6.9 Electronic resources
This list includes:
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6.9.1 Websites
The African Publishing Companion: a resource guide
http://www.africanpublishingcompanion.com
A resource that facilitates access to a wide array of up-to-date
information relating to African publishing. It provides an extensive
bibliographic survey of literature on the key issues and topics
in African publishing, with an emphasis on literature published
over the past five years. Over 1,600 cross-referenced entries
about African publishers and the book trade – including
African publishers’ websites, African booksellers, dealers
and distributors in African books, African book trade associations,
etc.
BUBL
http://bubl.ac.uk
A website for libraries which has eight main components: LINK,
a catalogue of Internet resources; Journals, offering the contents,
abstracts or full text of current titles; Search, with ways
of searching BUBL or the whole Internet; BUBL UK, an index to
UK institutions; Mail, which takes you to available mailing
lists and their archives; Archive, holding old BUBL files; and
Admin, providing information about BUBL itself.
Center for Disease Control (CDC) National Prevention
Information Network (NPIN)
http://www.cdcnpin.org
Makes available a variety of Internet services to share and
distribute information and materials on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs) and tuberculosis for people and organisations
working in prevention, health care, research, and support services.
Provides a list of publications and materials which can be ordered
on-line; links to on-line databases; a poster gallery; the Prevention
News Update (e-mail bulletin) and a dedicated Spanish section.
Communication Initiative
http://www.comminit.com
Provides information on communication and development experiences
and thinking. Includes communication and development news items,
base line data from the development and communication sectors,
the electronic magazine The Drum Beat, programme descriptions,
evaluation data and methodologies, planning methodologies, commentaries,
an extensive listing of publications and reports, links to programmes
and organisations in the development and communication sectors,
and listings of consultants, training opportunities, vacancies,
and events. A special health ‘window’ is available
which focuses on information on health and health communication
for development (http://www.comminit.com/healthcomm).
CulturedMed
http://www.sunyit.edu/library/html/culturedmed
A website promoting culturally-competent health care for refugees
and immigrants.
Includes approximately 30 bibliographies covering different
health beliefs or ethnographic information about various ethnic
groups, and links to dictionaries, databases, statistics and
organisations that deal with various health topics and refugee
groups.
ELDIS
http://www.eldis.org
The Electronic Development Information System (ELDIS) is a directory
of electronic sources of information, including on-line databases,
CD-ROMs, e-mail services, electronic discussion lists, and Internet
sites covering issues around health and development, the environment
and countries in the South. A number of full-text materials
are available, as well as links to related organisations, libraries
and reference sources.
ERC: The Manager’s Electronic Resource Center
http://erc.msh.org
The Manager’s Electronic Resource Center (ERC) is an electronic
information service produced by MSH (Management Sciences for
Health). The site gives access to relevant, up-to-date management
information and tools specifically tailored to meet the needs
of health service managers. Features include: ERC member database;
library; calendar of events; electronic discussion lists. Also
available in Spanish and French.
The ERC can also be used by those with e-mail access only. To
find out how to do this, send an e-mail message to erc@msh.org
Global Health Network
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/assist/sum.htm
A global ‘Supercourse’ which has been designed as
an Internet-based distance learning resource for medical, nursing
and allied students who are beginners in epidemiology, global
health and the Internet. Can be used to train students. You
can also contribute to the Supercourse as a reviewer, lecture
developer or translator.
Healthlink Worldwide
http://www.healthlink.org.za/hlink
Healthlink is a project of the Health Systems Trust, established
to help meet the communication and information needs of health
workers in South Africa. It offers links to a range of Internet
resources, including its own discussion lists, newsletters,
documents and services. It is a reliable source of information
about health and health policy developments in South Africa,
and serves as a channel for sharing health systems research
results and recommendations.
IDRC
http://www.idrc.ca
The International Development Research Centre was created by
the Canadian government to help communities in the developing
world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental
problems through research. Provides links to databases, IDRC
Reports magazine, IDRC publications catalogue, including the
full-text of some publications, information on meetings and
workshops.
INASP Health Links
http://www.inasp.info/health/links/contents.html
An internet gateway to selected websites that are of special
interest to health professionals, medical library communities,
publishers and NGOs in developing and transitional countries.
Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs
http://www.jhuccp.org
Covers topics such as adolescent health, HIV/AIDS, breastfeeding,
counselling, environment, health care, maternal health, reproductive
health, training, and women in development. Features include
databases, discussion lists, links to related sites, full-text
journals, field reports and other publications on health communication.
Also available in French and Spanish.
OMNI (Organising Medical Networked Information)
http://omni.ac.uk
A gateway to Internet resources in medicine, biomedicine, nursing,
public health, health management and related topics worldwide.
All resources have been filtered, catalogued, classified and
subject-indexed to provide access to those sites which are considered
relevant and of good quality.
Rehydration Project
http://www.rehydrate.org
A comprehensive source of information and resources on diarrhoea
prevention and treatment, oral rehydration therapy and breastfeeding,
plus facts, statistics and frequently asked questions (FAQs).
Resources include the newsletter Healthlink Worldwide (formerly
AHRTAG) newsletter, Dialogue on diarrhoea with subject index,
and links to related sites.
SATELLIFE
http://www.healthnet.org
Provides information about the activities and services of SATELLIFE,
which is an international organisation that uses Internet technology
to serve the health communication and information needs of developing
countries. Focuses on public health, medicine and the environment.
Hosts discussion groups and e-newsletters. Links to a number
of health-related electronic conferences managed by SATELLIFE,
and to disease-specific information.
Source International Information Support Centre
http://www.asksource.info
Provides access to the Source databases on international health
and disability issues, and signposts to other information relevant
to those involved in health and disability in developing countries.
University of Zambia Medical Library
http://www.medguide.org.zm
Provides a guide to health resource directories, medical journals
(some full-text), health organisations, National Library of
Medicine databases, and health news, including a link to Reuters
Health Information Service (free access).
WHO Statistical Information System
http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm
A guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical
information available from the World Health Organization, and
elsewhere. Provides links to Ministries of Health and other
relevant, related sites.
World Health Organization (WHO)
http://www.who.int
A comprehensive source of information on international health.
Includes details of WHO programmes, activities and services.
A catalogue of WHO publications is included with the option
to order titles directly over the Internet. Provides links to
other sources of health information at an international and
regional level.
WWW Virtual Library
http://vlib.org
Provides access to websites covering topics such as agriculture,
communications, education, information management, regional studies
and others. Many pages are written in an easy-to-follow style
with lots of descriptions and personal commentary.
6.9.2 Electronic journals and newsletters
1. Lists of electronic journals
BUBL Journals
http://bubl.ac.uk/journals/publishers.html
A selective list of the websites of major journal publishers.
FreeMedicalJournals.com
http://www.freemedicaljournals.com
Provides links to 900 free medical journals, including French,
German, Spanish and Portuguese titles.
FreeBooks4Doctors.com
http://www.freebooks4doctors.com
Provides links to approximately 600 health-related books in
html or PDF format, in whole or in part.
Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI)
http://www.healthinternetwork.org/index.php
The Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI)
provides free or nearly free access to the major journals in
biomedical and related social sciences, to public institutions
in developing countries. Developed by WHO to provide equitable
access to health information.
INASP (International Network for the Availability of Scientific
Publications)
http://www.inasp.info/peri/index.html
The Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI)
is a programme for the delivery of scientific and scholarly
information through electronic means, developed with research
partners and university librarians in developing and transitional
countries. Includes full text online journals, current awareness
databases and document delivery of major scientific, technical,
medical, social science and humanities materials from a wide
range of sources.
Source Newsletters and Journals Database
http://www.asksource.info/databases.html#news
Holds details of over 150 international newsletters, magazines
and journals relating to health and disability issues which
are available free or at low cost to readers in developing countries.
If published on the web, you can link directly to the full text
of the newsletter.
2. Electronic journals and newsletters
The following electronic newsletters and journals are
available on the Internet. They offer the complete text of articles
and, in some cases, added features and background reading relating
to them.
African Journal of Reproductive Health
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ajrh
An international journal publishing original research, comprehensive
review articles, short reports, and commentaries on reproductive
health in Africa.
AIDS Journal
http://www.aidsonline.com
An international journal publishing the latest research on HIV
and AIDS.
Asian-Pacific Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety
http://www.occuphealth.fi/Internet/English/Information/Electronic+journals
A newsletter published three times a year dealing with occupational
health and safety matters in the Asia-Pacific area.
British Medical Journal (BMJ)
http://www.bmj.com
The journal of the British Medical Association.
