: Health Communication: Find Books and Reference Materials

Electronic Books and Reference Materials

Reference Collections
Handbooks and Encyclopedias

Routledge Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window Chapman’s access includes specific Asian Studies, Communication and Media, Health and Social Care, History, Music, Performance, Philosophy, and Security Studies collections. To access, click a subject in the middle of the page, then check "Full access only". | Terms of Use. Coverage: 2010-2016.
SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window Provides full-text access to encyclopedias and handbooks in such subjects as anthropology, communication, criminal justice, education, geography, human resources, political science, psychology, public policy, sociology, and sports medicine. Terms of Use.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window Encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources from a wide range of disciplines. Terms of Use.

International Encyclopedia of Communication Online This link opens in a new window Coverage spans the breadth of communication studies, including coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas. Terms of Use. Coverage: 2008-2010.

Find Print Books

These are some Health Communication subject headings which you can use to search our catalog. To use them, change the dropdown menu from "Keyword" to "Subject" and plug in one of the terms below.

Subject headings:
Communication in Medicine
Communication in Public Health
Communication Methodology
Health Counseling
Health Education
Health Promotion
Interpersonal Communication
Mass Media in Health Education
Public Health Marketing

The following encyclopedias, found on the first floor of the Leatherby Libraries, may also be of use:

Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society
REF RA423 .W554 2014
Encyclopedia of Health Communication
REF R118 .E54 2014