Public Health Toolkit
Search Journals & News
Current PubMed searches on HP2010 focus areas.
(Ebsco) Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
Comprehensive coverage (1969-present) of international life science journal and meeting literature.
(Elsevier) EMBASE is a biomedical and pharmacological database indexing 7500 journals from over 70 countries, and over 260,000 conference abstracts.
(CAB Direct) Bibliographic coverage of the literature in international public health.
Access available through 12/31/12. Database covering journals, conference proceedings, and other literature in biology, physics, chemistry, geosciences, agriculture, medicine, business, social work, and the social sciences. Includes citation linking and tracking.
Multidisciplinary database covering journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, with searchable cited references.
News, & issue briefs.
Epidemiology news & professional education resources for epidemiologists.
Current public health news, topic pages in public health and public health informatics.
UW Departments & Services
Training, research and evaluation for state, local and tribal public health practitioners in six Pacific NW states.
HSL Librarians: Sarah Safranek and Lisa Oberg
Data Resources
UW HSL guide to sources for local, state, national and international statistics and data in the field of health sciences.
Searchable compilation of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports, guidelines, and health data for disease and demographic groups. Includes surveillance data, Healthy People, MMWR, and other CDC publications.
Interactive health statistics web site that can produce numbers, rates, graphs, charts, maps, and county profiles using various demographic variables (age, sex, race, etc.) from birth, death, cancer, and population datasets for the state and counties or regions.
Wide variety of health-related statistics, including FastStats A-Z
Data of selected metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas (MMSAs) from CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Evidence & Guidelines
CDC Guide to Community Preventive Services. Systematic reviews and evidence-based recommendations.
Systematic reviews and summary statements on public health topics, from EPHPP, affiliated with McMaster University.
Tutorials on topics such as evidence-based public health, searching public health literature, and finding health statistics.
(Ebsco eBook)
Finding People & Employment
Textbooks, Grey Literature
(Oxford Reference Online)
New York Academy of Medicine Library report of new publications in health services and selected public health topics. Searchable catalog.
Bibliographical references of grey literature (paper) produced in Europe.
A comprehensive index to dissertations from all fields of study, 1861-present. Fulltext available 1997 forward.
Search for U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, technical and engineering business-related information.
Available with secure password in Government Publications (Suzzallo Library).
Emergency Response Tools
Global disease alert interactive map. Children's Hospital Informatics Program. Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology.
U.S. HHS guidance on diagnosis & treatment for health care providers.
Hazardous substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression advice.