Disability World
http://www.disabilityworld.org
A bi-monthly magazine on international disability news.
3. Newsletters available over e-mail
HNPFlash
The Human Development Department of The World Bank, Washington
USA
http://www.worldbank.org/hnpflash
E-mail: hnpflash@worldbank.org
A monthly electronic newsletter on trends and developments in
education, health, nutrition, population, and reproductive health.
The newsletter announces new technology, new publications, project
updates, conference and training information, job vacancies, grant
opportunities and information on other related electronic resources
available on the Internet. In the form of an electronic archive,
the service also makes a number of related documents available
over e-mail, which can be automatically requested by sending a
message following the straightforward instructions given in each
bulletin. Other organisations can make their documents available
over this archiving service. You can request to subscribe to the
HNPFlash newsletter automatically by sending a blank e-mail message
to join-hnpflash@lists.worldbank.org
JHPIEGO TrainerNews
Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Reproductive
Health (JHPIEGO)
http://www.reproline.jhu.edu/english/6read/6issues/6jtn/jtn02.htm
A monthly electronic newsletter on current reproductive health
training news; contraceptive briefs, announcements about reproductive
health and training-related programmes and activities, and tips
about Internet and CD-ROM resources of interest to reproductive
health trainers. The information is targeted at professionals
working in low-resource settings. To subscribe, send an e-mail
to: listserv@community.jhpiego.jhu.edu. In the body of the message,
type: subscribe jtrainernews your name. No words are needed
in the subject line of the message. Do not include your email
address or signature in the body of the message.
WOUGNET Update Newsletter
Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET), Kampala, Uganda
http://www.wougnet.org
A monthly electronic newsletter with events, reports, resources,
and organisations related to WOUGNET’s mission to further
the use of information and communication technologies among women
in Uganda. You can subscribe to the WOUGNET Update Newsletter
by filling out a form on their website, or send an email message
to info@wougnet.org
with your request.
4. Journal contents by e-mail services
An added service offered by journal publishers is e-mailing
the contents list of each journal before publication. This service
could alert you to articles published in journals you do not regularly
receive so that you can access the article on the relevant webpage
or via e-mail (if available) or order it from another source.
One example is:
ContentsDirect (Elsevier Science)
http://contentsdirect.elsevier.com
ContentsDirect is an alerting service for Elsevier Science journals
(and books), including Social Science and Medicine, Information
and Management and International Journal of Information Management.
Approximately two to four weeks before a journal issue appears
in libraries, readers subscribing to ContentsDirect will receive
the contents page of that issue via e-mail. You can subscribe
by completing the form on the website, or if you only have e-mail,
send an e-mail message to CDsubs@elsevier.co.uk giving your name,
e-mail address, full mailing address, the book subject area(s)
and journal title(s) for which you would like to receive the ContentsDirect
service.
Other major journals offer this service themselves, and these
can be subscribed to directly from their websites. Examples
are:
Journal of the American Medical Association
http://pubs.ama-assn.org/misc/alerts.dtl
E-BMJ
http://www.bmj.com
The electronic version of the British Medical Journal.
The Lancet
http://www.thelancet.com
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr
You can subscribe to the table of contents (or the complete
newsletter) by completing the form on the website. For further
information or assistance, contact: mmwrq@cdc.gov
Weekly Epidemiological Record
http://www.who.int/wer
Available in English and French. You can subscribe to the table
of contents (or download the complete newsletter) on the website,
or obtain the table of contents via email by sending a message
to: majordomo@who.ch with the following in the body of the message:
subscribe wer-reh
For further information or assistance, contact:
owner-wer-reh@who.ch
6.9.3 On-line training
Itrainonline
http://www.itrainonline.org
ItrainOnline offers a single source on the web containing a selection
of the best and most relevant computer and Internet training resources
for development and social change. This site has sections on basic
skills, strategic use of the Internet, web development, technical
topics, resources for trainers, and resources for women.
Leland Initiative Web Tutorial Series
http://www.usaid.gov/regions/afr/leland/tutorial
Leland Initiative Web Tutorial Series. Ten lessons on creating
web pages, from the basics to using web development software
and good design practice.
