John Eyers is the librarian at the London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine. This is a selection of the links he has identified as being useful for
public health students.
DATABASES
- ARC - The Academic Reference Centre (Subscriber)
- BIDS - Bath Information & Data Services
- Combined Health Information Database - US Government
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource
- Free Databases - Health/Medicine
- Grateful Med - Various FREE Databases from US Nat Lib Med
- Health Databases - Combined Search Facility [US]
- Health for All Database (WHO Europe]
- HealthPromis - Health Promorion Database
[UK]
- MEDLINE - Free Access Sites
- MEDLINE on Healthworks Online
- Medline [PUBMED] - National Library of
Medicine (US)
- National Library of Medicine's
MEDLINEplus
- NHS Economic
Evaluation Database Database Query (prototype)
- Outcomes Activities
Databases
- Search POPINFORM
- Population Index
- UK Official Publications Online - Main
Index
- Wellcome Trust
DISCUSSION GROUPS/LISTSERVS
- Mailbase Mailing List Service
- Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
- Liszt: Searchable Directory of e-Mail Discussion Groups
- Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS
General Listings
- African Journals Online
- American Society for Microbiology Journals Online
- Medical Science Publications
- Online Journals - Lab/Clin Sciences +
Other listings
- Online Medical Journals (apr97)
- Springer-Verlag Journals Preview Service
(SVJPS)
- AIDS Care
- AIDS Weekly Plus
- AIDSonline
- American College of Physicians Journals Index
- American Journal of Epidemiology
- American Journal of Public Health
- American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Annals of Epidemiology
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
- Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
- Annual Reviews Inc -
Ann Rev of Biochem/Immunol/Publ Hlth etc
- Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy
- Antiviral Weekly
- Applied & Environmental Microbiology
- Archives of Dermatology
- Archives of Family Medicine
- Archives of Internal Medicine
- Archives of Neurology
- Archives of Ophthalmology
- Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent
Medicine
- Archives of General Psychiatry
- ASM News
- Australian & New Zealand Journal of
Public Health
- Biochemical Journal
- British Journal of Sports Medicine
- British Medical Journal
- Bulletin Epidémiologique Hebdomadaire
Electronique (France)
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Cell
- Clinical Microbiology Reviews
- Canada Communicable Disease Report
- CDR - Communicable Disease Report (UK)
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Communicable Diseases Intelligence -
Australia
- Current Opinion in Biotechnology
- Current Opinion in Cell Biology
- Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
- Current Opinion in Immunology
- Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
- Demography
- Diabetes
- Effective Health Care bulletins
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Epidemiology
- European Journal of
Epidemiology
- European Journal of Public Health
- EuroSurveillance
- Health & Place
- Health Promotion International
- Health Service Research Journal
- Healthcare and Biomedicine Journals
- Hepatitis Weekly
- Immunology Today
- Infection & Immunity
- Infectious Disease Newsletter
- Infectious Disease Weekly
- International Journal of Epidemiology
- International Journal of Health Care
Quality Assurance
- International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology
- Internet Journal of Health Promotion
- JAMA - Journal of American Medical
Association
- JAMA HIV/AIDS Information Center
- JAMA Women's Health Information Center
- Journal of Bacteriology
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Journal of Health Communication
- Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and
Law
- Journal of Medical Screening
- Journal of Medical and Veterinary
Mycology
- Journal of Parasitology
- Journal of Virology
- Lancet
- Malaria and Infectious Diseases in Africa
- Malaria Weekly
- Microbiology & Molecular Biology
Reviews (formerly Microbiological Reviews)
- Milbank Quarterly
- Molecular & Cellular Biology
- Immunological
Reviews
- Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
(US)
- Nature - International weekly journal of science
