Electronic Databases
Public Health
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| Campbell Collaboration: C2-RIPE
C2 Reviews of Interventions, and Policy Evaluations contains systematic reviews from four coordinating groups: education, crime and justice, social welfare, and methods. Systematic reviews must be browsed by coordinating group. Produced by the Campbell Collaboration.
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| Campbell Collaboration: C2-SPECTR
C2 Social, Psychological, Education, and Criminological Trials Registry contains randomized and possibly randomized trials in education, social welfare and criminal justice. Produced by the Campbell Collaboration.
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| CCH Health and Human Resources Research Network
On-campus access only. No access via ALADIN or VPN (GWireless)
Provides online access to primary and secondary material including state and federal law, reports, and cases in the areas of Safety/OSHA, Health Care Reimbursement, Health Care Compliance, and Food and Drug. Also covers areas of Human Resources Management, Payroll, Benefits, Pension, and Labor and Employment Law.
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| EBM Reviews: Cochrane Database, ACP Journal Club, DARE
This multifile database allows you to search simultaneously the Evidence Based Medicine Reviews databases: ACP Journal Club (ACP), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (COCH), and Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE). |
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| Global Health
Encompasses the Public Health and Tropical Medicine (PHTM) database, previously produced by the Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases (BHTD), and the human health and diseases information extracted from CAB ABSTRACTS. Global Health covers communicable diseases (including HIV/AIDS), tropical diseases (including field and experimental studies), parasitic diseases and parasitology-medical entomology, human nutrition (including food composition, food poisoning, effects of diet on health, nutritional disorders, and experimental aspects), community and public health (including chronic diseases, occupational health, health status indicators, the impact of agriculture on health, and cancer epidemiology), and medicinal and poisonous plants (including pharmacology, tissue culture, animal studies, plant composition, allergens, and toxins). Coverage: 1973 - Present. Produced by the CABI Publishing.
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| Haz-Map
An occupational toxicology database designed to link jobs to hazardous job tasks which are linked to occupational diseases and their symptoms. It is a relational database of chemicals, jobs and diseases. Produced by the Specialized Information Services of the National Library of Medicine. |
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| Index Medicus for the South-East Asian Region (IMSEAR)
Database of articles published in selected journals within the WHO South-East Asia Region. Collaborative effort of participating libraries in the Health Literature, Library and Information Services (HELLIS) network in the region.
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| Index Medicus for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (IMEMR)
International index to Eastern Mediterranean health literature and information sources using headings according to the Medical Subject Headings MeSH list of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Indexes health information from Eastern Mediterranean countries including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, The Occupied Territories, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, U.A.E., and Yemen Arab Republic. Produced by the Eastern Mediterranean Region Library Network (EMLIBNET).
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| LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences)
Covers Latin American and Caribbean health sciences literature. Indexes articles from 670 + medical journals and also includes : theses, thesis chapters, books, book chapters, congress and conference proceedings, technical and scientific reports, and government publications. Produced by BIREME, a PAHO Specialized Center.
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| MedCarib
Covers health sciences literature from English speaking Caribbean countries. Includes books, book chapters, theses, technical reports, congress and conference proceedings, and journal articles. Produced by Caribbean Net.
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| MEDLINE (1950-present, including daily update)
Index to health sciences articles including clinical, basic sciences, and public health information. Encompasses medicine, nursing, allied health, biological and physical sciences, and humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Coverage: 1950 - Present including corrections and daily updates. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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| Native Health Research Database
Citations and abstracts related to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations. Includes information on articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents. Coverage: 1966 - Present. Sponsored by the Indian Health Service and the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center.
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| POPLINE
International coverage of population, family planning, and related health issues. Produced by the INFO Project at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Center for Communication Programs.
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| Population Index
Annotated bibliography and abstracts of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics. Coverage: 1986 - 2000. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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| Scopus
Off-campus access via VPN/GWireless only.
Interdisciplinary citation and abstract database covering more than 14,200 peer-reviewed journals.
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| SPORTDiscus
Serial and monographic literature in the areas of sport: recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness, the psychology, history and sociology of sport, training, and conditioning. Produced by the Sport Information Resource Centre.
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| TOXNET
Cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas, including HSDB, IRIS, ITER, GENE-TOX, CCRIS, Multidatbases, TOXLINE, DART/ETIC, TRI, ChemIDPlus. Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, through the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program of its Specialized Information Services Division. |
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| World Development Indicators
Data from 152 economies with populations of more than 1 million and 14 country groups, plus selected indicators for 56 other smaller economies. Indicators are shown for the most recent year or period for which data are available and, in most tables, for an earlier year or period (usually 1990). Produced by the World Bank.
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