Yenza!
http://www.nrf.ac.za/yenza
“Yenza” – which means “do it”
in isiXhosa and isiZulu – is a guide to using the Internet
for research and teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
Offers practical ‘how to’ information and links
to useful resources on using the Internet for research, integrating
the Internet into teaching, and how to build your own website.
The information on this site should help both the novice researcher
and the more experienced researcher to find and develop on-line
resources. The site can be used independently by researchers,
although it was primarily developed to complement face-to-face
workshops. The section, Yenza! For trainers, contains resources
for people wanting to run workshops using the site, and the
entire Yenza! site can be downloaded in compressed form for
running off-line.
6.9.4 Electronic conferences
Archives of the electronic conferences can usually be found on
their related websites.
AF-AIDS
http://www.hivnet.ch:8000/africa/af-aids
Discussion and exchange of information and experiences on HIV/AIDS
in Africa (in English and French). Subscribe directly from the
website or send an e-mail message to: af-aids@hivnet.ch
Type the word join in the subject line, leave the rest of the
message empty.
AFRO-NETS: African Networks for Health Research and Development
http://www.afronets.org
The main purpose of the forum is to exchange information between
the different networks active in health research for development
in East and Southern Africa. A popular discussion forum for those
interested in a range of health issues within Africa. Subscribe
by completing the on-line form on the website or send an e-mail
message to: majordomo@usa.healthnet.org
In the body of the message type only: SUBSCRIBE afro-nets youremailaddress
Leave the subject line blank and do not include your signature
at the end of your message. For further information or assistance,
contact: owner-afro-nets@usa.healthnet.org
AHILA-Net
http://www.ahila.org/ahilanet.html
AHILA (Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa)
has its own e-mail discussion list (set up by the WHO library)
to allow health librarians, information workers and health information
providing organisations, primarily in developing countries, to
communicate directly with each other, sharing ideas and airing
problems and experiences. To subscribe, send an e-mail message
to: bertrandi@who.ch
Asialib
http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/asialib
A discussion list on libraries in Asia. To subscribe, send an
e-mail message to:
asialib@mailman.anu.edu.au
Paclib-l
http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/paclib-l
A discussion list for Pacific libraries. To subscribe, send
an e-mail message to:
paclib-l@mailman.anu.edu.au
E-drug: Essential Drugs
http://www.essentialdrugs.org
An electronic forum to allow health professionals to share information
about essential drugs, policy, programme activities, education
and training. Available in English, French, Spanish and an India-specific
version. Subscribe by completing the form on the website or
send an e-mail message to: majordomo@usa.healthnet.org
In the body of the message type only: SUBSCRIBE e-drug youremailaddress
Leave the subject line blank and do not include your signature
at the end of your message. For the French version, substitute
e-med for e-drug; or e-farmacos for Spanish. For further information
or assistance, contact: owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org
HIF-net at WHO
http://www.inasp.info/health/forum.html
An email discussion list dedicated to issues of health information
access in resource-poor settings. To subscribe, email your name,
affiliation and professional interests to health@inasp.info
ProCAARE: Program for Collaboration Against AIDS and Related
Epidemics
http://www.procaare.org
Aims to provide a forum for dialogue among clinicians, researchers,
practitioners and policy-makers in both the industrialised and
developing world who are engaged in the fight against the epidemic.
Subscribe by completing the form on the website or send an e-mail
message to:
Majordomo@usa.healthnet.org
In the body of the message type only: SUBSCRIBE procaare youremailaddress
Leave the subject line blank and do not include your signature
at the end of the message.
For further information or assistance, contact: owner-procaare@usa.healthnet.org
ProCOR: Global Electronic Conference on Cardiovascular Health
in the Developing World
http://www.procor.org
Aimed at addressing the emerging epidemic of cardiovascular diseases
in the developing world. Subscribe by completing the form on the
website or send an e-mail message to: Majordomo@usa.healthnet.org
In the body of the message type only: SUBSCRIBE procor youremailaddress
Leave the subject line blank and do not include your signature
at the end of the message.
For further information or assistance, contact: owner-procor@usa.healthnet.org
SEA-AIDS – an Asia Pacific e-mail link
http://www.hivnet.ch:8000/asia/sea-aids
E-mail discussion and electronic information service aimed at
linking those interested in building and shaping the response
to HIV and AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region.
