Global Health Toolkit
Bibliographic Databases
(CAB Direct) Bibliographic coverage of the literature in international public health.
Search engine for PubMed, Cochrane, SciELO, and regional indexes and directories including AFRO, EMRO, LILACS, PAHO, WHOLIS, and WPRO.
(Elsevier) Biomedical and pharmacological database indexing 7500 journals from over 70 countries, and over 260,000 conference abstracts.
Search University of Washington holdings.
Access available through 12/31/12. Database covering journals, conference proceedings, and other literature in the sciences & social sciences. Includes citation linking and tracking.
Multidisciplinary database covering journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, with searchable cited references.
UW HSL
HSL Librarians: Sarah Safranek and Lisa Oberg
Data Sources
UW HSL guide to sources for local, state, national and international statistics and data in the field of health sciences.
IHME catalog of world's health and demographic datasets. Locate data providers, and search and download publicly available datasets.
Guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from World Health Organization.
Maps & Tools
Funded principally by the Wellcome Trust.
Global disease alert interactive map. Children's Hospital Informatics Program. Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology.
Teaching Resources
Large collection of classic and contemporary cultural documentaries, online in streaming video, which also includes transcripts, field notes and video-clip making tools.
A comprehensive collection of free top-quality courses and full text materials in the health sciences. Produced at U BC.
Repository of free lectures. Project produced at WHO Collaborating Center University of Pittsburgh.
Links
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Global Health Affairs.