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Pan American Journal of Public Health
- Parasitology
- Parasitology
Research
- Parasitology Today
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal
- Population and Development Review
- Population Reports
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA
- Public Health
- Public Health Medicine
- Public Health Weekly
- Re/Productions
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine
- Science
- Scientific American
- SIM Quarterly - Society for the Internet
in Medicine
- Social Science &
Medicine
- TB Weekly
- Times Higher Education Supplement
Internet Service
- UnCoverWeb - Tables of Contents to Journals
- Vaccine Weekly
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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES & MINISTRIES
- British Council UK
- Central Office of Information (UK)
- Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
(UK)
- Department of Health (UK)
- Department for International Development - UK (formerly ODA)
- Food & Drug Administration (US)
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London (tables)
- General Register Office (Scotland)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food (UK)
- NHS Executive R & D Division (UK)
- NIH'S Institutes, Centers & Divisions (USA)
- Office for National Statistics (England & Wales)
- UK Government Information Service
- US Agency for International Development
- U.S. Department of State (Country Info)
GRANTS & FUNDING
- COS Funding Opportunities
- fastWEB! (Financial Aid Search Through the Web)
- Foundation Center
- GrantsNet
- MedWeb: Grants and
Funding
- Research Outputs
Database [Wellcome Trust - UK]
- Sources of Funding & Training Opportunities in Health [UK]
- SRA GrantsWeb/ Research Administrators
Resource Page
- Wellcome Trust
- Yahoo! - Education:Financial Aid:Grants
INTERNATIONAL BODIES & PROJECTS
- Data Resources on Europe
Demography & Population Studies
- European Commission (EC)
- European Union: Official Texts
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - Canada
- OECD
- Red Cross -
International Committee of the Red Cross
- Researching the European Union
- SHARED - Health Research/ Information in Developing Countries
- UNAIDS
- UNICEF
- United Nations and other international organizations
- World Bank
- World Health Organization
LIBRARIES
- BIREME - Latin American Health Library
- British Library
- British Library Catalogues
- BLDS - The British Library for
Development Studies - IDS Sussex University
- BUBL Information Service - WWW Tools
- BUBL Information Service Web Server
- COPAC - Major UK & Ireland University/ Research Libraries
- Directory of Libraries Worldwide [Higher
Education]
- Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib)
- Follett Papers and Report
- Imperial College Libraries Home Page
- International Federation of Library Associations
- Joint Information Systems Committee (UK
Universities/ Research Councils)
- Library Association
- Library Catalogues on the World Wide Web
- London Higher Education Libraries (Within M25)
- Libraries within the M25 (Around London)
- Medical/Health Sciences Libraries (US)
- NISS - Works of reference and
bibliographic services
- NLM HyperDOC: World-Wide Web (WWW) Server of the U.S. National
Library of Medicine (NLM)
- Stanford University Lane Medical Library
- UK Higher Education Library Catalogues
(OPACs)
- University College London Library
- University of Michigan Public Health
Library
- UKOLN: The UK Office for Library and Information Networking
- United Medical & Dental School Library (Guy's & St
Thomas's)
- WelchWeb - William H. Welch Medical Library (Johns Hopkins
University)
- Wellcome Trust Online
- WHO Library [Geneva] -
Catalogue
MEDICAL/ HEALTH SITES
INDEXED MEDICAL RESOURCES
- Major Biological Sites
- Biomedical Resources
- BioMedNet
- WWW Virtual Library: Biosciences:
Medicine
- BioSites
- BUBL LINK: 610 Medical sciences, medicine
- Cliniweb
- Hardin MD: Hardin Meta Directory of
Internet Health Sources
- Medscape
- HealthWeb
- Medical Matrix - Clinical Medicine Resources
- MedWeb: Biomedical Internet Resources
- OMNI
- Achoo - Internet Healthcare Directory
- Ahrtag Home Page
- AIDS/HIV Information
- AIDS in Kenya
- American Health Related Organizations and
Medical Schools
- American Medical Association
- Biostatistics Resources
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
- Cambridge Public Health Page, U.K.