To subscribe, complete the form on the website or send an e-mail
message to:
healthdev@hivnet.ch
TDR-scientists
http://www.who.int/tdr/kh/bittdre.htm#tdr
A networking forum for scientists formed as part of the UNDP/World
Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical
Diseases (TDR). Especially sensitive to the needs of scientists
from developing countries, the tdr-scientists serves as a networking
forum for tropical disease research scientists everywhere.
To subscribe, email majordomo@who.ch
and type the following in the body of the message: subscribe tdr-scientists
For further information or assistance, contact: owner-tdr-scientists@who.ch
6.9.5 Databases and other resources on CD-ROM
AIDS Action CD-ROM
Aimed at health workers, educators and community workers, these
resources provide practical information on a wide range of care,
support and prevention issues concerning HIV, AIDS and sexually
transmitted infections (STIs). The resources include training
manuals, briefing papers and discussion guides. Also included
are the international editions of AIDS Action, a newsletter that
was produced by Healthlink Worldwide between 1987 and 2001. Regional
editions of AIDS Action are still produced by Healthlink Worldwide's
partner organisations. Contents of the CD-ROM are also available
on the web at
http://www.aidsaction.info
Available from: Healthlink Worldwide
Cityside, 40 Adler Street
London E1 1EE, UK
Tel: +44 20 7539 1570
Fax: +44 20 7539 1580
Email: info@healthlink.org.uk
Website: http://www.healthlink.org.uk
African HealthLine (formerly African Health Anthology)
A collection of bibliographic databases containing over 400,000
references, most with abstracts. All references cover relevant
African health issues. Databases include: African Index Medicus
(AIM), AIDSLINE, African subset of CAB Health database, African
subset of MEDLINE, Source databases, and others.
Available from: National Inquiry Services Centre (NISC)
22 Somerset Street, PO Box 377
Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
Tel: +27 46 6229698
Fax: +27 46 6229550
E-mail: info@nisc.co.za
Website:
http://www.nisc.co.za/DataBases/DataBaseLinks/HEALTH.HTML
CAB Health
Covers communicable diseases, tropical disease, parasitic disease
and parisitology, human nutrition, community and public health,
and medicinal and poisonous plants. Over 3,500 journal sources
are scanned from more that 125 countries. Produced by CAB International.
Also available via the web.
Available from: Ovid Technologies Ltd
Merlin House
20 Belmont Terrace
London W4 5UG, UK
Tel: +44 20 8585 6400
Fax: +44 20 8585 6640
Email: europe@ovid.com
Website: http://www.ovid.com
e-TALC
A collection of resources (newsletters, journals, teaching materials,
factsheets) about many aspects of primary health care, primarily
with a developing country focus. Contributors include AfriAfya,
Cochrane Review, Community Eye Health Journal, NAM, Footsteps.
Some are intended for a medical audience, others will be useful
to community health workers.
Available from: e-TALC
PO Box 49
St Albans
Herts AL1 5TX, UK
Tel: +44 1727 853869
Fax: +44 1727 846852
E-mail: e-talc@talcuk.org
Website: http://www.e-talc.org
ExtraMED
Contains the full text of around 300 biomedical journals from
all over the world, mainly from developing countries. It was
established on the initiative of the World Health Organization.
Apart from its use by researchers in medical libraries, ExtraMED
should also be of interest to hospitals and doctors in developing
countries and elsewhere. Other target audiences include non-governmental
and international development organisations, and multi-lateral
and bi-lateral donor agencies and charitable organisations.
Journals are presented as page images and are all indexed.
Available from: ExtraMED
Informania
PO Box 40
Petersfield
Hants GU32 2YH, UK
Tel: +44 1730 301297
Fax: +44 1730 265398
E-mail: informania@supanet.com
Food and Nutrition Library
Contains over 300 publications in the fields of food, nutrition,
and food policy and nutrition research. Also available free
on the web.
Available from: Human Info NGO
Oosterveldlaan 196
B-2610 Antwerp
Belgium
Tel: +32 3 448 0554
Fax: +32 3 449 7574
Email: humanity@humaninfo.org
Website: http://www.humaninfo.org
or http://www.nzdl.org
Medical and Health Library
The Medical and Health Library 1.0 was built in December 1999.
It was jointly initiated by the Humanity Libraries Project (now
called Human Info NGO), and the Payson Center for International
Development of Tulane University. It contains 210 publications
– 30,000 pages of ideas and solutions – in the fields
of clinical treatment, emergencies, essential drugs, family
planning, food and nutrition, health education, HIV/AIDS, medical
equipment, prevention, public health, research, and sanitation.
