Guides: Global Health: Other Resources

Scholarly Research Databases Focused on Health

Biological Abstracts (Web of Science)
Indexes scholarly journal articles in biology and all other life sciences.
CINAHL - Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health (EBSCO)
Indexes the professional literature of nursing and allied health disciplines. Some full text access. Also includes abstracts for relevant materials from allied health disciplines, including health sciences librarianship, education, and consumer health. Provides references to books, book chapters, pamphlets, audiovisuals, dissertations, educational software, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, nurse practice acts, critical paths, and research instruments. Access limited 4 simultaneous users.
Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
This database is a rich collection of consumer health information, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Full text for some articles.
JSTOR
A full-text collection of over 3,400 major scholarly journals and over 100,000 scholarly monographs. The digitized archive includes the first issue published for each journal (some are from 1665 to the present); but excludes the most recent 2 to 5 years for most journals.
MEDLINE
Citations and abstracts for journal articles published 1965 – present. National Library of Medicine database. Full text for some articles.
Project Muse
Full text access is available to over 380 journals and over 13,000 scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences. Managed by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Coverage from 1993 - present.
PsycInfo & PsycArticles (ProQuest)
Search journal articles, books, and dissertations in psychology and related fields. Full text and indexed records. Published by the American Psychological Association. 1806-present.
PubMed
Indexes scholarly articles in biomedicine, health, dentistry, nursing, and other life sciences. Includes MEDLINE plus additional citations, some full-text. Coverage: 1966 – present.
Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO)
Citations and abstracts for journal articles published 1977 – present; abstracts of dissertations published 1996 – present. Access limited to 1 simultaneous user.
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)
Provides citations and abstracts for journals, books,and conference papers for subjects relating to sociology. Contains full text for over 700 journals, nearly 800 monographs, and over 9,000 conference papers
Taylor and Francis Social Science and Humanities Library
Over 1,500 scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities areas.

Popular Health Resources

U.S & International Statistics

United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics
United Nations - Statistics covering population, family, health, education, work& politics
GenderStats
Gender Stats: database of gender statistics Produced by The World Bank Group
United Nations Statistics Division - Gender Statistics
Gender Info 2007 is a global database of gender statistics and indicators on a wide range of policy areas, including: population, families, health, education, work, and political participation.
Woman Stats Project
The WomanStats Project facilitates understanding the linkage between the situation of women and the security of nation-states. Contains qualitative and quantitative information on over 260 indicators of women's status in 174 countries.