- CDC Home Page
- CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse Web Server
- CDC WONDER - Datasets/Documents (US)
- Centre for Applied Microbiology & Research [UK]
- Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease - UK
- Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - Oxford UK
- Center for International Health Information - Country Health
Profiles/Statistics
- Clinical Trials Information
- Cochrane Centre - UK
- Cochrane Collaboration Home Page
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Communicable Disease Resources
- Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource WWW Home Page
- Current Outbreak or
Other Infectious Disease Reports
- Demographic and Health Surveys Home Page
- Demography &
Population Studies
- Disease Outbreaks
and Emerging Infections
- Dept of Health (UK) Statistical
Publications
- DNA Vaccine Web
- Entomology
- Environmental Health (UK)
- Environmental Health Worldwide
- Epidemiology Resources
- Epidemiology: Virtual Library
- Essential Drugs Conference
- EUROHEALTH
-
Evidence-Based Medicine
- Bandolier Home Page
- Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
- Cochrane Collaboration
- Cochrane Library
Database - Free Access
- CASP CASPE Critical Appraisal Skills
Programme CASPfew Finding the Evidence Workshops Evidence-based evidence based medicine
social services practice purchasing nursing dentistry decision making mental health UK
National Health Service Health Service NHS NTRAG NETRAG North Thames Research Appraisal
Group SCHARR CAST GRIPP ARIF EMU training Health care Social care Evidence of
effectiveness Clinical effectiveness Cochrane Collaboration Public Health Systematic
review Meta-analysis Randomised controlled trial RCT Research appraisal Qualitative
Quantitative research Diagnostic Studies Economic Medical Journals Workshops Computer
based training Computer based learning ACP Journal Club Bandolier British Medical Journal
BMJ Lancet JAMA
- Evidence-Based Mental Health
- [UK] Centre for Reviews &
Dissemination
- Drs.Desk- EBM
- EBM Internet sources
- Evidence-Based Mental Health
- Health Information Research Unit (Canada)
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- PRISE Project - Primary Care/ Evidence-Based Medicine
- Prodigy Newsletter - Rational Prescribing
- ScHARR-Lock's Guide
to the Evidence
- ScHARR'S Netting the
Evidence
- Scottish Intercollegiate Clinical
Guidelines
- The UK Cochrane Centre
- Finding Medical Information on the
Internet
- Cambridge Public Health Page, U.K.
- Food and Drug Administration - USA
- Food and Nutrition Information Center
- Global Health Network
- Harvard School of Public Health
- HEBSWEB: Health Education Scotland
- He@lth Information on the Internet
- HealthNet
- Health-related links from WHO
- Health Reviews on the Internet
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences [ICES]
- International Health Resources
- International Medical Education
- Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine -
Home Page
- Macrophage Home Page
- Malaria Consortium
- Malaria and Infectious Diseases in Africa
- MASTA Travellers' Health - UK
- Medical Multimedia Systems Home Page
- Medical Research Council (UK)
- Medical Research Council Units (UK)
- MEDISTAT - Health statistics
- MEDLINE - Free Access Sites
- Molecular Biology, Genetics and Microbiology Resources
- Mycology Information (Mycoinfo)
- Mycology Resources
- National Center for Health Statistics
(USA)
- NCI's CancerNet Cancer Information
- NHS Centre for Reviews &
Dissemination (York Univ - UK)
- NHS CONFEDERATION
- NIH'S Institutes, Centers, and Divisions (USA)
- Nutrition Resources on the Internet
- Office for National Statistics (UK)
- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
(OMIM)
- Parasites
- Parasitic Diseases
- Pharmaceutical Information Network
- Public Health Laboratory Service
-
Reproductive Health
- Alan Guttmacher Institute
- Demographic and Health Surveys (US)
- Global Reproductive Health Forum
- Reproductive Health - Population Council
(US)
- Reproductive Health Outlook
- Research Outputs
Database [Wellcome Trust - UK]
- SatelLife
- SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and
Public Health Network (TROPMED)
- Sight & Life - Vitamin A Deficiency
- Sports Medicine
- Tropical Medicine Links
- Tulane Medical Center
- UK Cochrane Centre
- UNAIDS
- Virology Resources (Worldwide)
- WISDOM: Informatics for Primary Care
- World Health Organization Headquarters (Geneva)
- World Health Organization Regional and
Other Offices
- WHOSIS - WHO's Statistical Database
System
-
HEALTH POLICY/PLANNING/PROMOTION
- Agency for Health Care Policy..(US)
- Demographic and Health Surveys (US)
- English National Network of Health
Promoting Hospitals and Trusts
- European Clearing
House on Health Systems Reforms
- Health Economics - Places to Go
- Healthfinder - consumer health information from the US
government
- Health Policy Page from IDEA CENTRAL
- HealthPro (Health Promotion) - UK
- HealthPromis -
Health Promorion Database [UK]
- Health Promotion
Database [UK]
- Health Reviews on the Internet
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: Health
Policy
- International Health Economics
Association - iHEA