Also available free on the web.
Available from: Human Info NGO (See Food and Nutrition Library
above)
MEDLINE/PubMed
The National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) bibliographic
database covering medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine,
and the pre-clinical sciences. Journal articles are indexed
and are searchable, using NLM's controlled vocabulary, MeSH
(Medical Subject Headings). References include the English abstract
when published with the article. Also available via the web.
Available from: Ovid Technologies Ltd (see contact details for
CAB Health above)
POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE)
Provides worldwide coverage of population, family planning,
and related health issues, including family planning technology
and programmes, fertility, and population law and policy. In
addition, POPLINE focuses on particular developing-country issues
including demography, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases,
maternal and child health, primary health care, communication,
and population and environment. The database is produced by
the Population Information Program at the Johns Hopkins School
of Public Health. It is available free of charge to developing
countries.
Available from: Population Information Program
Center for Communication Programs
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
111 Market Place, Suite 310
Baltimore
Maryland 21202-4012, USA
Tel: +1 410 659 6300
Fax: +1 410 659 6266
E-mail: POPLINE@jhuccp.org
Website: http://www.POPLINE.org
Topics in International Health series
Contains interactive tutorials, an image collection and a glossary
of medical terms. Intended for use as training materials –
providing interactive tutorials covering key topics on international
health issues for the tropical diseases and health community.
Subjects: acute respiratory infection, diarrhoeal diseases,
HIV/AIDS, leishmaniasis, leprosy, malaria, schistosomiasis,
sexually transmitted infections, sickle cell disease, trachoma,
and tuberculosis.
Available from: CAB International
Wallingford
Oxon OX10 8DE, UK
Tel: +44 1491 832111
Fax: +44 1491 829292
E-mail: publishing@cabi.org
Website: http://www.cabi-publishing.org/CDROM/TIH
Women, Children and HIV: Resources for Prevention and Treatment
Contains over 5,000 pages of text related to the prevention,
diagnosis, treatment and care of HIV-infected women and children.
Within each topic there are overviews, guidelines and policy
analyses, community education information, research journal
articles and reports, listings of organisations and related
Internet sites.
Available from: HIV InSite
University of California
4150 Clement Street, Building 16
VAMC 111V - UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94121
USA
Fax: +1 415 379 5547
E-mail: gshiv@hivinsite.ucsf.edu
Website: http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu
6.9.6 Databases on the Internet
Most of the following databases are available on the Internet
free of charge, and also on CD-ROM (although most are not free
of charge in this format).
African Index Medicus (AIM)
http://www.who.int/library/country/regional/aim/index.en.shtml
Bibliographic database compiled from a number of national databases
of materials published in African countries on medicine and
health, merged with records from WHO, MEDLINE, POPLINE and related
databases.
AIDSinfo
http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov
Catalogues trials of substances being tested for use against
AIDS, HIV infection, and AIDS-related opportunistic diseases.
Each record covers a single trial, and provides information
such as title and purpose of the trial, diseases studied, patient
eligibility criteria, contact persons, agents being tested,
and trial locations. Sponsored by the FDA, the NIAID, the NLM,
and the Centers for Disease Control in the US.
CHID online (The Combined Health Information Database)
http://chid.nih.gov
A bibliographic database produced by health-related agencies
of the US government, providing titles, abstracts, and availability
information for health information and health education resources.
Covers sixteen topics: AIDS, STD and TB education, Alzheimer's,
arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, cancer prevention
and control, deafness and communication disorders, diabetes,
digestive diseases, epilepsy education and prevention, health
promotion and education, kidney and urologic diseases, maternal
and child health, medical genetics and rare disorders, oral
health, prenatal smoking cessation, and weight control.
MEDLINE/PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
The National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) bibliographic
database covering medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine,
and the pre-clinical sciences. MEDLINE is searchable through
PubMed which also includes links to many sites providing full
text articles and other related resources. Journal articles
are indexed and are searchable, using NLM's controlled vocabulary,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). References include the English
abstract when published with the article.
