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[edit] The McGill Library Global Health Resource Guide

The McGill Global Health Resource Guide was created as a wiki to promote collaboration between all McGill people working in the field of global health. All McGill faculty, clinicians, researchers and students are encouraged to use and add to these resources.

We hope this resource guide will attract a global audience, and promote collaboration between professionals within, and beyond, the McGill Community.

If you would like to contribute to this resource, but are not a member of the McGill community, we would like to hear from you.

For more information, comments, or suggestions for content, please contact the McGill Library global health team - see "Contact Us"

[edit] Sign up for the McGill Library Global Health Workshop

Where in the world. . . ? Online Sources for Global Health Information: Hands-On Workshops:

Using the global health resources guide - http://wikisites.mcgill.ca/GlobalHealthGuide/ - participants will learn how to find information in global health through hands-on practice with a range of tools and resources. Recognizing the various disciplines that contribute to successful global health programs and research, the workshop is taught by an interdisciplinary group of librarians. It will enable participants to retrieve information efficiently from the resources that analysis has shown are the richest for global health information.

No sessions of this workshop are currently scheduled. If you would like a session customized to your group or course, please contact one of the global health team - see "Contact Us" for assistance with searching or to request an individual or small group consultation.



[edit] Resources

  1. Suggested Texts
  2. Key Databases
  3. Key Journal Titles
  4. Access to Electronic Journals
  5. Free and Low Cost Publications
  6. Canadian Resources
  7. Legal sources
  8. Government Documents
  9. Statistics & Data
  10. Conferences & Events
  11. Sites Organized by Subject Click here to go to list of subjects
  12. Sites Organized by Region and Country Click here to go to list of regions and countries
  13. Key Web Sites
  14. Related Subject Guides
  15. Sources to Support Universal Literature Access, Self-Sufficiency and Library Development
  16. Information for Writers, Editors, and Publishers
  17. Jobs, Placements, Electives, Exchanges, Volunteer Opportunities
  18. Workshop handouts and other guides to global health information

[edit] Maps + Tools

Global Health Atlas (interactive)

Gapminder graphic software for comparing countries (Hans Rosling)

Health Map: Global Disease Alert

Malaria Atlas Project

World Bank Online Atlas of the Millenium Development Goals

World Bank eAtlas of Global Development

McGill Global Health Programs Interactive Database

Pre-formulated PubMed subject search for "world health" OR "international cooperation" since March 1, 2008

Stored PubMed searches are available on many topics - see under each subject or country in the Sites_Organized_by_Subject and Sites_Organized_by_Region_and_Country. For example, try the search for nurses on this page, last entry.




[edit] In the News

Special Reports: World Health (NewsBank): international dispatches, news, articles, etc Daily updates

International Nurses Day 2012 - Turning Evidence into Action May 12, 2012

United States Food & Drug Administration releases report on "Global Engagement" April 23, 2012

World Malaria Day April 25, 2012

World Immunization Week April 21-28, 2012

The report “Dementia: a public health priority” released by WHO and Alzheimer's Disease International April 12, 2012

World Health Day 2012: Aging and health April 7, 2012

UNESCO releases policy guidelines on open access to scientific literature April 6, 2012

International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation 2012 February 6

India records one year without polio cases World Health Organization News 2012 January 12

Past news items ....


[edit] How to use this wiki

The McGill Global Health Resource Guide is an application of the widely used software, MediaWiki. Help on editing pages using this software is available here: MediaWiki help page on basic editing. More advanced capabilities are explained on pages linked from here: MediaWiki help contents page.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Board if you have questions or comments - contact information at Contact Us.

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[edit] Recent Changes

* Key Web Sites - (16 May 2012)


[edit] Announcements

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