- King's Fund [UK]
- NHS CONFEDERATION
- Nuffield Institute for Health
- Tools for Life - Health Promotion KIts for Africa
- UK Clearing House on
Health Outcomes
MISCELLANEOUS
NGO's, CHARITIES ETC
- Ahrtag Home Page
- CAB International
- Devline Home Page
- Overseas Development Institute (UK)
- OneWorld Online
- Oxfam Home Page
- Panos Home Page
- Red Cross HQ (International Committee)
- Save the Children Fund
- UK Charities
SOCIAL SCIENCES
STARTING POINTS
- BIDS - Bath Information & Data Services
- NISS Information Gateway
-
TRAVEL MEDICINE
- World Health Organization WWW Home Page
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Home Page
- MedWeb: Travel
Medicine
- Armchair World: Travel Medicine Main Page
- ASTMH Directory of Travel Clinics &
Physicians
- International Society of Travel Medicine
- ProMED-mail
- Travel Health Information
- SENTIWEB
- Travel Health Home Page
- Travel Health Online
- Travellers' Health Pages [MASTA - UK]
- Tropical Medicine Internet Resources
- BMA Library Free MEDLINE Service
- BMJ
- US State Department - Services - Travel
Warnings & Consular Information Sheets
-
UNIVERSITIES/INSTITUTES
- U.S. Based
- Harvard School of Public Health
- IDS - The Institute of Development Studies Home Page
- JHMI-InfoNet: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions InfoNet
- Johns Hopkins University School of PublicHealth
- United States Schools of Public Health
(APHA)
- University of Colorado at Denver
-
British Based
Imperial College - Univ of London
Institute of Child Health - Univ of London
Institute of Information Scientists
Institute of Neurology/UCL - Univ of London
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
LSHTM Web Site
National Sports Medicine Institute of the UK
Nuffield Institute for Health Home Page
Oxford University Networked Information System
St. George's Hospital Medical School
School of Oriental & African Studies - Univ of London
University of York (UK)
University College London - Univ of London
UK Research Councils
UK University Web Sites
UK Universites Map - Web sites
UMDS World Wide Web home page
University of Sussex at Brighton
University of Southampton Biomedical Home Page
Welsh Institute for Health & Social Care
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SOCIETIES/ ASSOCIATIONS
- AMA - National Specialty Societies and
Health Related Organizations (USA)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American College of Physicians
- American Medical Association
- American Public Health Association
- American Society of Clinical Pathologists
- American Society for Microbiology
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- GMC (General Medical Council - UK)
- Hospital Infection Society
- International Health Economics
Association - iHEA
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Resources of Scholarly Societies - Health
Sciences
- Royal College of Physicians
- Royal Society (of London)
- Royal Society of Health
- Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (UK)
- Royal Statistical Society (UK)
- Test Files for Scholarly Societies
Project
- UK Learned Societies (Links)
- CARL Home Page
- DataCenter Home Page File
SOFTWARE
- Research Information Systems (Reference Manager)
WRITING PAPERS, Etc
- The Copyright Licensing Agency
- Dr Felix's Healthcare Authors' Page
- Guides to Citation Styles
- Guide to citing the Internet v3
- Instructions to Authors - Health Science
Journals
NEW SITES
- Food and Nutrition Information Center
- Europa Homepage
- Welcome to NCCLS
- HealthWorld - Library of Health &
Medicine: Library Spotlight
- POPLINE
- United Nations System
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
- CommonHealthNet Main Home Page
- ReliefWeb Home Page
- MedNet InteractiveTM-a service of COR Healthcare Resources
- Current Clinical Reviews
- IDS Rural Poverty, Food security &
Environment
- The Foundation Center's Home Page
- U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
- New Scientist:Planet Science - News, jobs and more from the
leading weekly magazine
- National Institutes of Health -- Institutes, Centers, and
Divisions
- Contact details for CTI centres
- Malaria Database
- ProMED-mail
- EAHIL Homepage
- USAID Search Engine
- Department of Health Home Page
- Medicine & Global Survival Homepage
- OSHPD-California's Office of State Health
Planning & Development
- The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- HealthGate home page
- OECD Online
- AIDS Information Resources
- 1996 RAE - Unit of Assessment: 28
- International Committee of the Red Cross Home Page
- UNHCR Issues
- Demographic and Health Surveys
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service Home Page
- Search Clinical Research Studies Protocol
Database -- Clinical Trials, Clinical studies, clinical research, clinical trials,
protocols at the NIH Clinical Center, Clinical Trials, Clinical Studies, Research Studies,
Protocols, NIH, National Institutes of Health
- Community of Science
- The Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC)
- Tropical Medicine and International
Health
- INN Home page
- Internet Grateful Med 2.6
- Human Cloning Foundation's home page.
- Healthlink Home Page
- Medical World Search
-