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Gateway
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov
The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval
systems at the US National Library of Medicine (NLM). The Gateway
searches MEDLINE/PubMed (journal citations, 1966 to present),
OLDMEDLINE (journal citations, 1957–1965), LOCATORplus
(catalogue records for book, serials, audiovisual materials),
MEDLINEplus (consumer-orientated health and drug information),
DIRLINE (directory of health organisations), AIDS Meetings (meeting
abstracts on AIDS/HIV), Health Services Research Meetings (meeting
abstracts on health services research), Space Life Sciences
Meetings (meeting abstracts on space life sciences), and HSRProj
(health services research projects in progress funded by the
US government and private grants and contracts; provides access
to information about research before results are available in
a published form).
POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE)
http://www.POPLINE.org
Provides worldwide coverage of population, family planning,
and related health issues, including family planning technology
and programmes, fertility, and population law and policy. In
addition, POPLINE focuses on particular developing-country issues
including demography, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases,
maternal and child health, primary health care, communication,
and population and environment. The database is produced by
the Population Information Program at the Johns Hopkins School
of Public Health.
Source Bibliographic database
http://www.asksource.info/res_library.htm
Provides free access to a unique collection of more than 20,000
records of materials focusing on the management and practice of
health and disability in developing countries. References include
books, reports, articles, and CD-ROMs held in the Source International
Information Support Centre. Details of publisher or distributor
of printed materials are given, and a link to the full text of
materials available electronically on the Internet. Subject areas
include adolescent and child health, disability, diseases and
disease control, health communication, HIV/AIDS, information management,
poverty and health, primary health care, reproductive and sexual
health, training, and more.
The Source database includes what was known as the Healthlink
Online database and has been formed from the merger of the resource
centres of Healthlink Worldwide and the Centre for International
Child Health, in collaboration with Handicap International UK.
Source Contacts database
http://www.asksource.info/res_library.htm
Allows users to search for organisations – including publishers,
distributors, information providers, and training organisations
– working in health and disability worldwide. This resource
has been used as a valuable networking tool to learn about the
activities of other organisations working regionally and internationally.
Source Newsletters and Journals database
http://www.asksource.info/res_library.htm
Allows users to search information on over 150 newsletters, magazines
and journals related to health and disability, which are available
free or at low cost to readers in developing countries. Links
to the full text of newsletters are included if they are published
on the web. This resource provides a rich source of core materials
to build up resource centres and to provide up-to-date health
information at little cost. It also lists a number of recommended
titles available on subscription.
WHOLIS (WHO Library Catalogue)
http://www.who.int/library/database
Catalogues the complete collection of WHO publications, including
periodical articles from WHO journals from 1985 to present,
and the content of the quarterly bulletin of additions to WHOLIS,
called WHODOC. The catalogue also provides access to the WHO
collection on international public health and development. References
are searchable using NLM’s controlled vocabulary, MeSH
(Medical Subject Headings).
6.9.7 Image collections on the Internet
Clipart for Health Communication
http://www.hcmn.org/clipart
A reference tool for health communications material development.
The artwork in the database includes materials in the Media/Materials
Clearinghouse, as well as art sent in from Health Communication
Materials Network members from their own project work. Users can
search the database, and use the images as models for developing
their own illustrations. High-resolution images suitable for reproduction
are not distributed. Each item is catalogued noting the producer,
artist, country, subject, format (eg colour, black & white,
line art, cartoon, photo), etc.
DevArt: Artwork for Development
http://developmentart.com
A collection of copyright-free, downloadable, publication-quality
line drawings, drawn by professional artists in Asia and Africa.
Access to and use of the artwork is free, but users are asked
to credit the original artist.
International Labour Organization (ILO) On-line Photo Library
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/media/mediasearch.home
A database of 1,500 images of developing countries. NGOs, institutions
and journalists may search the database on-line and then request
high-resolution copies of photographs by e-mail to Béatrice
Mann (mann@ilo.org).
MediaBase
http://www1.fao.org/media_user/_home.html
Over 3,000 images from the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations, searchable by country, region, human
content (eg ‘parent’, ‘crowd’) or subject
(eg ‘nutrition’, ‘forestry’).
Media/Materials Clearinghouse (M/MC)
http://www.jhuccp.org/mmc/index.php
A single interface for several databases of health communications
resources: Mediabank for images of posters and other visual
materials; Netlinks for links to websites, listservs and organisations;
Photoshare for photographs; POPLINE for the latest documents.
Hosted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs.
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